Ruling a Fiefdom with a Sack of Rye

Roland, the second son of a bankrupt noble family, is "exiled" to the empire's northern frontier and handed a barren domain with fewer than three hundred people, three years of unpaid taxes, and winters that last six months. He has neither invincible magic nor a System that conjures things from thin air. His one advantage is that he can see brief status reports on land, crops, and population.