Napoleonic Arithmetic: g00 politics (1-5)

[I may revise this some, once C-M or N-n-Z comes out with an avi version, or at least an mkv version o' ep6 that isn't four times larger than the average bear. Stupid mkv was too big, and even watching it on CP's comp still had to deal with dropped frames, pause and back up and hope the subtitles didn't get lost, annoying, annoying. Don't think I missed too much, though it took over an hour to watch a 28-min episode. Grrrr.]

I do plan to take a look at my preliminary impressions of some of the other characters, but first, this part's been bugging me: the politics, the economics, and more importantly, what's not happening. For starters, let's look at Taribia, which I guess is this world's version of Random South American Drug-Producing Country Bolivia -- and IIRC, it's even the same general area highlighted on the map displayed in the episode. So, the Kyrios is deployed to Venezuela/Bolivia Taribia, just as Acre, Katagiri, and the professor are discussing the completed modifications on Acre's Flag. ( Although it's relatively downplayed in this episode, the ramifications are huge. Or could be. )

( Slight tangents, no real spoilers, just me going wtf, over?, mostly from ep5. )

Oi. Bed now.