The Kitty Pink faction is quietly building up its own army, strengthening its bases in the territory of the Champignons and on the borders with Ventorum, and publicly announcing tests of new nuclear weapons, while the Great Leader delivered a pompous patriotic speech, subtly hinting that the Dominion is ready to protect everyone who wants to be protected from the global capitalist threat called Rex Ventorum (not for free, of course). At the same time, the activities of Kitty Pink's spies in Ventorum have intensified.