That was right. In terms of economic scale, only Britain and the United States could steadily keep the Far East Empire beneath them worldwide. It belonged to the category of being large but not strong.
This could be glimpsed from its military spending. The Far East Empire's navy was among the largest in the world, something it had achieved despite its weak industrial foundation.
Thus, the Far East Empire's population advantage was displayed to the fullest. No matter how formidable East Africa was, it could not overcome a seven-to-one gap. In 1890, the Far East Empire had seven times East Africa's population, while East Africa's overall industrial level was relatively weak. Though stronger than the Far East Empire's, its advantage was limited, so the Far East Empire still surpassed East Africa in economic scale.
However, East Africa's population was growing rapidly, and its industrialization was accelerating. It would take only a few years for the two sides to trade places.
"By 1900, our nation's principal urban areas should achieve the Three- 통 Policy in full: universal water supply, electricity, and roads. Over the next fifty years, from 1900 to 1950, we must achieve nationwide electricity coverage, extending power, safe drinking water, roads, and other infrastructure to every rural and remote region of East Africa."
At present, more than two million households across East Africa had electricity. It sounded like a great many, but in reality it amounted to less than five percent of the national population. Yet this had already made East Africa the world's largest power industry nation. The United States possessed only around forty-seven percent of East Africa's electrical capacity, while Germany ranked third.
East Africa, the United States, and Germany stood in the first echelon of the global power industry, far ahead of all other nations