STABILISATION LOANS

The disaster led to Sweet Nestor being exiled in 80 -- the third and final time. He left, in his wake, decades of stabilisation loans yet to be repaid.

Across the Developed World, the last colonial empires finally crack up -- a bloody wound stanched with billions in foreign currency under the guise of EMTERR's new stabilisation loans.

"Minority view, I'd say. Most commentators declare it an unmitigated disaster, given what follows: EMTERR cancels its remaining contracts, denying the city its only real chance to pay back the stabilisation loans issued by... oh right, EMTERR."

"You might imagine: EMTERR cancels its remaining contracts, denying the city its only real chance to pay back the stabilisation loans issued by... oh right, EMTERR."

"Certainly appears that way, given what follows: EMTERR cancels its remaining contracts, denying the city its only real chance to pay back the stabilisation loans issued by... oh right, EMTERR."