On the surface, Latveria's outward expansion had come to a halt. The ethnic conflicts, religious conflicts, and wealth gap in Yugoslavia on the Balkan Peninsula were enough to keep the newly established Latverian government busy for quite some time. In the half month since the Wakandans' departure, Latveria, freed from the City of Immortals' financial difficulties, had begun radiating infrastructure projects outward from its capital. Its cities would expand alongside the railway network until Latveria Province became a megacity equipped with a Space Elevator.
Latveria's territory would not be confined to its landmass. Wakanda and the Mars Foundry had taken the order to construct a new Space Station. In the future, Wakandans and Latverians would be able to use the Space Elevator and board Void Airliners docked at the terminal to travel into high orbit, where a gigantic Space Station large enough to be called a moving continent would await them.
The Space Station would be divided into docking zones for starships, military zones, and residential zones. Convenient transportation and abundant supplies would make it a place where people could live permanently. It was easy to imagine that future Latveria would attract many immigrants. The Emperor intended to use them to complete his work and alleviate the Balkan Peninsula's population shortage—at present, he still could not purchase Syrian refugees from Turkey as laborers. Humanity, which had yet to witness the cruelty of the cosmos, merely regarded refugees as tools for profit and self-satisfaction. Latveria's demand that refugees abandon their religious faith and work and study rationally and scientifically would inevitably draw even more criticism.
"Why?" Stephanie Malik demanded aggressively. Compared to Diana Lister, the secretary standing silently beside her, her reaction was far more intense. She was among the first senior officials to learn that part of the plan had