Indeed at no time was any attempted contact made by the cannibalistic government of Austria nor the government of Norway. As such their claims to our lands were entirely based upon rumour and not upon fact.
We do not appreciate the preaching comments of Finland nor anyone else who seeks to criticise our intentions to retain our sovereignty. We are most confident that should Finland or any of these other more critical governments to have been on the receiving end, they would have responded in a similar fashion.
As we are blockading all trade with Austria, we have no interest in boasts of the greatness of Austrian technology. Scotland has fared well with her traditional allies in Western Europe, and have sought to avoid the instability of the East. Long after Austria and other such nations vanish into the books of history, Scotland will remain on both feet.