"Gentlemen, to sum up, the 'Age of Exploration' had come to an end, and the greatest winner was undoubtedly our northern neighbor, the Garratt Duchy.
Unless human science and technology underwent another explosion, allowing us to cross the Storm Belt and continue exploring the unknown side of this planet, the upper limit of the known human world had already been completely fixed.
If we continued developing step by step with our current foundations and territory,
neither the Lowland Republic, surrounded by so many great powers, nor the Golden Palm Federation, isolated overseas, could ever become the new hegemon of this world!
Therefore, a new operation to divide the cake was imperative, and this Time Node had to come before Tulip completely digested the largest piece of cake, the Shattered Star Sea.
Otherwise, we would never have another chance!"
Golden Palm Federation, Kamsid City, inside the heavily guarded federal building.
The highest-level meeting, composed of Prime Minister Ludendorff, Deputy Prime Minister Erich, the ministers of the Finance Department, Justice Department, Agriculture Department, Commerce Department, Defense Department, and the marshals of the navy, army, and air force, had already been underway for a full day.
Now.
Compared with the time of its founding, the Golden Palm Federation had already reclaimed part of the rights held by its states—member nations—and established a unified federal government.
The federation possessed the highest legislative, executive, and judicial institutions, along with a unified constitution and body of laws, making it the principal entity for domestic and foreign affairs.
Of course, the state governments still enjoyed an extremely high degree of autonomy, and the federal Prime Minister had no authority to appoint or dismiss any state governor.
Because the capitalists, the true rulers of this nation, understood very well that politicians were not clergy who could selflessly devote