Once a vast national war machine is set in motion, it's not something that one or two people can easily halt; even Duncan can only harness this terrifying war machine through his prestige.
The council of the Britain Kingdom unhesitatingly rebuked and expelled the envoys of the Franks and the Western Goths.
They outright refused such rude demands.
Exiles from the Bagada people flocked to Britain because the system here is better; asking them to stop recruiting these young exiles is impossible.
The young population is the foundation of a country.
Pay taxes?
You think you can levy taxes on us? Even the Empire didn't dare levy taxes on the British Province!
Compensation?
They don't even know their own weight!
