The Neutral garrison at Ruatan has weathered an assault and remains firmly in possession—a rare bright spot amid a day of general fiscal malaise. No colours changed hands elsewhere, and the artillery remained silent. Yet beneath the surface calm, the counting-houses tell a grimmer tale. France and Great Britain both suffered significant revenue declines, each bleeding coin despite their vast dominions. Great Britain's take plummeted twenty-seven percent, whilst France shed fourteen—though she still commands the larger purse at 1.58 million reales across fifty-four ports. Pirates, alone among the great powers, showed mettle enough to gain ground, their holdings brightening by some eighty-eight thousand crowns. At the clan level, the winners and losers revealed themselves with characteristic violence: CPN, DUCKS, HYDR4, and SZYS surged ahead with spectacular gains, whilst GRMLN, GUARD, KP, and NINE watched their fortunes crumble by half or better. The day's lesson, should any require writing, is plain. Peace may spare the shot and shell, but it offers no mercy to those whose ports fail to prosper or whose coffers leak steadily toward ruin.