With the end of the Battle of Panama, Orb, once merely a small island nation, had leapt into becoming a giant that controlled the island nations of the South Pacific and all of South America.
On the surface, Cagalli, Orb's Supreme Leader, was still discussing the specifics of forming a federal government with the executives of other nations, as well as what kind of political system the soon-to-be-established federation would adopt.
But anyone who was not an idiot could see that it was all just a superficial show put on for outsiders.
In truth, after clearing out the Atlantic Federation's military bases and overthrowing the puppet governments backed by capital conglomerates, the first thing Allen did was purge all capitalists and comprador classes from society.
Almost overnight, the former upper class had all become prisoners.
Nearly ninety percent of the reporters, editors-in-chief, and producers controlled by capital were subjected to a merciless Great Purge.
The owners of vast tracts of farmland, ranches, and mines were no exception. They were all thrown into prison, and every last bit of their property was confiscated.
Although this triggered chaos and riots to a certain extent,
the public, long brainwashed, deceived, and manipulated, was soon utterly enraged after Adam, the world's first artificial intelligence, exposed the many shady deals it had uncovered.
For the first time, they realized that their country had never possessed any so-called "democracy" or "freedom." It did not even possess the concept of sovereignty.
Everything had been placed on the bargain shelf by social elites, politicians, and celebrities like expired goods, left for the capital behind the Atlantic Federation to pick through.
And the price was less than a fraction of its true value.
As for the experts and professors from every field who spoke for capital, every single one