For the Western King, who had acted as Arbitrator in the matter of the Federation, a veritable palace had been built by King Rupert--a sort of Aladdin's palace it must have been, for only a few weeks ago the place it occupied was, I was told, only primeval wilderness.

King Rupert and his Queen, Teuta, had a pavilion like the rest of the Federators of Balka, but infinitely more modest, both in size and adornments.
Everywhere were guards of the Blue Mountains, armed only with the "handjar," which is the national weapon.

They wore the national dress, but so arranged in colour and accoutrement that the general air of uniformity took the place of a rigid uniform.

There must have been at least seventy or eighty thousand of them.
The first day was one of investigation of details by the visitors.
During the second day the retinues of the great Federators came.

Some of these retinues were vast.