Chapter 390： Whimsical plan (1/2)

Putting down the ”African Strategy” in his hands, Franz can only lament that everyone's goals are ambitious, and he has taken half of the African continent in one breath.

That's right, it's a circle, not an occupation. At present, Austria has not completed one-third of the above plan, and the actual control area may be less than one-fifth.

Even if Franz has worked hard to immigrate, the population of Austrian Africa is still less than five million.

With such a small population control of 7 to 8 million square kilometers of land, it is conceivable how wide the population is.

Of course, this does not count the local indigenous people, otherwise it would have been over ten million.

If the next strategy is completed, no tens of millions of people will do it. However, the entire population of the New Holy Roman Empire has just crossed the 60 million threshold.

Now that the world is almost divided up, the last piece of land is bound to be a battle of dragons and tigers.

At present, the two countries of France and Austria have reached the forefront of colonizing Africa, followed by the British and the Portuguese, and the Dutch also have a small colony.

The macro strategy of the colonial ministry should be better described as ”ideal strategy”.

As long as countries are not stupid, this plan will not be made a reality.

At first glance at the map, roughly: Guinea and Mali in the west, Libya in the north, the Boer Republic in the south, and Somalia in the east.

Although there was no satellite positioning in this era, Franz's preliminary estimate is that the total area of ​​these areas, together, is running at 20 million square kilometers.

After thinking about it, Franz picked up the pen and started a cross, ready to hit back and let the colonial department redo.

This unrealistic strategy is simply not feasible. It is not until Austria has provoked World War I that it has become a big winner and has the capital to achieve it.

However, Franz is not a war mad, and Austria is not the second German empire in history that must challenge the world.

Although many people think that the German Empire ignited war because of economic development and required resources and markets, Franz believed that it was mainly resources because the problems of the market could be solved.

The world economy is a large cycle, and the national economy is a small cycle. Theoretically, as long as this cycle continues to operate, the economy can continue to develop.

The core of this economic cycle lies in population and resources, and now the world's population is so billion.

Of which: about 275 million in Europe, mainly Russia, Austria, France, and the United Kingdom, which together exceed 200 million.

The Asian region is about 820 million, and the two eastern populous countries add up to 700 million. The rest of the region is also widely populated.

There are about 60 million people on the African continent. The impact of colonial activities has caused a local population increase. In recent years, many migrants have left, and many regions have experienced negative growth.

There are about 60 million people in the Americas. This is truly a sparsely populated region. North and South America together are so small, and the two United States occupy half of them.

The current international trade volume is actually not large. The economies of various countries are mainly domestic. Taking Austria as an example, the proportion of international trade accounts for less than 5% of the total.

If the amount of colonial trade is included in the local economy, then international trade is even less worth mentioning in the total Austrian economy.

This is determined by productivity, the total wealth of the society is limited, and the products that can be exported are too single, and the trade volume cannot be raised at all.

On the international market, the largest export commodities are textiles, followed by food. There is no big market for any industrial and commercial products or machinery.

In the entire international market, the total value of all exports is less than one billion pounds, or even less than 700 million pounds.

The market is so big in total, the main forces of the economies of all countries are local markets. The British, French, and Austrian casually, the local economy is not a billion dollars can be measured, at least two or three.

In an era dominated by the domestic economy, the most important thing is the internal circulation. As long as there are sufficient resources, the economy can develop normally in theory.

Specific reference can be made to the United States. Many people think that Latin America is the back garden of Americans and a dumping ground for American industrial and commercial products.

The reality is that there are more than two million people in Latin America. Sixty to seventy percent of them are Indian tribes, with a gross purchasing power.

Countries in South America do not buy American accounts. They would rather import European goods than buy American junk products.

However, since the late 19th century, the US economy has continued to grow by leaps and bounds, and has grown nine-fold in four decades.

This is the power of resources. There is also a lack of sufficient commodity export markets. The Germans were forced into the battlefield by capital, but American capital was stable, relying on their own abundant resources.