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After letting go of the "Africa Strategy" in his hand, Franz can only lament everyone's ambitious goals, and most of the African continent was taken away in one breath.

That ’s right, it ’s the circle, not the occupation.At present, Austria has not completed one third of the above plan, and the actual control area may be less than one fifth.

Even if Franz has tried hard to emigrate, the current population of Austrian Africa is still less than five million.

With such a small population controlling seven or eight million square kilometers of land, it is conceivable that the land is so sparsely populated.

Of course, this does not count the indigenous people, otherwise it would have been over ten million.

If the next strategy is completed, no tens of millions of people will be able to do so.However, the entire population of the New Holy Roman Empire has just crossed the 60 million threshold.

Now that the world has been divided up, the last piece of land will be boundless, and there will definitely be a battle between the dragons and the tigers.

At present, France and Austria have reached the forefront of colonizing Africa, followed by the British and Portuguese, and the Dutch also have small colonies.

This macro strategy of the colonial ministry should be better described as an "ideal strategy."

As long as countries are not stupid, they will not make this plan a reality.

At first glance, I looked at the map, roughly: Guinea and Mali in the west, Libya in the north, Boer Republic in the south, and Somalia in the east.

Although there was no satellite positioning in this era, Franz initially estimated that the total area of ​​these areas would add up to 20 million square kilometers.

After thinking about it, Franz took the pen and began to hit a fork on it, preparing to hit it back and let the colonial department redo it.

This unrealistic strategy is simply not feasible.Unless a world war is provoked, Austria becomes a big winner, and there is capital to realize it.

However, Franz is not a war mad, and Austria is not the German Second Empire that must challenge the world in history.

Although many people think that the German Second Empire was provoking war because of economic development, which required resources and markets, but Franz believed that it was mainly resources, because market problems could be solved.

The world economy is a large cycle, and the national economy is a small cycle.Theoretically, as long as this circular circle continues to operate normally, the economy can continue to develop.

The core of this economic circle lies in population and resources, and now the world ’s population is just over one billion.

Among them: about 275 million in the European region, mainly Russia, Austria, France, and Britain combined to exceed 200 million.

The Asian region is about 820 million, and the two eastern populous countries add up to 700 million. The remaining regions are also vast and sparsely populated.

The African continent has about 60 million. The impact of colonial activities has caused local population growth, because in recent years more migrants have left, and many regions have already experienced negative growth.

There are more than 60 million people in the Americas region. This is the real sparsely populated area. North and South America add up to this kind of people, and the two Americas account for half.

The current international trade volume is actually not large. The economies of various countries mainly depend on the domestic market. Taking Austria as an example, international trade accounts for less than 5% of the total.

If the amount of colonial trade is included in the local economy, then international trade is even less worthy of mention in Austria's economic aggregate.

This is determined by productivity, the total wealth of society is limited, and the commodities that can be exported are too single, and the trade volume cannot be increased at all.

In the international market, the largest export commodity is textiles, followed by food.There is no big market for industrial and commercial products and mechanical equipment.

In the entire international market, the total value of all exports is less than one billion pounds, or even less than 700 million pounds.

The market is so large that the main force of each country's economy is the local market.In any of Anglo-French countries, the local economic aggregate is not measurable by one billion, at least two or three.

In an era dominated by the domestic economy, the most important thing is internal circulation.As long as there are enough resources, the economy can theoretically develop normally.

For details, you can refer to the United States. Many people think that Latin America is the back garden of Americans and the dumping ground of American industrial and commercial products.

The reality is that there are more than two million people in Latin America. Sixty to seventy percent are still Indian tribes and have a purchasing power.

Countries in South America don't buy Americans' accounts. They would rather import European goods than American junk products.

However, since the late 19th century, the US economy has continued to advance by leaps and bounds, which has grown ninefold in four decades.

This is the power of resources.Also lacking sufficient commodity export markets, the Germans were forced into the battlefield by capital, but American capital could be stabilized, relying on its own abundant resources.

