Under the intimidation of East Africa and Germany, few countries in the world could withstand such pressure. Venezuela's government could only cooperate with the arrangements of the two countries. It was an utterly humiliating affair. After all, Venezuela was a Spanish-speaking country, yet it was being forced to learn German—there was no second example to be found anywhere in the world.
According to East Africa's arrangements, German would henceforth become a fixed subject during Venezuela's compulsory education and secondary and higher education, much like how the vast majority of students in the Far East Empire in the previous life had to take English classes.
This treatment was unique within the German-Speaking Countries Organization. Among those non-German members, there had never been a case of German being compulsory during compulsory education. Take Belgium, for instance: Belgian education was led by its own government, so French and German were given equal weight. Only the Belgian Congo colony bordering East Africa had comprehensively promoted German due to its special circumstances.
Even for a weak country like the Abyssinian Empire, East Africa had not forced it to learn German. Instead, the Abyssinian Empire itself had proactively promoted the development of German education within its borders.
The reason Venezuela received special treatment was simple. First, Venezuela's oil resources were something East Africa could not abandon. Second was Venezuela's strategic value. Located on South America's northern coast, Venezuela marked the boundary between the spheres of influence of East Africa and the United States, the forward position in the confrontation between the two countries.
East Africa had three naval bases, one Air Force base, and two army bases in Venezuela. Together with one naval base in Colombia, these were East Africa's only seven large military bases in the North Atlantic region. This allowed the East African Atlantic