We might notice in conclusion that Leonard Wibberley's plot device in The Mouse that Roared —where the fictional duchy of Fenwick declares war on the United States, solely to surrender and thereby beneficially trade with it— is actually more often inverted, as it is in Syria. The great lion that attacks the mouse, is often followed home to the lair when he departs. By consequence it shouldn't be so surprising that well over half of the foreign direct investment in London today, comes from lands once conquered and occupied by the British army in the age of Bastiat.