Cultural relics were one of the carriers of culture, and culture was precisely what a fledgling nation like East Africa lacked most. Not to mention a country with such a short history as the United States—even Russia was no exception.
Russia's history was not exactly short either, but it was in an awkward position. It could never get around the Mongol Empire and the Golden Horde, and the Western world had always mocked it, ready at any moment to expel it from the ranks of Europe.
Thus, historical nihilism ran rampant in Russia. The Tsarist era denied the Mongols, the Soviet era denied the tsars, and Russia denied the Soviet Union. In this way, Russia forever wandered between Europe and Asia, unable to find a sense of national belonging. The entire Slavic people were like this. If the Slavs could find confidence in their own culture, it would surely become a force capable of changing the world.
The Kingdom of East Africa resembled Russia in that both had Yellow and White peoples among their population. Nearly half of East Africa's citizens came from the Far East. Naturally, Ernst would not deny this history. Otherwise, how could he explain the origins of the Yellow race within the Kingdom of East Africa? He could hardly tell future East Africans that their ancestors had leapt out of rocks.
At present, the Kingdom of East Africa was undergoing wholesale Germanization, a necessary measure for consolidating the regime. At the same time, the center of the world truly lay in Europe, and East Africa needed to draw closer to Europe. Presenting itself as a German state would allow it to participate better in international affairs. Moreover, Germany was a cultural concept; Germany did not necessarily have to be in Europe, just as the United States