When trouble came, people turned to their fathers—this was true across all ages and lands, and princes were no exception.
Unfortunately, William was still under evaluation. A telegram asking for help could indeed solve most of his problems, but it would also mean he had failed his assessment.
To become a qualified monarch, one first had to possess the ability to deal with difficulties. Asking for help obviously could not prove one's capability.
Though the development of the South Seas region was important, in Franz's eyes, it was clearly less important than raising a responsible son.
A colony's economy developing slowly was no great concern. On the contrary, if its economy advanced by leaps and bounds, that was when one had to worry about the tail growing too large to wag.
After all, the greatest feature of the colonial system under the Holy Roman Empire model was that it was especially good at fighting. If it also acquired money and an industrial system, it would be hard to guarantee that ambitions would not arise.
To prevent that from happening, Vienna Government had mapped out the development paths of the Holy Roman Empire's colonies from the very beginning.
Their first priority was economic agriculture and mining, supplying industrial raw materials to the homeland; only after that came light industry.
As for heavy industry and emerging technological industries, those were entirely blank slates. Whatever was needed could simply be purchased from the homeland—there was no need to duplicate development and waste resources.
In truth, there was no need for deliberate restrictions. Without support from the homeland, the colonies' talent reserves were simply incapable of running technological industries.
With the formulation of the overseas dominion strategy, Vienna Government greatly eased its restrictions on the colonies. Especially after princes succeeded as governors, it had