Stockpiling food, fuel, steel, and construction materials on a massive scale had become one of Latveria's top priorities. The Emperor and the Regent foresaw that the global transportation system would collapse during a large-scale Alien Fleet invasion. Just as written in Leviathan, society would then regress to a primitive state, ruthlessly eliminating the population that had emerged through technological development and global supply chains but exceeded the capacity of local food supplies. Everything would become a war of all against all.
At that time, not only would food imports and exports become a problem; fuel, the lifeblood of industry, would be no exception.
Central Asian oil pipelines and Russian natural gas pipelines both passed through the Balkan Peninsula on their way to Europe. This was why, even though Moldova was needed as a geopolitical buffer, Regent Victor von Doom remained determined to use unofficial means to control capital and government forces within Moldova. Losing Moldova meant losing at least half the fuel and natural gas supply of the Balkan Peninsula, and the same applied to countries like Greece. Every action was meant to ensure that Latveria's industrial progress had enough blood flowing through it. Otherwise, this newly born giant might die from a lack of blood reaching its brain.
Even the many large fusion power plants Latveria was building could not completely solve this problem. Not every issue could be resolved with ample industrial electricity. The gigantic mining tunnel-boring machines built on Mars would also need fuel after being deployed to Earth to complete the task of opening entirely new oil pipelines. Only with sufficient food, fuel, and a military-industrial system could the Emperor and Regent help people survive the wartime period, protect those who might be eliminated by a cruel world, and unite survivors and opponents of the alien