The British Government weighed East Africa's strength. The more they calculated, the more they realized there was no good way to deal with East Africa. Though its overall scale was not large, within Africa's little patch of land, it was a colossus.
After all, aside from Cape Town and North Africa, nowhere else in Africa could be found a force capable of competing with East Africa in terms of white population. Moreover, East Africa was a country composed of Germans. Though not entirely pure, its civilizational identity naturally leaned toward Germany.
What did this mean for Britain? Germany alone was enough to give Britain a headache. Add the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and the influence of Germans would be enough to change the entire world. If East Africa were then allowed to serve as the raw-material supply base for these two industrial powers, Britain's position as hegemon would face an enormous threat.
Thinking of this, Benjamin said gravely, "East Africa is no ordinary country. This private colonial company, which monopolizes millions of square kilometers of Africa, has seriously undermined regional peace and stability. As guardians of world order, we cannot continue allowing East Africa to develop without restraint. We must strike with a heavy fist!"
Benjamin explicitly defined East Africa as a private colonial group like the British East India Company. The British East India Company's glory had come from occupying India, yet the Indian Colony was only three million square kilometers. The Kingdom of East Africa was more than twice India's size, at least according to the British Government. East Africa's land might not be as superior as India's, nor was its population as abundant, but a country with such vast territory would sooner or later see its population pile up, becoming a force powerful enough to affect the world order.