Editing History of Zamastan (section)

====Rebuilding the Military====
Throughout the rest of the 1840s and into the first half of the 1850s, President [[Avi Taures]] directed his focus on establishing both the military and the infrastructure of Zamastan. Money was needed for these endeavors, and that money began to flow in steadily as Taures negotiated trade deals with Pacific Ocean neighbors such as the United States of America and British and French colonies, who since the rebellion had been a vital ally and friend of Zamastan. The Americans agreed to a deal which would see them purchasing vast amounts of lumber and ore from their western neighbors each month; this arrangement alone provided Taures with enough funds to begin the construction of army barracks facilities and naval bases for the country's young armed forces. Taures also purchased an enormous number of rifles and other infantry equipment from the Canadian port of Vancouver.