Chaotic West Africa

After confirming that Svit would head to Berlin, East Africa swiftly made the necessary arrangements and notified the host, the German government. Prince Leopold of Sigmaringen also joined the conference on Sigmaringen's behalf.

The Berlin Conference was scheduled for April 1884, more than half a year earlier than in history, chiefly due to the variables introduced by East Africa and the other nations.

By now, Southern Africa and East Africa had basically been carved up completely. Only West Africa remained, so naturally the other countries feared they would not even get a bite of this last piece of meat.

The Berlin Conference quickly turned into a marketplace. After all, just a few strokes of the pen could decide the ownership of a vast stretch of land. Before profit, no one could remain calm and composed. They argued until their faces were red and their necks thick, yet felt no shame. Compared to tangible gains already in hand, how much was dignity worth?

Yet unexpectedly, the main rivals at this Berlin Conference were not Germany and France, those mortal enemies. Instead, Germany and France joined forces against the British.

France held an advantage in Northwest Africa, but that was not the case in West Africa, especially after the British stepped up their colonial efforts there.

First was the Gold Coast, traditionally regarded as Africa's richest colony, which was firmly under British control. Then there was the coast of what had been Nigeria in a previous life, Africa's largest economy in that previous life, where the British likewise held the upper hand.

Present-day Nigeria was called the Sokoto Caliphate. This empire covered more than a million square kilometers, possessed the most fertile farmland in all West Africa, and had an enormous population. Its sole weakness was that the Sokoto Caliphate had splintered