By mid-July, the military and government reforms were nearing their end. Through these reforms, East Africa had finally begun to look like a country.
No matter how one looked at it, the new government resembled the "County of Hechingen." The East African colony's full name was the Hechingen East African Royal Territory, and its monarch was also, in all seriousness, the former monarch of the County of Hechingen.
Some of Constantin's old subordinates had also completed their transition from unemployment to new jobs, mainly in some newly established and less critical departments. After all, the others had arrived first!
The Hechingen Royal Guard had also been reestablished on a large scale, responsible for garrison duty in First Town.
This was a new "old country" blending the styles of Hechingen, Prussia, Austria, and the colonies.
The emphasis was on the "County of Hechingen" rather than the "Principality of Hechingen." This was an important signal. The principality would forever be Prussia's principality, while the County of Hechingen had once been an independent European state.
Hechingen might be small, but perhaps it had not been forsaken by fate. Since they were all mixed up in Germany anyway, they could at least contend for the rightful legacy of the Holy Roman Empire. After all, there were plenty of states riding Rome's coattails; would it not be wonderful to ride the Holy Roman Empire's coattails too?
Of course, that was just a joke. Constantin and Ernst would not be so foolish. Keeping a low profile and biding their time was the Hechingen Royal Family's strategy, and East Africa had no need to latch onto "Rome" at all. Germany alone was enough.
Many new institutions had appeared in East Africa's new government, and the most eye-catching of them all had to be the navy.
Unsurprisingly, the