Considered a godsend by the Kanian merchant community and the middle-class, Bragge saved the nation from imminent economic peril which was made worse by Ashmead's decision to support a war in North America helping the British hold onto their colonies, a venture that proved fruitless in the end. Bragge withdrew the troops in 1779, citing that the economic situtation in Kania could not support the fight. The economic crisis and Revolutionary War absorbed most of President Bragge's time and energy. He carefully balanced the budget and put to work freed slaves emancipated by Kanian troops in America, and sent to Kania.