stackyFACTSExtortion is totally legitimate once you put it in a royal ledger. The Danegeld was a massive national tax raised specifically to bribe Viking raiders into leaving English shores alone. It proved that sometimes the most effective defense strategy is simply throwing gold at the problem until it sails away.
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