In his official letter, Roland invited the lords of the states to come to Colasburg this weekend, the seventh day of July, to participate in the "Far Eastern Economic Forum" to discuss the possibility of integrating the resources of the Far Eastern states and achieving "economic integration" within the region.

Roland's vision had been in place for a long time, but his determination to act was influenced by Colossa. Last year, he went to the Medes for a meeting and joined forces with Grofa to create a cross-border economic cooperation agreement, the "Mochizuki City-Media Preferential Trade Zone", which in hindsight greatly promoted trade exchanges between the two countries, as he and Glofaa had envisioned, and the increasingly close economic cooperation between the two countries further strengthened the political alliance and successfully defused the antagonism caused by the border conflict.

Human beings are economic creatures, and they are naturally close to their own kind of people who can bring economic benefits to themselves. With the expansion of the scale of the economy and the expansion of the scope of cooperation, in order to seek greater common interests, the economies with the family as the unit combine with each other to create the nation and the state. If interests are unevenly distributed, there will be disputes between people, conflicts between peoples, and wars between countries. According to this logical chain, can economic cooperation between countries create a world government that can achieve the great goal of balancing the gap between the rich and the poor, bridging ethnic contradictions, eliminating religious conflicts, and ultimately avoiding war through global unified transfer payments and resource allocation?

This sounds like a "pipe dream", and the historical experience of the earth has repeatedly shown that both capitalist and communist globalization will be fiercely resisted in the process of implementation, and I am afraid that it will not be achieved until the day of the end of mankind, but Roland does not mind taking a small step towards this infinitely distant goal.

Transnational economic cooperation is divided into many levels, with the "preferential trade area" being the most basic stage and the "economic community" being the most advanced stage.

Roland would never agree to the complete abolition of tariffs with Canaan, but the conditions were ripe for economic integration within the Far East, and if this opportunity was missed, it would be difficult to pursue it in the event that the situation changed in the future.

Five letters were sent, and Roland received a reply that night. I took it apart and looked at it, and I was secretly relieved. The lords of the five friendly nations all accepted the invitation, and read between the lines with an attitude of reluctance to see it happen. This shows that Roland is not wishful thinking, and that the rulers of the five friendly countries are also aware of the need to form a "Far Eastern Economic Community", and everyone has the same goal, and the ensuing negotiations are nothing more than a bargain over the details of cooperation.

On the morning of 7 July, the venue of the "Far East Forum" had already been properly arranged, and the bell had just struck 9 o'clock, and pillars of light were raised one after another in the venue. First to arrive were the Kitlander Lords and his wife, then the Dwarven Lord Bratu Wrought Iron, Prince Carol and his beloved wife, Lady Theodora, Queen Lyubov Yambo of the North Bay, and his sister Victoria, and finally the legendary Archmage of Lighthouse Hill, Andre the Red.

As the hosts, the father and son of Kolas led the cabinet ministers to greet the distinguished guests from afar, and after some greetings, the participants took their seats one after another, and the atmosphere in the venue also turned serious.

As the convener and moderator of the Far Eastern Economic Forum, Roland worked out four topics for the event, and the order of the discussions was also quite thoughtful. The first topic to be discussed is "the establishment of a single market", and the states must first reach a consensus on this issue before the next three issues can be further negotiated.

The word "market" has different definitions in different contexts. In the context of international cooperation, the "unified market" proposed by Roland mainly refers to the "market of production factors", which generally includes natural resources (labor objects), labor, capital, technology and information represented by land.

The market economy requires the commodification of factors of production, and the free flow and optimal allocation of market transactions in the form of commodities in the market, so as to achieve the highest economic efficiency. Looking at the current situation in the light of this vision, there are still many obstacles in the Far East that prevent the market from being fully utilized. For example, the existence of national borders hinders the free movement of labor in the first place, and at the same time, it also separates land and other natural resources, and is labeled as "nationality" like residents, and if it is opened to foreigners, it becomes a traitorous act that harms the interests of the country.

Roland's proposal for a single market was to remove the obstacles to the free flow of factors of production between the kingdom of Koras and the five friendly countries, which required the countries to agree to eliminate each other's tariffs, eliminate border checkpoints between them, allow friendly people to set up businesses, mine mines, and cultivate agricultural fields in their countries, and treat their citizens the same.

Roland threw the issue out like a bomb, and the supporters and skeptics were divided into two camps and engaged in a heated debate.

Roland was not in a hurry to persuade others, but first patiently listened to the statements of the representatives of the states to understand the reasons for their support and opposition to the establishment of a single market.

The side that supports Roland includes Kitland, Icewind Dale, and the North Sea Federation, and the establishment of a unified market would bring them clear benefits.

In the case of Kitland, the city-state built on the Lucian Plateau already had the rudiments of a heavy industrial base, with coal and iron ore mining, pig iron smelting and crude steel as its pillar industries, but it did not have the ability to design and process complex machinery, unable to absorb the huge steel production capacity, and the cold climate of the northern plateau was not suitable for the development of plantations, so most of the steel had to be exported to the kingdom of Kolas in exchange for grain. Both sides take what they need, and if tariffs on the steel-grain trade can be eliminated and transaction costs can be greatly reduced, the people of Kitland will be happy to see it.

On the other hand, Kitland's barren land could not feed the surplus population, youth unemployment was once high, and in order to earn a living, he had to work as mercenaries to make a living. In Roland's view, this is a typical "Malthusian trap". Since the establishment of the kingdom of Kolas to promote industrialization as the basic national policy, the Kitlanders have found an opportunity to jump out of the trap and have gone south to work, providing the kingdom of Kolas with urgently needed industrial labor, and at the same time relieving the social pressure caused by the expansion of the native population of Kitland, which can be described as a win-win situation.

Beowulf and Natasha have enjoyed the benefits of economic complementarity with the Kingdom of Kolas in the past three years, and of course they hope that this dividend will continue to expand, so the couple raised their hands to support Roland's initiative. Not to mention the creation of a consent market, even if Roland asked Kitland to merge into the territory of the kingdom of Kolas, they would not object to it - as long as the hereditary inheritance of the lord family was retained.