Liberty-Kusari embargo?

[Zelot]

One way or another, Kusari is shafting itself.
For a few ships they have cut themselves off from the largest trade market in Sirius.

That would be like Ireland cutting off trade from the USA. It might hurt the USA but honestly, Ireland would be utterly screwed.

Except for the fact that most of what Liberty has, Kusari has too. The weak point of Kusari is that they have no minerals or natural resources with the exception of food, and a small amount of Hfuel. There is not really anything that Liberty exports to Kusari that is a make or break commodity for Kusari. Liberty's power in Kusari comes from the work of Interspace, Ageira, and DSE. Loans and Tradelanes. Everything else we can pretty much get from other places, or can go without for a while.

Color me surprised. Given the failure of Samura I would have thought their influence would have waned somewhat, not actually stemmed the tide of the increasingly popular product. I imagine that makes the Farmers redundant.

I'd ask what you mean by lack of Synthpaste shipments into Kusari but I'm sure it has something to do with players not moving the stuff.

The wealth of the Farmers Alliance is largely dependent on the wealth of Samura. Despite Liberty not being too strict in enacting any embargo of Kusari trade during the Bretonia-Kusari War, the Bretonian blockade coupled with political sensitivities and the activity of Bretonian privateers meant that Synth Foods could no longer deliver as much of its products to New Tokyo as it did before. While Liberty officials and insurance companies absorbed some of the losses from trade reduction, Samura lost the most, and few Synth Foods convoys could pass through Kusari without being attacked by the Farmers Alliance.

Meanwhile, food production on Kyushu is on the rise: the war required additional supplies and demand for traditional food increased when Synth Foods started to raise its prices.

And yes, it does have something to do with player shipments, but the meat of my reasoning can be seen above.

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