Interesting chapter as always. Yuri is certainly making it clear that Edward does her bidding and she would have gained the favour of the populace with her actions, if she's advertised that she's responsible for the food distribution. However, all her actions (draining the funds of the country, being willing to disband the army, encouraging the nobility to neglect their duties and live in luxury.) lead to the demise of the Kingdom. She is also under investigation by Queen Dowager, and now apparently Iris also wants to gather information on Yuri.
Right now, the only other country we've heard about is Towair, and the threat they posed. But honestly, if they are currently experiencing a famine, then they are in no shape to be waging war. Military campaigns require rations, and you can't stock up when the people are hungry.
I'm surprised they're calling yoga the stretching exercises Iris has introduced. You'd think that using such a word would be odd.