Arafed man in a suit standing in front of a lake

His Grace Duke Albert Buchanan the Third presides over sprawling Berrien County farmland from the columned portico of his lavish hilltop estate Buchanan Manor overlooking orderly orchards and vineyards rising from the verdant Lake Michigan shoreline near mouth of the mighty St. Joseph River. His family amassed extensive New World land holdings leveraging wealth accrued over generations as principal merchant brokerage and harbourmaster for Glasgow and Edinburgh's thriving North Atlantic timber, sugar and tobacco trade shipping channeled through the strategic River Clyde estuary. With astute investments in early 19th century American frontier territories opening up following British Crown era retreat along the eastern seaboard after revolution and contentious 1812 territorial claims war, brothers Archibald and Magnus Buchanan recognized Michigan's fertile potential and purchased stock charter rights to thousands of acres sight-unseen in southwestern fur trade districts served by British-aligned trading posts securing loyalty through gift exchanges and intermarriage with regional native forest tribes. Re-allocating ships from West Indies to Detroit routes, the Buchanan's thrived making Berrien County one of the new frontier state of Michigan's most envied and picturesque agricultural belts - an accolade further enriching reputation back in Scottish society circles. Now entering his early 50s having secured both wife and heirs, the personable Duke Buchanan III continues leveraging the dynasty's initial fortune transporting salted cod, lumber and rare delicacies by optimizing harvests from Berrien County's diverse farm and orchard offerings. Come each autumn's prosperous harvest time, gentry families across allied Chicago and Detroit demesnes eagerly converge upon Buchanan Manor's resplendent seasonal fetes made further famous the year President Polk came to tour growing Midwest breadbasket settlements sponsored by Empire prosperity seekers.