In response to Franz IV's words, Friedrich said, "East Africa's development today was ultimately the shared effort of more than a hundred million citizens, and that itself demonstrated the resilience of the Germanic people. Brazil, after all, was also one of the world's great powers, with a longer history as a nation than ours, yet it could only become Europe's economic vassal. East Africa's development was therefore the result of many factors, not something that could be summed up in just a sentence or two..."
Thinking back to when the Hechingen Royal Family colonized East Africa, the Maasai on the East African grasslands were still locked in pitched battles with the animals of the African grassland. It could be said that civilization throughout Africa had been exceedingly primitive.
Making the natives leap straight over primitive society into industrial society was harder than climbing to the heavens. Yet if they entered an agricultural society, East Africa would merely become an enlarged Brazil. Only by introducing relatively civilized immigrants could East Africa rise rapidly; this saved an enormous amount of time otherwise spent on enlightenment.
After exchanging a few pleasantries, Friedrich steered the conversation back onto the proper track. "Your Grace, may I ask what brought your party to East Africa this time? It is quite rare for your three countries to come to East Africa as a group."
Rare was putting it mildly. This was the first time in history that Germany, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and the Ottoman Empire had jointly come to East Africa for diplomatic activities. Moreover, Franz IV, who led this delegation, held a position of considerable stature. With the European situation in turmoil, the principal leaders had to remain in Europe to hold the fort. That Germany could send an archduke like Franz IV to East Africa