If conditions allowed, Ernst himself did not mind fostering a new state in Gwadar, thereby squeezing Arab religious influence's living space. But that was simply unrealistic.
If East Africa could control the area around Gwadar, even if it were only the southern side of the entire Makran Coastal Mountains, it could still support a migrant population through the method of "planting widely and harvesting thinly." Just like East Africa's territory along the Persian Gulf, the climate there was equally harsh, but the area was vast enough that there would always be small oases suitable for settlement and stable water sources.
Not to mention that resources such as oil along the Persian Gulf coast could serve as the local economic pillar.
In his previous life, the populations of countries such as Qatar, Bahrain, and the UAE had been astonishingly high. Bahrain was not even as large as the Gwadar territory controlled by East Africa. It was a desert island nation of merely 780 square kilometers, yet it had a population of more than 1.5 million. The UAE had exceeded ten million.
To put it bluntly, once oil resources ran dry, those regions would instantly become hell on earth.
Gwadar, however, did not even possess resources such as oil. Thus, there was not the slightest possibility of turning this place into a stable independent state.
"In the future, Gwadar Port will only be a small town of limited scale. Its industries will mainly provide supporting services for the local garrison."
What Crown Prince Friedrich described was precisely East Africa's current positioning of Gwadar Port.
"So Gwadar Port's population will not be large, even if we include the military personnel."
"In that case, part of Gwadar's territory does not actually hold much significance for us. We can trade the land at the eastern