"It still had to pass review by the Anti-Human Trafficking Committee."
Franz Eichmann smiled too. One of his relatives had wanted to emigrate to the United States. His family couldn't talk him out of it, and in the end, the Anti-Human Trafficking Committee sent him back.
It was thanks to the existence of the Anti-Human Trafficking Committee that the heirs of the Eichmann Family hadn't ended up in North America as indentured servants.
Bismarck knew the foreign minister had made up his mind, so he said nothing more. King William IV of Prussia was a monarch with little resolve, forever caught in a superposition of opposition and agreement.
So rather than trying to persuade the monarch, it was better to convince the ministers who held real power. As for Prince of Grapeshot, he was a little rash, but his decisive manner suited Bismarck's tastes.
In Bismarck's view, Prussia wasn't entirely without a chance of winning. Austria's advantage lay in its immense size, but that was also its weakness.
Besides, having the Austrian Empire as the big brother wasn't all bad. After all, when the sky fell, there'd be someone tall enough to hold it up.
Blas Osmeno was the newly appointed prime minister of Spain's Queen Isabella II, and also one of her mother Christina's lovers.
Blas Osmeno came from a banking background and understood the importance of the European Monetary Union. Once established, the union would greatly promote commerce and banking, and might even change the rules of the banking industry outright.
For a banker with a government post like Blas Osmeno, though, it was practically a windfall from heaven.
On one hand, he could secure more investments and establish a domestic monopoly. On the other, it would make transferring his assets abroad easier.
"For a better tomorrow for