Just a note.

I know that some of you have been (in-character) complaining about the threat of Iberia and us not doing anything about it but I personally think when the time comes and we finally fight 'em, it will make for one awesome war.

It's been hard to justify putting it off while role-playing, but I've somehow managed to adopt a "let them come/I'm a greedy *#%! who wants the Aegean" platform.