African Entrepreneurship Records 2

Chapter 1068 The world is shocked
Looking at the population data and urban development level of East Africa at the end of 1909, the performance of the East African governments was quite impressive.

There is no doubt that in terms of population, East Africa has become a "superpower" that cannot be ignored in the world today. In the past, countries with a population of over 100 million were not uncommon, but now East Africa can be said to represent one twentieth of the human race.

The East African governments are no longer secretive about the population situation as they used to be. The news that East Africa’s population has exceeded 100 million is expected to spread around the world soon.

In the past, East Africa paid more attention to keeping its population data confidential due to national security and development strategy considerations. Before the 1990s, this practice did bring positive effects to East Africa at the time, and even affected the direction of the South African War to a certain extent.

However, after the 1990s, this approach no longer had much effect, especially after the explosive growth of industry and agriculture in East Africa and the rapid increase in foreign trade volume. Countries have already formed psychological expectations about whether East Africa can become a world power.

Of course, no matter how bold most countries are, their guesses tend to be conservative. This is because East Africa's history is too short, and in general, the population data of East Africa will be based on Brazil as the main reference.

In 1900, the population of Brazil was only over million, less than a quarter of the population of East Africa at the time. Therefore, it is conceivable that the estimates of the population of East Africa by most countries in the world would be very biased.

Of course, the population situation cannot be kept strictly confidential, but the East African government has never made any public statement, so the outside world's opinions are rather confusing.

The reason why the East African government has changed its attitude, or an important reason why Ernst has changed his attitude, is to adapt to the international environment. In view of the increasingly tense international situation and the increasingly turbulent world situation, the whole world is like a powder keg filled with gunpowder. The announcement of the population situation in East Africa at this time will help stabilize the people's hearts and allow East Africa to take the initiative in the international community.

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1909 12 Month 3 Day.

Metternich Street is also the diplomatic embassy district of East Africa. It is located in the southeast of the Rhine city area. As a country without any heritage, it is natural for East Africa to borrow many German celebrities to name it.

In the field of German national diplomacy, the most famous are undoubtedly Metternich and Bismarck. The reason why East Africa uses the name Metternich is because this person died early.

Metternich died in 1859, and the East African colonies first appeared on the world stage a few years later, so there was almost no overlap between the two.

As a diplomatic genius like Bismarck, Metternich's character evaluation is relatively neutral. Unlike Bismarck, who left a deep impression of "iron and blood" on the world, the German unification process led by him was very similar to "gambling" in a certain sense, especially the Franco-Prussian War. If an accident had occurred, there would not be the powerful Germany today.

Moreover, Bismarck was a completely modern figure for East Africa, as he lived until 1898, and it was unlikely that East African governments would name their foreign embassy areas after Bismarck.

The official evaluation of Metternich in East Africa is very positive, especially the affirmation of his diplomatic ability. This is different from the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Although Metternich was a major political figure in the Austrian Empire, the predecessor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, his policies as the Prime Minister of the Empire in his later years were quite controversial in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, especially for Austria. To a certain extent, Metternich was even the sinner who ruined the Austrian Empire.

Of course, as far as East Africa is concerned, Metternich is not too controversial. He can be said to be one of the main makers of the world order in the early and mid-19th century. Relying on a balanced foreign policy, he made the Austrian Empire the main executor of the European order at that time.

However, even though Metternich had a diplomatic talent that was in no way inferior to Bismarck's, he was too weak in other areas, especially in government administration, so he was easily defeated when encountering barbarians like Napoleon and the Prussian barbarians who liked to use fists to reason. Therefore, Metternich's achievements as the Empire's Foreign Minister are indisputable, but he is not suitable to be the supreme leader.

Metternich Street, as the gathering place of foreign diplomatic embassies in East Africa, is also an information exchange zone, especially for diplomats from various countries, who get first-hand information on East African domestic politics here. Today is the third morning of the East African Government Population Conference. As usual, German Ambassador to East Africa Boers came to the newsstand on Metternich Street to buy the latest "Imperial Daily".

However, the content of today's Rhine Empire Daily attracted Burs' great attention.

Just look at the big words on the front page of the Empire Daily: "Our country's population has officially exceeded 100 million, East Africa is taking a step closer to becoming a world power..."

Burles held the newspaper in his hand and fell into deep thought. This was really shocking news.

In fact, diplomats like Boors can still obtain a lot of real information from various bits and pieces of information obtained in East Africa. However, intelligence work in East Africa has never been easy, at least more difficult than in most countries in the world. This is the common understanding of diplomats from all over the world.

"This is the first time that the East African government has officially announced its population. A population of 100 million. I can't believe this is an African country. Although I previously predicted that the population of East Africa was in the tens of millions, it seems that I was too conservative!" Burs thought to himself.

However, he quickly realized that such important information should be sent back to the country as soon as possible. Judging from the population data alone, Germany's political attitude towards East Africa should have new changes. Thinking of this, Boers put the newspaper in his arms and hurried to the German Embassy.

Soon, diplomats from Britain, the United States, France and other countries in East Africa reacted slowly and realized the importance of this intelligence. As these diplomats transmitted the population intelligence of East Africa back to their own countries, the news that East Africa's population exceeded 100 million quickly spread around the world.

It is no exaggeration to say that the news that East Africa's population exceeded 100 million has had a great shock on the world, because there were only three countries in the world with a population of over 100 million before, and most people thought that the fourth country with a population of over 100 million might be the United States, but no one expected that "little-known" East Africa could emerge as such a dark horse.

After all, the United States has a large population base and a "long" history. At least compared with East Africa, the United States is considered an "ancient civilization". Therefore, it is hard to imagine that a country in East Africa with only half a century of history can become the fourth country with a population of over 100 million. In comparison, immigrant countries such as Brazil or the United States should be ashamed.

Of course, now that we have accurate information about East Africa’s population, governments around the world are forced to reconsider their diplomatic relations with East Africa.

After all, too much of anything will cause trouble. Not to mention so many people, even 100 million pigs will have a significant impact on the ecology.

The population of East Africa has exceeded 100 million. Considering East Africa's military strength, industrial capacity and land conditions, it is no exaggeration to say that in the eyes of governments around the world, East Africa has become the "second Tsarist Russia."

This judgment obviously does not show a sufficient understanding of East Africa. After all, the current national conditions in East Africa are not comparable to the chaotic Tsarist Russia. If the factors of the development of the times are excluded, it is no exaggeration to say that the current national strength of East Africa can completely compete with the initially completed Soviet Union.

As long as East Africa's industry does not decline, by the time the Soviet Union is born, East Africa's industrial strength will definitely be greater than that of the Soviet Union.

However, the "underestimation" of East Africa by various countries is more in line with Ernst's psychological expectations. At this time, East Africa does not want to be involved in the chaotic international situation.

The official population data is released to make other countries behave themselves. Under certain conditions, a larger population means a greater potential for war. The current population size of East Africa alone is enough to make most countries in the world consider their own strength and whether they can offend the superpower of East Africa.

(End of this chapter)