December 3, 1869.
First Town, Central District of East Africa, Svit Palace.
"Hehehe, East Africa really is a treasure trove." Prince Constantin looked over the detailed figures in his hand. "Ernst, what do you plan to do next?"
On the other end of the telephone: "Father, all affairs in East Africa can continue developing as usual for now. But there is one matter whose progress we should accelerate, or it may cause trouble in the future."
"What is it?"
"It concerns the Geleidi Sultanate in the Somalia region."
"You intend to make a move against it?"
"Although the Geleidi Sultanate does not have many people, its position is very important. In particular, its inhabitants are mainly black people. That is a potential threat."
The importance of the location Ernst spoke of was aimed at East Africa's population policy; it had no geographical significance.
Prince Constantin had never witnessed the terrifying fertility rate of black people in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, so he could not sense the urgency in Ernst's heart.
Historically, from 1961 to 2021, Somalia's total population had grown from 2.94 million to 17.06 million. The Geleidi Sultanate was now merely a country in southern Somalia, with only around a hundred thousand people, so taking it would not be difficult.
Historically, even the Sultanate of Zanzibar had defeated the Geleidi Sultanate and made it its vassal. East Africa might as well go all the way and directly annex the Geleidi Sultanate.
Like Ethiopia, Somalia was inhabited by people of mixed black and white descent. The difference was that Somalia mostly consisted of Arab countries. Arab identity was bound by culture rather than bloodline, which had the same marvelous effect as East Africa's German culture in promoting racial integration.
(Figure: The dark blue areas show the distribution of Africa's