- A former British colony in dire need of economic aid tries to play the British against the Soviets in an attempt to secure economic aid from either side in return for political loyalty.
- Great Britain has had an international agreement for the last 50 years with a small pacific island. It has been ignored until the death of their king brings it to the attention of the Foreign Office in Whitehall. They decide to send Cadogan de Vere Carlton-Browne to re-establish friendly relations.—Steve Crook <steve@brainstorm.co.uk>
- When Britain granted the warring island of Gaillardia self government they forgot to tell their Resident Advisor. Years later the Foreign Office are dumbfounded to receive an urgent message from their faithful employee reporting the suspicious activities of a bunch of Russian spies dressed as Cossacks going round digging holes everywhere. The F.O. muster their finest, or at least Carlton-Browne, to undertake a goodwill visit, while a chance meeting between Loris, the new king of north Gaillardia, and lovely Princess Ilyena from the south looks like it might change the political - and romantic - situation anyway.—J-26
- The small, isolated and poor island nation of Gaillardia was once a British colony, most people, let alone British subjects, never having even heard of it, let alone know of its history under British control. One person who doesn't know of its independence, despite it having been close to half a century, is the now elderly but always loyal British representative on the island, Resident Advisor Davidson, never having been informed of such in an oversight, and still working under that capacity despite not having been paid in forty years. So when he sends a letter to the Colonial Office at Whitehall informing them of what looks to be suspicious Soviet activity on the island, they, after doing research on what Gaillardia actually is, turn over the file to the Foreign Office, most specifically the Permanent Assistant Political Secretary for the Miscellaneous Territories, Cadogan de Vere Carlton-Browne. The posting is a largely made-up job and department to accommodate proverbial "dead weight" and unaware Carlton-Browne, who basically does nothing in his job and is only employed in the Foreign Office due to legacy. Carlton-Browne is dispatched directly to Gaillardia following the assassination of its King, Loris. What Carlton-Browne finds upon his arrival is that the new King, the previous king's playboy and British educated son, hence referred to as Young King Loris, does not want to do anything regarding the presumed Soviet threats until he discovers what is going on, and that the Americans have since also shown interest in the island, leaving Carlton-Browne to deal with the largely corrupt Gaillardian Prime Minister, Amphibulos, who works on graft and nepotism. Carlton-Browne also discovers that there has long been strife on the island between the north and the south the result of the feuding factions of the royal family, that strife which leads to the King's uncle, the Grand Duke, supporting Princess Ilyena as the true heir to the throne, she, in usurping the King, to be used as his pawn. Things may change for all concerned when and if the King, the Princess, and Carlton-Browne find out why there is so much foreign interest in the island.—Huggo
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