The young man was quite satisfied with his quarterly earnings.
Despite his grand ambitions to unify the British Isles into a single Common Market, he knew these plans could not be rushed. Capital expenditure required patience. As such, while the rest of Europe was squabbling over bloodlines and borders, Ragnar was tasked by his own ambition to protect the new "Corporate Assets" from potential competitors across the Channel.
Now was the time for expansion in industrial, agricultural, and human resource sectors.
Thus, Ragnar was hard at work at his mahogany desk in City Titan, putting through a series of "Executive Orders" which allowed him to bypass the rudimentary Council of Jarls he had constructed.
As per usual, the Council was more symbolic than it was practical.
Their practical purpose was to decrease the workload on Ragnar's shoulders by handling petty disputes over sheep, while symbolically, they represented the "Shareholders' Interests."
