The prime minister of the Gefra Empire rubbed his temples. Lately, he felt as though his brain was about to explode, yet he never regretted his decision.
The might of the Peng Joe Empire made him realize that the current federal system had to undergo reform—it was necessary and urgent.
If the emperor were a very capable one, they would not mind following the emperor's decisions, but the current emperor was not all that wise.
He had many shortcomings: cruelty, coldness, and irritability. These were flaws in his personality that doomed him not to be, and not to lead as, a dictator, as this would drag the entire country toward ruin.
Therefore, no matter what, Gefra had reached a point where reform was imperative; without reform, the country would only grow worse and worse.
They would be caught up with, surpassed, and left far behind in the dust by those small countries they once ruled! Only by undergoing reform would they have a chance to stand atop the world once again.
Nothing could alter the course of reform, not even a war that was actually quite unlikely to break out.
From the Gefra prime minister's own perspective, he knew very well that this conflict might not necessarily escalate into a war. A sharp political instinct had already allowed him to catch that whiff of hypocrisy known only to politicians.
Yet he had to do something right now, because a war was also underway within Gefra itself.
He could not let external matters interfere with internal decisions, so the prime minister decided to actively intervene in this conflict in the capacity of a third party.
"I understand, yes, I understand. You bear no fault whatsoever, and everything is the Peng Joe People's problem." He first affirmed the view of the president