This was a textbook example of politics and the military safeguarding the economy. In the Northern Hemisphere, the regions East Africa could cover and influence were mainly the Middle East, North Africa, West Africa, and similar areas.
East Africa's fundamental base, however, lay south of 12 degrees North Latitude. South of 12 degrees North Latitude, East Africa's military and political influence surpassed that of any other country in the world.
For example, Colombia was the frontline of competition between East Africa and the United States in Latin America, and Colombia's northernmost latitude was roughly 12 degrees North. Jezira City, at the northern end of the East African mainland, was likewise around 12 degrees North, while 12 degrees North ran right through the Gulf of Aden south of the Red Sea passage...
It could be said that once Northern Hemisphere nations crossed south of 12 degrees North Latitude, their military, diplomatic, and economic activities would inevitably be affected by East Africa.
Within this line, East Africa held absolute political, economic, and military advantages, extending even across the South Pacific, after all, East Africa also possessed a string of colonies in South Pacific waters.
After entering the Eighth Five-Year Plan, East African economic development had clearly run into a bottleneck. In the past, East Africa could still learn from other countries and thus follow a clearly targeted path for economic and industrial development.
But now, there was no longer any clear target ahead for East Africa to learn from or catch up to. During the Seventh Five-Year Plan, East Africa could still set its sights on Germany's advantageous industries, but after the Seventh Five-Year Plan, this shortcoming was no longer obvious.
Of course, this applied to East Africa's current population, not to Ernst, who possessed memories of his previous life.
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