This is the way it was always done. The French paid English Gentlemen and nobility during industrialisation. Prussia had state sanctioned industry espionage. MR. Siemens himself went undercover as nobility to get information on machines.

People that complain about Skyrim town size complain that Lego Police stations are missing a back wall.

There are not a lot of games where you can play a thief and up being a vampire, after recovering from a alcohol night with a deadra.