East Africa's every operation in Russia had gone remarkably smoothly. At this time, the Russian Labor Party had no time to consolidate the country's resources; its foremost goal remained dealing with the counterattack of domestic reactionary forces.
Forces like the Nobel Family, unable to see the writing on the wall, were countless in Russia. This also made it easier for East Africa to liquidate its assets in Russia.
The assets withdrawn from Russia, the profits gained from their sale, and the ill-gotten wealth East Africa had "seized" from Russia allowed East Africa to make a killing. Not only had it withdrawn unscathed before the Labor Party fully took power, but it had also made East Africa's treasury and the Rhine Royal Family even wealthier.
Kampala.
Since East Africa had begun tilting its policies toward the Great Lakes Region, the development of Kampala and Kisumu had been especially rapid.
Beyond their location in the Great Lakes Region, they also benefited from being situated along East Africa's northern urban belt. East Africa's north, in the broad sense, was not small, but when it came to the core area of economic development, it was naturally the regions along the Northern Railway.
After all, the Northern Railway was the only main railway artery capable of stringing together most of the northern cities.
East Africa's major northern cities—Mombasa, Nairobi, Kisumu, and Kampala—all lay along this route. Other cities, such as Kisangani city, Bangui, and Libreville, were somewhat less developed in scale, but they were still the centers of their respective regions.
Thus, Kisumu and Kampala were both Great Lakes Region cities and hub cities on the Northern Railway. Under this double advantage, it was hard for them not to develop.
Of course, Kampala held another advantage over Kisumu: Kampala was the provincial capital of