Putting Everyone to Good Use

Ernst said to Weimar, "Black people are an important source of soldiers, especially given how excessively young East Africa's population structure is at present. Another important factor is that East Africa's territory has expanded more than six or sevenfold from before. Our core territory used to consist only of the eastern region, but now we must also include the central and southern regions, both of which will face the threat of war."

The main source of East Africa's population growth had in fact shifted from immigration to childbirth, so East Africa also faced population pressure. It was a happy burden.

Conversely, if a country faced population aging, it probably would not be laughing. In Ernst's view, such countries were all heading downhill. Of course, this was also the inevitable path East Africa would eventually take, unless East Africa made no progress whatsoever and spent its years mingling among Third World countries like the African nations of his previous life.

Before the new generation grew up, East Africa's child-rearing costs were quite high. But in the future, once the new generation that had received compulsory education matured, East Africa's national strength would certainly erupt during some period, probably within the next twenty or thirty years.

"His Highness the Crown Prince, we have registered all laborers and updated the data at the same time. If we need to respond to a conflict, we can ensure that manpower can be drawn from them at any time," Weimar said.

The data on East African Black people was updated quite frequently, especially during these years of major infrastructure construction, when hundreds of thousands were injured or killed every year. Thus, the data was updated quickly, which was quite a headache for East Africa's statistical departments.

Yet some things had to be done. If a moment's