By this logic, East Africa counted as a pseudo-great power. Before ordinary countries, it could be considered a great power, but before those few countries above it, it did not count.
This state resembled the Far East Empire of his previous life. In reality, the Far East Empire and the United States could be seen as two new superpowers locked in confrontation, standing alone in a class of their own, though the Far East Empire still fell short of the standard in some indicators.
December 3, 1879.
"Your Highness, according to our records, the total number of immigrants who came to East Africa exceeded 14.6 million, while the number of registered black slaves exceeded 13 million."
"These are only the portion recorded in the archives and can serve as reference data for East Africa's population. Naturally, they differ greatly from the actual population figures—for instance, newly born people and those lost to disease and war were not included."
"Moreover, many archives have been lost, and recording errors have created further discrepancies. Some records were old and had been damaged for various reasons, which has made our work more difficult."
This gave Ernst a rough understanding of East Africa's population figures. Immigrants alone numbered around 15 million; without counting blacks, East Africa's final population should have doubled once or twice over, roughly reaching between 30 million and more than 40 million.
The number of blacks could not be ignored either. Several years ago, the black population had been counted at 22 million. East Africa had sent out more than 3 million over the past few years, so its current black population should have been close to, but under, 20 million.
Of those fewer than 20 million blacks, 13 million were registered East African black "laborers," further demonstrating the true nature