Recaps

East Africa expanded its infrastructure, industries, and borders while pursuing a foothold in Mindanao. The purchase brought a violent campaign against the Moros and plans for mass settlement, as Ernst pushed to develop ports and domestic shipbuilding.

• Yalstede presented Ernst with a plan for an inland canal network, and Ernst ordered more surveys before approving it.
• Ernst planned Rhine City’s government district and Imperial Great Hall while East Africa built roads, railways, a subway, and safety routes for Rhine Palace.
• Ernst formed the National Planned Economy Committee and set national targets for industry, infrastructure, electricity, and environmental safeguards.
• East African researchers struggled to develop a working tank prototype, while foreign merchants discussed trade and East Africa’s growing commercial reach.
• Masers challenged Sylvis over a French incursion, and East Africa and France later agreed on borders based on their areas of actual occupation.
• Ernst ordered a new territorial survey and provincial reorganization, then directed Hermann to negotiate Spain’s sale of Mindanao, which Spain sold for seventeen million Rheinland Shields.
• After rebellions in Mindanao, Berkeley ordered the Moros’ extermination, and East African forces killed civilians in Zamboanga and purged Davao.
• Ernst accepted the costs of the campaign, planned to isolate the Moros and bring more than a million Far Eastern immigrants to Mindanao, and urged the development of colonial ports and domestic shipbuilding.

East Africa expanded its education system, prepared Rhine City as its new capital, and began developing an air force while supporting Spain against the United States. Spain lost its colonies in the war and entered peace talks in Paris, where its diplomats disputed the demand to surrender the Philippines.

• Wang Lun defended Lorraine Town’s road construction and mechanized farming as East Africa developed nine agricultural regions and upgraded its farmland.
• Ernst set industrialization and urbanization goals, ordered a major expansion of higher education, and approved a plan for 172 universities while limiting military development.
• Hansa Province made Maputo a foreign-trade center and Hans Leighton organized local workshops, merchants, and businesses to develop the city’s economy.
• Ernst agreed to support Spain with supplies and access to Southeast Asian ports, and East Africa equipped and trained Spanish forces preparing to defend the Philippines.
• East Africa began moving its capital to Rhine City, and Ernst chose the name Rhine Empire as he planned a transition from kingdom to empire.
• After the United States and Spain declared war, American forces destroyed Spain’s Philippine fleet and captured Manila, while the Spanish fleet was also defeated at Santiago Harbor.
• Liu Laide’s team successfully flew the Sail aircraft, prompting Ernst to announce plans for an independent air force as East Africa expanded its universities and investigated population losses in the Belgian Congo.
• Spain sought peace talks in Paris, where Lawrence accepted that Cuba could pass to the United States but urged Spain to resist surrendering the Philippines.

Ernst moved East Africa’s capital to Rhine City, pursued industrial and diplomatic growth, and negotiated limited naval cooperation with Germany. As the country’s power and population expanded, he declared the Rhine Empire and prepared a military parade, while foreign diplomats clashed over its new status.

• Ernst abandoned the effort to buy Dutch Borneo and ordered the capital moved from First Town to Rhine City, where he and his family settled into Rhine Palace.
• Officials reported growth in East African agriculture, forestry, livestock, and fishing, while East African merchants expanded trade in Paraguay and other South American markets.
• Ernst prioritized industry, research, and education over military expansion, and Tirpitz inspected East African submarines before seeking naval cooperation.
• Tirpitz traveled through East Africa’s developed interior to Rhine City, where Ernst agreed to a limited naval plan for exchanging technology and supporting German ships at East African ports.
• East African reports documented rapid population growth, industrial output, railway expansion, and automobile production, and Ernst assessed the country’s growing strength.
• Ernst declared May 1, 1900, the founding day of the Rhine Empire and ordered a simple ceremony and military parade, while officials organized troops and invited foreign guests.
• Ernst extended the May Day holiday to a week, and diplomats argued over East Africa’s imperial status before Maxim demanded a duel with Wilson and East African officials intervened.

After its founding parade, East Africa mapped out industrial, transport, and urban expansion while recruiting Russian specialists and competing cities pursued growth plans. The arc ends with Ernst directing the alkali industry to develop natural soda and Solvay production while continuing to improve the Leblanc process.

• Constantin crowned himself at East Africa’s founding ceremony, and Ernst reviewed the disciplined military formations before the Lion flag rose and airships concluded the parade.
• Svit and Ernst laid out the First Five-Year Plan’s western development, Atlantic trade, city clusters, steel production, transport links, and controlled urbanization.
• Ernst assessed the international crisis and ordered East Africa to expand exports, infrastructure, industry, and recruitment of Russian scientists and technical workers.
• Will and Anka recruited students and technical workers in Siberia, while East Africa brought 224 Russians into the country during 1900.
• Keliade and Corivid introduced the new arrivals to East Africa’s planned economy and cities, as Andre and Loring prioritized Mombasa’s growth through industry, transport, regional cooperation, and foreign investment.
• Ernst set ambitious targets for Angola and West Coast Province, while Bella City planned industrial expansion and the government weighed how to develop East Africa’s steel, energy, and chemical industries.
• Robben presented a cheaper process for extracting soda from natural deposits, and Ernst ordered East Africa to develop it alongside the Solvay process while improving the Leblanc process.