Bulgarian Empire

On February 8, 1941, the Kingdom of Ireland was established with the support of the Holy Alliance, and the eyes of the world once again turned to the British Isles.

Smart people know that the British are going to be doomed this time. Looking at the enthusiasm of the Irish to join the army, they know that the island of Ireland cannot be defended.

If the island of Ireland is lost, can the British Isles still hold on?

At this moment, even those who have the most confidence in the Commonwealth of Great Britain do not think they can turn the tables. The most obvious is that the American countries have announced their withdrawal from the pan-international front.

No one wants to be on the loser's side. If you don't jump out of the quagmire quickly at this time, don't even think about running away when the battle is liquidated.

The British government has also become pessimistic. Demonstration crowds in the three North American countries have blocked traffic, and several kingdoms controlled by the British have broken away from the control of the London government.

Even the major dominions are not so obedient anymore. Needless to say, South Africa is all occupied by Bulgaria, and it has nothing to do with London whether it is obedient or not.

The Dominion of Australia is busy fighting the Japanese, and it is too busy to take care of itself. How can it have the energy to manage the London government?

The Dominion of New Zealand is busy helping Australia, and they understand the reason why the lips are dead and the teeth are cold. Let's put the issue of the British Isles later!

The Dominion of Canada and the Dominion of Newfoundland still have spare capacity, but at this time they are unwilling to go to the muddy waters of the British Isles.

(Remarks: The Dominion of Newfoundland does not have a strong sense of existence. It was incorporated into Canada in 1949, and its territorial area is only about 400,000 square kilometers, including today's Newfoundland and Labrador.)

People are all profit-seeking, and of course no one is willing to continue to invest in a war that is doomed to failure. Not declaring independence is all about taking into account the feelings of the people.

At this time, who else can support the British to continue fighting?

"Until the last drop of Indian blood is shed, the British Empire will never surrender!"

This sentence will probably not appear again. The current Indian region is being besieged from three sides. If you don’t care about yourself, how can you support the British mainland?

Now that the world war has been fought, the total tonnage of ships owned by the British Commonwealth is less than half of what it was before the war. It is impossible for them to draw blood from the outside world to nourish the British Isles.

For the lifeline at sea, in just one year, the British paid tens of millions of tons of ships and the lives of hundreds of thousands of seafarers.

Of course, this figure also includes the casualties of neutral countries. The Holy Alliance treats them equally, but whoever ships, as long as they dare to deliver supplies to the British, they will all be sunk.

London government

Mr Churchill gave another pep talk, well it didn't seem to have any effect.

No matter what classic quotations he uttered, at this time pessimism has flooded the London government.

Move the capital to North America?

This is a good idea, but if you really do it, you will find that it is very unrealistic.

Among other things, government officials and the army are going to take them away, right? Scientific researchers and engineers are also indispensable, right?

If these people want to continue to work for the Commonwealth of Great Britain, it is not only them who must be taken away, but their families must also be taken away.

Anyone with a little bit of calculation knows that this is impossible. If it was a peaceful age, the British might still have this national strength.

It is undoubtedly impossible to do it now. Even if all the ships are assembled to transport millions of people at a time, it will take several trips back and forth.

The Holy Alliance is not blind. When the air force bombards the port, the loss will be tens of millions. After being bombarded by the air force, they will be surrounded by the navy, and if they really want to evacuate to North America, it would be good to have three to five million yuan left in the end.

Can such a small number of people support the next war?

You don't really think that the Holy Alliance will let them go if you move to North America, right?

Without enough human resources, if they just evacuate a government, maybe they don't need to send troops from the Holy Alliance, and they will be betrayed.

They have done a lot of this kind of thing, so naturally they will not place their hopes on the integrity of politicians,

Now that the war has come, the London government has essentially lost control of North America.

Surrender is impossible. At least one battle must be fought, and the battle must be won. The proud British Empire still needs to save face.

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sofia

After Ireland's independence, the battle against Britain was actually only the last blow. Now that the war has come, even the Royal Navy, which the British are proud of, has been suppressed by the Holy Alliance.

These matters no longer need the emperor Ferdinand's concern. The most important thing now is the issue of the post-war international order.

There is no doubt about the handling of the British. Bulgaria does not want another world war, so it cannot be too harsh.

The colonies must be taken away, and everyone is still waiting to share the spoils?

The size of the British Isles is not large, and there is no need to continue to weaken it. Ireland has already become independent, and the remaining Scotland and Wales should rely on national self-determination.

Presumably, most of them will stay in Great Britain. These are minor problems, and even the war reparations after the war, little Ferdinand does not value them.

