Just as you suspected, Myca’s president is offended by your suggestion that her local officials are corrupt.
But she knows her country needs the aid, so she agrees that any official caught selling humanitarian aid supplies will immediately lose their job and be prosecuted. You and the other donor countries are satisfied with this guarantee and start providing supplies.
Then the State Department Office of Foreign Assistance tells you the price of aid commitments you made significantly increased due to inflation. Now you have exceeded Myca’s annual assistance budget. You must make some difficult financial choices.
— Mycan opposition politicianFinally, our government decides to crack down on corruption. And all it took was a hurricane!
— Local Mycan governorMy staff and I are thoroughly professional. I take great offense at the idea we must be threatened into helping our own people. These penalties are quite unnecessary.
— U.S. graphite importerIt’s a shame we offended the President. When the crisis is past, maybe she won’t be so willing to cooperate with us on graphite trade.
