While East Africa was digging pits on one side, it could not spare attention for Spain and the United States on the other, because there were now more important matters to handle within the country.
April 1, 1898.
The East African government officially approved the proposal to move the capital to Rhine City. Relocating a capital was clearly a complicated and massive undertaking, but fortunately, First Town had never been designed as a major city from the outset. It had neither much population nor industry, and it was close to Dar es Salaam city. Thus, aside from its political status, it was unremarkable in other respects, which made things easier for the East African government.
This was easy to understand. Take the capital of the Far East Empire in Ernst's previous life—its registered population alone exceeded ten million. If it made a decision like East Africa's to relocate the capital, there would be more than ten million opponents. Just thinking about it was enough to give one a headache.
However, it had to be admitted that the Far East Empire's capital was indeed very well situated. Aside from its lack of modern naval strength, the Bohai Sea being vulnerable to foreign invasion, and the excessive population concentration in later generations causing water shortages, it had almost no weaknesses in any other respect.
"This capital relocation will proceed in three stages. First, each government department will send a portion of its personnel to Rhine City in advance to establish the framework. Second, some government agencies will move their operations entirely to Rhine City. Before 1900, Rhine City will completely become East Africa's new political center."
The vast majority had no objections to moving the capital to Rhine City. After all, First Town truly had not been the preferred choice, while the