The current system of countries in continental Europe is very good. Although the French seem to be a little bit stronger, this is a small problem.

With Spain, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, West Russia, and the German Confederation restrained by the four major powers, even Napoleon's rebirth would be powerless.

Including Bulgaria, there are five big countries and one superpower in the small European continent, which is too crowded.

This means that the resources of the European continent have been divided up. If European countries want to go further, they can only look overseas.

Bulgaria took the first step, and its influence has expanded to Asia and Africa. The French are not to be outdone, and they are basically divided into four or six parts of Africa with Bulgaria.

There are also some fragmented areas, which are the colonies of Portugal, Spain, and Belgium.

It is impossible to continue the expansion on the African continent. After World Island occupied the Persian region, Bulgaria had no interest in marching into India.

"Your Majesty, in order to carry out the globalization strategy, we must obtain all the overseas islands of the British!" Abbott said solemnly.

Obviously, the navy is no longer willing to continue to be the younger brother of the three armed forces, and wants to make trouble in the world.

But they are destined to be disappointed. Not all the islands in the hands of the British are delicious, and many areas are fertile land with a large population.

Bulgaria has little experience in this regard. The more populous an area is, the more difficult it is to govern, and areas with large land and sparse population are the first choice.

"General Abbott, do you know how many islands the British have overseas? Do you know the specific situation of these islands? Blind external expansion will only increase the burden on the empire!" Prime Minister Torsky objected

Overseas expansion requires money. As for relying on the colonies to make profits, the conscience of heaven and earth, when did the Bulgarian colonies win profits?

Since the Ferdinand era, the best performance of Bulgaria's overseas colonies has been to basically achieve a balance of payments.

Of course, it’s not that these areas cannot make profits. When the colonies are profitable, they will be turned into local governments by the central government, so Bulgaria’s colonies claim to never make profits!

It is not easy to develop overseas land, especially the scattered islands, which are basically loss-making goods, and even if they develop, the cost of governance is very high.

Little Ferdinand smiled slightly and said, "Well, let's first enclose the sparsely populated islands as our trophies, plant our national flag, and directly include them in the mainland.

If there is value in the future, we will develop it, and if there is no value, we will put it there. I believe that there is no idea in this world that dares to hit our homeland!

For example, Baffin Island and Victoria Island, which are sparsely populated, may have a population of less than four digits. It is fine to designate a village for them to govern themselves, or to emigrate.

In areas with a large population, we will not interfere, and give all of them to our allies. We can't let them work for nothing, right?

According to this standard, I propose that all islands with a population of more than 100,000 must undergo a comprehensive assessment. If it is a sparsely populated area like New Guinea, it can still be taken down.

If it is a region with a large population and a relatively important geographical location like Singapore and Sri Lanka, let them be independent! "

During this period, the Bulgarian government was very confident. As the world's most powerful country, of course they had to give priority to spoils.

Bulgaria, the fertile and rich land that has been well developed, has given up and chose some sparsely populated islands. Does anyone dare to rob them?

Of course, this is true. For example, the Japanese in the Far East, if they knew about Bulgaria's plan, they would express ten thousand dissatisfaction. Why do you decide to give points to the places we occupy?

These contradictions are all things of the future. The decision of the Bulgarian government is still a secret. Everyone in the outside world is guessing which fertile area Bulgaria will value.

...

At this time, Ferdinand was also using his brains, taking the information collected by the intelligence department, combining the information of his previous life, and staking the land as much as possible, even he was still hesitating whether to annex Antarctica altogether.

After hesitating for a while, he gave up on this tempting idea. It looks too ugly, and there is no way to develop it in the short term, and it may not have economic value in a hundred years.

On a world map, he has already marked many areas, and there is no need to consider the areas that have already been occupied. No one can make Bulgaria spit it out, except for the exchange of benefits.

The mainland area is excluded first, and the area bordering the mainland has expanded to the limit, and there will be no friends if there are more.

Australia can do something, for example, win Western Australia. Here is a sparsely populated land, rich in mineral resources.

The area is as high as 2.5255 million square kilometers, and the population only exceeded 2 million in 2007. It has not yet been developed, and the population is only 200,000 to 300,000, which is not a problem at all.

Then Ferdinand wrote about New Guinea, which is also sparsely populated and rich in resources. The main island covers an area of ​​785,000 square kilometers, and the total area of ​​the subsidiary islands is as high as 818,000 square kilometers. The population is also only a little bit.

Dominion of British Canada in North America:

Baffin Island, with a total area of ​​512,000 square kilometers, seems to have reached a historical peak of 11,000 people in 2014.

