Through decades of expansion, the East African mainland had escaped the predicament of lacking basic resources such as oil and coal. If Ernst had been satisfied with only the lands of German East Africa from his previous life—that was, Tanzania—then East Africa's ceiling would have been no more than that of a regional power.
German East Africa in his previous life had covered less than one million square kilometers. Though Tanzania could be considered relatively resource-rich, that was only relative. Across all of Africa, the only places truly outstanding in terms of resources were South Africa and Nigeria from his previous life—the former rich in coal, the latter in oil.
To a certain extent, this also reflected the importance of energy to economic development. No matter how many overseas territories East Africa possessed, its roots remained on the African continent, just as Britain could not possibly move its political center from the British Isles to India.
In Europe's colonial history, only the Portuguese royal family had ever fled to Brazil and developed there for a time. Yet regrettably, the Portuguese royal family later still placed its focus on the Portuguese homeland.
Judging from the current development of Brazil and Portugal, Brazil had already overtaken its former suzerain. In his previous life, Portugal might still have been able to edge out Brazil economically.
However, in this time and space, most of Portugal's overseas territories had been ravaged by East Africa. The remaining Portuguese colonies lacked both the area and resources needed to support Portugal in living a prosperous life.
Mbeya city.
In July 1919, Bohemia Province of East Africa organized a group of officials to visit Mbeya city for study and exchange.
Bohemia Province was also the most important industrial zone in central East Africa. Its predecessor had been Matabele