Recaps

Ernst expanded East Africa’s plans for rubber, energy, electricity, and agricultural development while East Africa covertly aided the divided Orange forces. The stretch ended with Somalia’s leaders seeking workers, port improvements, and new trade opportunities.

• Ernst planned to protect East Africa’s rubber and banana crops while developing automobiles, roads, petroleum resources, and future nuclear power.
• The Orange Free State rose against the Transvaal Restoration Army, and Ernst chose to aid the Orange people discreetly while allowing Boer divisions to deepen.
• East Africa supplied the Orange forces with weapons and sent a covert military advisory group, while Branca’s forces intercepted an Orange arms convoy after Varshanu betrayed its route.
• East African officials reported major gains in irrigation and agriculture, and Ernst arranged for Tesla to research AC electricity at East African National Power University.
• Ernst approved the Eurasian Fruit Basket Plan, prompting Northern Province officials to pursue port expansion and seek more labor for farms and construction.
• Rolwindi proposed a new port south of Mogadishu while retaining the old port, and Mogadishu’s government approved the plan ahead of the rainy season.
• Rolman Karin sought more immigrant workers for Northern Province, while Herlein considered developing Diredawa through border trade with British, French, and Italian forces.

Ernst expanded East Africa’s border trade, labor cooperation, railway plans, and industrial development while maneuvering among European powers and responding to international crises. After returning from Europe, he assessed Britain’s growing freedom to act and ordered stronger military preparations as East Africa continued developing its cities and agriculture.

• Ernst designated Diredawa a Special Administrative City and East Africa’s pilot border-trade city, while emphasizing its military importance and dependence on regional economic growth.
• Kranis showed Austrian merchants Mogadishu’s schools, and Ernst approved a multinational labor company to organize East African workers for Austrian jobs and protect their safety.
• Ernst traveled to Europe with Karina and Jena, where he discussed East Africa’s security and economic cooperation with Franz, while officials debated routes and preparations for the Northern Railway.
• Ernst’s agents used the Chinese Exclusion Act to condemn the United States, and East Africa’s pressure helped prompt the Far East Empire to sanction California before the United States amended the act.
• Ernst cultivated Spain’s royal family while considering future opportunities in the Nanyang, and Northern and Juba Province officials promoted Tiger Nut to diversify crops and withstand locusts.
• Matabele Province’s steel production helped East Africa reach 1.23 million tons of annual steel output as industrial cities expanded and the province planned a railway to Beira.
• After Ernst returned to East Africa, Svit reported that British-backed Transvaal forces had defeated the Orange people, and Ernst ordered surveillance and military contingency planning.
• East African officials planned reinforcements, reserve training, and mobile cavalry divisions as New Frankfurt City was established and manure use supported agriculture, fuel, and animal feed.

Ernst and East Africa’s officials expanded infrastructure, industry, and military preparations while managing rival powers and regional development. The stretch left East Africa preparing for future conflicts and connecting its western provinces through railways, river routes, and new settlements.

• Yasold and Val celebrated the Mangalor Highway’s opening and discussed Southwest Africa’s isolated coastal cities and likely provincial capital.
• Ernst inspected the undeveloped Military Vehicle Research Institute, encouraged its staff, and reviewed East Africa’s growing tea industry and plans to mechanize production.
• Ernst ordered reinforcements along the Angolan border as Portuguese forces and hostile local armies threatened Danube Province and Zambezi Province.
• East African and Sigmaringen delegates attended the Berlin Conference, where Svit pursued East Africa’s interests while the powers disputed West African claims.
• Ernst accepted Orange fighters into East Africa under conditions, ordered fifty thousand additional troops, and set 1890 as the target for attacking Portuguese colonies after major projects were completed.
• Ernst urged officials to link agriculture with industry, while railway plans and worker transfers advanced the development of East Africa’s western provinces.
• Ernst ordered ivory exports capped and herds surveyed, and Constantin visited Kagera and Bujumbura, where officials sought processing machinery and stronger transport links.

East Africa expanded its infrastructure and military preparations while weighing the threats posed by Portugal, Britain, and the newly independent Boer Republic. The discovery of oil at Lake Turkana and the arrival of new divisions strengthened East Africa as the possibility of war drew nearer.

• Wang Er explained the new East African motorcycles to curious onlookers, while officials announced plans for nationwide civil service examinations and Ernst urged gradual administrative reform.
• Ernst assessed East Africa’s political and military position, prioritizing the removal of Portugal’s Mozambique colony and planning development around Kinshasa, the Northern Industrial Belt, and the railway network.
• Kailos and Val discussed Belgian Congo’s strategic importance, while East African officials pursued trade and military preparations along the Angolan and Portuguese borders.
• Ernst reviewed the declining Black labor force, tightened labor registration, and ordered that Black people remain outside the military except as a last resort, while Reder presented the Guards Division’s new equipment and training.
• Portuguese soldiers and East African patrols faced off at the border as Brunzino warned his men against provoking East Africa, and East Africa expanded its western defenses and railway plans.
• The Transvaal leaders and Britain negotiated over the Orange Free State’s independence, military funding, and trade, while East African agents reported that Britain was secretly moving troops from India.
• Saul’s drilling crew struck oil at Lake Turkana, and Ernst ordered secret exploration, recruitment of experts, and construction of a railway to develop the field.
• Ernst debated whether Britain and the Transvaal were baiting East Africa into war after the Boer Republic regained independence, while new mounted-infantry divisions arrived at Nyeri to begin training.