Victoria Island covers an area of ​​212,200 square kilometers. It is still unknown whether there are people there. Anyway, after the development of tourism, the permanent residents on the island have just reached four digits.

Ellesmere Island, with an area of ​​200,445 square kilometers, may not have it yet. Anyway, there are only a hundred people in the 21st century, and most of them are scientific researchers.

Newfoundland, with an area of ​​111,000 square kilometers and a population of about 100,000 to 200,000, is suitable for fishing and its value is not too high.

Banks Island covers an area of ​​more than 70,000 square kilometers (including affiliated islands). The total population announced by the Canadian government in 2016 was 136, which is completely negligible.

Devon Island, with an area of ​​55,000 square kilometers, is known as "Mars on Earth". Naturally, it is an uninhabited island. Normal people cannot stand the harsh local climate.

Axel Heiberg Island, with an area of ​​43,178 square kilometers, has no permanent population except scientific researchers.

Melville Island, with an area of ​​42,149 square kilometers, is an uninhabited island. Before crossing, he seemed to hear that the state-owned local tycoon was going to raise musk oxen. Anyway, Canada has capricious land, so I just don’t want to develop it.

Southampton Island has an area of ​​41,214 square kilometers, and its total population is not as large as Ferdinand's maid, so ignore it.

Prince of Wales Island, with an area of ​​33,339 square kilometers, is considered an uninhabited island. Anyway, the Canadian Self-Government announced: None!

...

Looking at this long list of islands, Ferdinand was dumbfounded. Is this a collision with Canada? Why is it all their territory?

Ferdinand was very virtuous. After hesitating again and again, he crossed out the silent island of Newfoundland. You can't be too bully, right?

He will not admit that he dislikes the fact that Newfoundland has too many people and has a slightly stronger sense of independence.

Looking at the list after deletion, it suddenly became more pleasing to the eye. The total area of ​​the hundreds of islands in Canada is close to 2 million square kilometers, and the total number of permanent residents on the island may not be 10,000.

Is there such a place in the world that is so easy to rule?

You want to be independent, no problem!

Police, send these lunatics to a mental hospital!

Want to march and demonstrate?

Feel free to make trouble, anyway, even if the world is turned upside down, it won't affect others.

When the national flag is planted, government agencies can be omitted first, and it is not too late to set up whenever it is necessary to develop!

Soon Ferdinand realized that he was thinking too much. Many of the islands are still unclaimed lands, at least according to international law.

Maybe the Bulgarian army has occupied these islands, and the Canadian self-government government will not know about it, let alone come to protest.

Oh, and now it's belligerent, there's no talk of protest.

Picking up the pen, Ferdinand added on the draft paper, and after a while, he came up with an astonishing number.

After the war, Bulgaria acquired these areas. The total land area will reach more than 30 million square kilometers, and the total population will still be less than 100 million.

The African continent alone is as high as more than 18 million square kilometers, and the mainland includes the Balkans, Ukraine, Caucasus, Persia, Asia Minor, and the Arabian Peninsula is about 7.58 million square kilometers.

Now that Ferdinand is enclosing land on paper, he has inadvertently broken through another 6 million square kilometers. In fact, the post-war gains may be even greater.

After all, Ferdinand didn't count many small islands, such as the Pacific islands and the subsidiary islands of Oceania. Bulgaria must have a share.

Coupled with the colonies in Southeast Asia, theoretically Bulgaria's land area will exceed at least 32 million square kilometers.

Well, compared to the British Empire at its peak, it is still a little bit worse.

In terms of wealth, it is even more incomparable. Except for the developed land, only South Africa can sell it, and other areas are poor and remote.

Especially the land enclosed by Ferdinand himself, with a total population of less than two million in an area of ​​more than six million square kilometers.

Now that the addition is done, it's time to do the subtraction.

Desert or semi-desert areas, let’s count 13 million square kilometers. This figure should be very close. The Middle East theater is almost all deserts, and there are many deserts in Africa. Western Australia is still dominated by deserts.

The North American islands are vast and sparsely populated. In addition to Canada’s sparse population and inability to develop them, the harsh natural environment of ice and snow is also an important factor. The two million square kilometers can also be deducted.

It is difficult to develop, and jungle areas with poor natural conditions should also be deducted. Ferdinand estimates that this will reduce another three to four million square kilometers.

Calculated in this way, the area that actually needs Bulgaria's real rule has already been discounted by 40%, and Ferdinand couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, I won't choke to death!

The collapse of the colonial system is a matter of time. The more densely populated the area, the sooner it will collapse, and he is also responsible for it.

In order to attack the British, Bulgaria has exported revolutions in recent years. Regardless of the effect, the revolutionary ideas have spread anyway.