I have experience going the other way. As England, my first couple of monarchs was great. Then I had a long run of real losers on the throne, & the economy sank even as I finished buildings to keep it from disappearing totally.

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Once more into the breach, dear friends; once more consign their parts most private to a Rutland tree! & men in London, still a-bed, shall think themselves accursed they were not here & hold their manhood cheap while others speak who fought with us on Ralph the Liar's Day!
--Richard III
The Black Adder: Ep. 1-The Foretelling