Recaps

East Africa secured a costly peace with Britain and Portugal, annexed Angola and Mozambique, and expanded its influence onto Madagascar. It then shifted toward rebuilding its military and developing its enlarged territory, while Portuguese settlers and Black laborers were drawn into its plans.

• At the Venice Conference, Hermann rejected Salisbury’s accusations and demanded reparations from Britain and Portugal, while the two sides clashed over East Africa’s territorial gains and British prisoners.
• After private negotiations, East Africa halted its advance on Cape Town and returned British prisoners, then signed a ceasefire in which Portugal ceded Angola and Mozambique and agreed to pay reparations.
• Ernst ordered the development of Angola’s ports and transport links, while East Africa arranged the departure of Portuguese residents and planned how to settle Boer communities in its new territories.
• Ernst chose western and southern Madagascar for East Africa’s expansion, and East African forces landed there before agreeing with Britain and France to respect Imerina’s sovereignty.
• Ernst redirected attention to domestic development, as officials reported expanding farmland and irrigation while planning railways, agricultural mechanization, and population policies.
• East Africa planned to renew its navy and reduce its army after the war, retaining captured British ships for study and selling outdated equipment.
• East African officials began developing Cabinda, Luanda, and Benguela, relying on coerced Black labor as they addressed the region’s isolation and labor shortages.
• Ernst and his officials planned coordinated development in Angola and Mozambique, and East Africa accepted Portuguese settlers in Mozambique while Fernandes stayed and Eusebio returned to Portugal.

East Africa expanded farms, railways, roads, and settlement across its southern territories while negotiating economic ties with Germany and Austria-Hungary. The arc ended with Wang Desen’s family receiving visas to join Wang Defeng in East Africa, where they might be assigned to a distant region.

• Fernandes and other newly naturalized workers were assigned to farms around Maputo and began German lessons as officials planned to rebuild the city and its agricultural economy.
• Ernst designated Kimberley a priority, ordered experienced miners to restart diamond production, and planned to recruit immigrants from underdeveloped Austro-Hungarian regions.
• Ernst approved major railway and road expansion, including routes through Mozambique and the Kalahari, while East African officials began the Habe Railway after a typhoon damaged Bella City.
• Saul’s tractors reached Shaoqui Town, where they plowed fields and demonstrated how mechanized farms could develop the southern Mozambique Plains.
• Caprivi negotiated with Ernst, and Germany and East Africa signed an economic cooperation agreement, while Rudolf later signed a separate investment agreement for the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
• Ernst proposed organizing rural education around towns and expanding traditional Chinese medicine clinics, training, and local medicinal production.
• Wang Defeng guaranteed Wang Desen’s family at the East African Consulate, and they passed their checks and received visas that also served as ship tickets.

East Africa seized Kauai during the Hawaiian crisis, then turned its attention to railways, a future inland capital, industry, and agricultural expansion. As immigration policy shifted and East African instructors trained the Far East Empire’s navy, the story left East Africa strengthening its influence across several regions.

• Wang Defeng settled Wang Desen’s family near Bella City, befriended the garrison, and continued on to Harare.
• Rogge and John Crane prepared East African forces and residents in Kauai to seize the island before the United States could annex Hawaii.
• Gladstone and John Klan captured Lihue and forced Governor Kumali to establish a separate Kauai government as the United States took control of the other Hawaiian islands.
• East African forces secured Kauai, disarmed Charles’s militia, and repatriated American merchants, while Cleveland declined to retake the island and negotiated with East Africa.
• East Africa reached an agreement with American representatives over property on Kauai, and Rogge sent his agents to Florida.
• Ernst promoted a nationwide railway network, inspected growing inland cities, and began assessing a future capital site near New Frankfurt City, which he privately planned to name Rhine.
• East Africa supported industrial and agricultural expansion, including BASF factories, increased cotton production in Mtwara, and new farming and railway plans across central and coastal regions.
• After East Africa reduced immigration, many migrants at Jiaozhou chose to travel to Sigmaringen, while East African instructors trained the Far East Empire’s navy and warned Liu Fulong to prepare for Japan.

East Africa expanded its railways, energy systems, industry, and population into underdeveloped regions while managing diplomacy and war in Asia. The arc left the government focused on consolidating its domestic foundation through migration, infrastructure, and selective industrial growth.

• Ernst ordered intensive naval training for Jiaozhou sailors, promoted Tesla to count, and directed East Africa to develop secure radio communications.
• East Africa restored Angola’s agriculture and fisheries, planned new export routes, and pursued mechanization to reduce reliance on enslaved labor.
• Remons negotiated a cooperative development treaty with Johannes IV, while East Africa planned to transfer aging industries to selected western and northern cities.
• Ernst approved Rhine City’s site and large-scale plan as East Africa supported the Far East Empire during its war with Japan, which ended with Japan occupying Korea.
• East Africa developed New Frankfurt City as a railway and industrial hub, began operating its first natural gas facility, and launched a nationwide water conservancy project.
• East Africa relocated millions of people to Angola, Mozambique, and other underdeveloped regions, causing transport networks to exceed their capacity.
• Ernst rejected a proposed aluminum smelter near Tete City to protect the Zambezi, and the government planned aluminum production at Xindai Town.
• Ernst described migration, agricultural expansion, and selective industrial transfers as East Africa’s Three-Part construction, prioritizing domestic consolidation before comprehensive industrialization.