According to Franz, "resources" are the core of colonization.Under this concept, there was the colonial localization movement.

After hesitating again and again, Franz did not directly dismiss this "whimsical plan".He was very disgusted with drawing big cakes, but he had to paint big cakes very effectively.

Otherwise, there will not be so many whimsical plans in history, for example: the British 2C plan, from Cairo to South Africa, directly from south to north.

Including: Egypt, Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, South Africa, Tanzania.

Although this plan was huge, John Bull finally realized it.However, it did not last long before the colonial empire collapsed.

As a latecomer, the Germans also came up with the "Teutonic Africa Plan." This plan is not ambitious, and only includes: Namibia, Angola, Congo, Tanzania.

The success of a strategy depends on its strength, which has nothing to do with ambition, so this strategy has died.

The French's "2S plan" is a bit perverted. After the occupation of North Africa, the French are also preparing to kill Somalia from Senegal.

This plan is also similar to Austria's strategic plan. The gap between "Guinea to Somalia" and "Senegal to Somalia" is not large.

As for Austria ’s southern border of the Boer Republic, it has now been barely realized, and a colony of thousands of people has appeared in Zimbabwe.

It is not difficult to go north to Libya. After all, it is an inland area of ​​Africa, and competitors can't reach this area.

Only to the east of Somalia, there is still nowhere in between, with Sudan and Ethiopia in between.Of course, it is possible to bypass Uganda and Kenya.

In fact, it is definitely not that simple to operate.Because of Austria ’s colonial strategy, these areas were included together.

Anyway, it is spiritually worthy of recognition.Since this plan was sent up, it means that the colonial ministry believes that there is a possibility of success.

Of course, this success is not achieved by all goals. It just means that the plan is completed strategically, and there are few colonies in the middle, which is inevitable.

Considering that this is a critical moment for the localization of the colony, Franz acquiesced in the existence of this plan. Of course, when it is implemented, it must not be so rigid.

For example: areas with river connections are prioritized, desert areas are behind, and areas with strong indigenous strength are put on hold first. Areas that may trigger conflicts need to restrain expansion ...

At this time, the African continent has no national boundaries, and most of the gangs of indigenous tribes are still too nonsense to talk about the concept of the country.

This colonial strategy will naturally not follow the borders of future generations. In fact, Franz has no way to find out the borders of future generations on the map.

After a while, Franz successfully compressed this strategic plan.

For example, the desert in North Africa does not compete with the French, and it cannot be controlled in this era anyway.

Specifically: half of Mali is no longer needed, and Niger is basically no more.If not for connecting Libya, Chad Franz is ready to give up, and now it is reluctant to stay.

In the east, Ethiopia and Somalia were also ranked last by Franz. Other areas will not pay attention to these areas before they are occupied.

Namibia and Tanzania are in the penultimate sequence and basically belong to abandoned areas.The rest of the area depends on the ability of the people under your control.

In this way, the plan has shrunk by almost one-third, and the feasibility has been greatly improved.

Too much hate for the African continent, but for one third, or about 40% of the African continent, Franz believes that it is possible to succeed.

This is determined by strength + first-hand advantage.Once the localization strategy succeeds, it will be another peak period for immigration.As long as there is a sufficient population, Franz will not be afraid of any challenges on the African continent.

For example, in the West Africa and Congo regions, where there are millions of people, who can take these places away?

War also requires costs. Without sufficient benefits, it is simply not enough to cause the colonial empire to wage war.

In addition to the gold mines in South Africa, no other region on the African continent can trigger a war of great powers.

In fact, South Africa ’s gold mines are also not worth the struggle of two major powers.Despite the high gold reserves, it is the same before mining.

Don't look at the annual output of several hundred tons. In fact, gold mining also requires costs. To rely on gold to recover the cost of war, Franz does not feel that he can achieve it in his lifetime.