East Africa's foundation lay in the roughly one million square kilometers of the East African Highlands, mainly covering Tanzania, Kenya, and the Great Lakes Region. This was already a secure expanse of national territory. Including some surrounding areas, across nearly two million square kilometers of land, the Kingdom of East Africa feared no competition from any power.
With its advantage in immigrant numbers, even if the other colonizers joined forces with all the indigenous powers, they would still find it difficult to threaten the East African Highlands and its surroundings.
The southwestern region, the area that had been Zambia in Ernst's previous life, had only recently been incorporated and had instead become a weak point for the Kingdom of East Africa. The Kingdom of East Africa had made temporary compromises with the local indigenous forces.
Without outside forces intervening, East Africa could naturally swallow the southwestern region bit by bit. But once some power began stirring things up there, the Kingdom of East Africa would be thrown onto the defensive.
Besides those two areas, the Mitumba Mountains, the coastal plains, and the northern desert region also occupied a considerable amount of land. All these regions combined brought the total to just under four million square kilometers.
"Your Majesty, this is the current map of the Kingdom of East Africa, the result of repeated comparisons and revisions."
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Von der Leyen spread out a map before Constantin. On closer inspection, East Africa's shape, if one insisted on describing it, somewhat resembled a leaf—broad in the middle and narrow at both ends, thrust diagonally into the African interior.
"This map really looks awkward! It looks strange." Constantin commented as he looked at the map.
"Your Majesty, that is because when we expanded East Africa's territory, we avoided several relatively powerful forces. To