Prior to the outbreak of war, French and British politicians tried to solve their problems with Hitler and Mussolini through a policy of "appeasement", since they wanted to avoid war at all costs.
The main reason why it would benefit a company to restrict its supply of a product to consumers when consumer demand for the product is high is because the prices are higher.
A man that belongs to royalty, he leads a kingdom, city, country, etc. Many of these are given to Arabian royal rulers.