Across the ocean, the Union, the Oceanic Alliance's second-ranking member, had been exceptionally lively of late. The question of whether to send troops into the war had sparked an all-out uproar.
Not only were the members of Congress split into several factions and arguing fiercely; the public was divided into camps as well. With the media fanning the flames, it had become the hottest topic in American society.
After great difficulty, all sides had barely reached a consensus when news of the Great Bombing of London arrived, and everyone began arguing again.
They had finally managed to calm everyone down after exhausting every possible effort, only for the disastrous news of the Battle of Malacca to arrive.
One piece of bad news after another had nearly driven Theodore Roosevelt to collapse. Being president of the Union was no easy task; domestic positions had never been unified.
The Union had been born from Britain. British and American capital were truly joined by the same hem, and shared interests compelled the Union to stand with the British.
As for the Holy Roman Empire, it was an oddity in the capitalist world. Though it was also classified as a capitalist country, what it practiced internally was statism.
There were mountains of restrictions, and the bourgeoisie was tightly suppressed. Its management of financial capital in particular was even stricter, to the point of harshness.
If the Holy Roman Empire won the war and the Holy Roman model came to dominate the world, it would undoubtedly be a catastrophe for the world of capital.
If their interests had not been so deeply entangled, and if the British had not talked them onto the ship so early, then judging by Britain's performance on the battlefield, Roosevelt would have long since stopped playing along with the British.