The royal family of Hozland had lined up to welcome Lady Charlotte. If the rumours were true she was not exactly a fine Christian woman but she was someone had significant influence on their nation with her having the responsibility for one border. King John gladly accepted the bottle of Champagne and examined the label. "Very nice. Thank you very much Lady Charlotte" he handed the bottle off to Prince Rupert who likewise examined the label, gave an impressed smile and then walked the bottle over to a group of white jacketed staff, one of whom hurried off with it. The Prince returned to his family who had been engaging in small talk with their guest. "Lets get inside" King John suggested and walked beside Lottie while his wife flanked Katarina until they reached the house where the talks would take place. It was a two floor yellow stone building with a red roof. It was a place the family spent a lot of the summer. It was sealed off from the street and dockside by a wall of perfectly cut green hedges about waist high. A small gate was held open by a member of staff as the group made their way though it. Inside the living room had been prepared so they could all sit and discuss matters of importance.
King John prepared to start, "Now both of us know that this meeting should take place annually between us to discuss matters of this border but both of us have been rather poor in keeping that agreement going. Til now that agreement has been informal. I think perhaps in light of what has happened in our nation and the way we've neglected this arrangement we should formalise it. In that regard I'd also like to explore turning the lake region into some kind of economic agreement between us. Think of it as a Free Trade Zone, we have potentially a very pourous border that could be a blessing or a curse. However for this to work I suspect I'd need to know the ins and outs of policy in your nation, is it land held by you or by someone else and how can we move forward?"
