The changeling army attacked first, spies infiltrating the Equestrian government while soldiers plundered our villages, and destroyed the Equestrian army’s barracks. Our first response was to double the guard on every borderline, collect more lumber and stone for the production of weapons and shelters whose use we may never had needed. The results were endless lines of factories, pollution buildup, loss of jobs. The quarries were empty, and forests scarce. So one can imagine that we were completely unprepared, after a long war, when the manufacturers of the largest line of factories claimed rights to the remaining resources as reward for their service.