All the nations returned to their seats, wary of Yao as he sat down appearing much happier than before. Feliciano asked Mongolia, who sat on Yao's left (with Russia on his right and Belarus next to him), if he could take his seat. The nation was quick to agree, glad that he could put a bit of distance away from China, Russia, and Belarus. It was a win/win situation and the others knew that by having Feliciano sitting beside Yao, they had more control so that the earlier incident didn't ever occur again.

"Now that that is sorted out…." Germany shot a glare at both England and Yao.

"England, apologize to Italy." The Brit mumbled out an apology, crossing his arms and leaning back in his chair, frustrated. Germany then looked at Yao.

"China, please apologize to England." The nation scoffed and did so reluctantly upon noticing Feliciano's own glare.

"Good," Germany ran a hand through his hair, sighing and straightening his papers, "We can get back on topic then?" Once everyone else nodded, Germany gave a cough and turned to Canada and Mexico.

"I know you two haven't spoken to America for a few months now," he began, "But have you seen any sign of activity?" The two North American countries exchanged a glance before turning back to Germany.

"Aside from the movement of his people returning home," Mexico said, "I haven't seen anything of importance."

"The borders between Canada and the States have closed down," the Canadian added, "my people are a bit concerned since Christmas is coming up and they need to do their shopping."

"It seems like the only people who are allowed into the country would be the Americans who are returning," France pointed out, "And once they go in, none are allowed to go out again."

"That is not entirely true," Japan said. Once everyone's attention was on him, the nation pulled a briefcase from under the table and put it in front of him while explaining.

"America's boss requested a meeting with myself and my own boss," he said, "The people who came with the president brought this with them, telling us that America wanted us to have it."

"Was America there," Germany asked. Japan shook his head.

"The representatives wouldn't explain where he was either and they left Japan quickly the next day. That's when we decided to open the case." The nation clicked open the briefcase under all of their incredulous stares and turned it so that they could see what was inside. What they saw shocked them to pieces.

The case was filled to the brim with yen, the currency that was used by many of the Asian nations.

"America paid back the debt he owed Japan," the nation explained, gesturing to the money, "In fact, he overpaid. And then he sent back all Japanese citizens within the US and shut down all of our companies stationed there." This surprised every nation in the room, with the exception of Feliciano and Yao. Alfred was known for paying back debts slowly and in small amounts each time. It was also fairly common knowledge that the money America owed Japan was enough to make even the richest human on Earth cry in despair. To suddenly pay off an entire loan like this was unheard of.

Feliciano concealed the smirk that appeared on his face with a hand.

Alfred never liked any of the debts he had and he never had the time to pay back most of them. However, with Yao and Feliciano's help, they managed to procure enough money to pay back just about every single nation that Alfred, and in turn America, owed. The first ones to receive their payments were of course China and Italy (since him and Romano had been reunited not so long ago), since they were the ones who found the money in the first place.

There was plenty of cash to spare to pay off several of the other countries on America's back completely, and then enough left over to make a huge dent in several others, something that would help the young nation immensely. Who knew that having some new friends in the underground could prove so useful!

South Korea let out a low whistle, basically summing up the entire situation.

"H-How much money did he owe Japan," Prussia asked, eyes wide.

"As of September 2013? $1.1 trillion," Japan answered, shaking his head, "I have no idea how he did it!" At this revelation, every nation in the room blanched. That was a lot of money. A common thought in just about everyone was 'how had America paid off so much money?' At this point, Yao tapped his chin.

"Strange aru," he murmured, "But he also paid off his debt to China and sent my people home as well."

"How much money did he owe you," France asked, slightly afraid of what he might hear. China was after all the most connected of all the nations, creating items and toys for all over the world. Yao shrugged.

"The $1.3 trillion he owed me," the nation replied, "was paid off completely just a few weeks ago aru."

At this, the nations who America didn't owe as much money to made uncomprehending noises.

"I received a visit from America's people as well the other day," Brazil said, "and they gave me a briefcase like that one as well."

"How much money did he owe Brazil?" The nation in question shrugged.

"$249.2 billion," he replied, "A rather large drop from the debt he owed Japan and China, but the most out of everyone else here."

"Vehehe," Feliciano chuckled, "The debt to Italy has also been paid off; $28.8 billion."

"What?! Why didn't you tell me," Romano demanded, leaping out from his chair. Feliciano flinched back, raising his hands.

"You didn't ask!"

The noise in the room became an uproar as many nations began arguing on who would be paid off next. With China and Italy off the list, as well as Japan and Brazil, the most likely would be Taiwan, since she had the next highest debt. Another possibility was Russia, because who wouldn't want to get rid of any debt owed there? Canada and Mexico were also mentioned since they lived the closest to America.

Germany raised his voice to get the meeting back in order, however, none would listen. It all became silent when the sound of ringing was heard. The noise came from the large T.V. which was used for international calls to nations who couldn't make it to the meeting. There was only one missing from their circle.

The only one missing was America.

A/N: I took a look at the statistics of who America owes money to, and God damn! Take a look:

#10: Hong Kong with $126.5 billion

#9: Russia with $140.5 billion

#8: Luxembourg with $141.1 billion

#7: United Kingdom with $158.3 billion

#6: Belgium with $172.5 billion

#5: Switzerland with $177.2 billion

#4: Taiwan with $185.9 billion

#3: Brazil with $249.2 billion

#2: Japan with $1.1 trillion

#1: China with $1.3 trillion

Mind you, this is also just the top ten. This is also only all the foreign investors; the Americans owe the most money to themselves. So yeah, that's in all actuality a lot of fucking money.