South America was one of the hardest-hit areas by the rampant spread of extreme nationalism. Given the immigrant makeup of the whole continent, such a situation was easily bound to arise. After all, most South American countries had once been colonies of Spain and Portugal, while Germans and Italian immigrants also made up a large proportion of their populations.
South America's economy had never been particularly strong. Argentina had previously stood head and shoulders above the rest, but now even Argentina's economy had collapsed, to say nothing of the other South American countries. Thus, the economic conditions across South America had provided fertile soil for the growth of extreme nationalism.
Not only were these underdeveloped South American countries affected; other regions of the world had likewise been swept up in Europe's tide of extreme nationalism, including East Africa.
Though Adolf had always looked down on East Africa's "mixed-bloods," his government had put no small amount of effort into East Africa.
It attempted to foster extreme nationalist forces in East Africa and thereby tie East Africa to Germany's war chariot. Therefore, East Africa guarded strictly against German infiltration, just as it did against Soviet infiltration.
The year had reached 1934.
Over the past year, the world had not been peaceful, but it had remained generally stable. At the very least, no major war had broken out, though contradictions within the international community had continued to pile up.
There were three principal flashpoints in the world. The first was the internal unrest in the Austro-Hungarian Empire in Central and Southern Europe. Behind the empire's turmoil stood the involvement of Britain, France, Germany, the Soviet Union, Italy, and many other countries.
The second was East Asia, where the conflict between the Far East Empire and Japan also involved the contest between the