Rebirth of the Spanish Empire

"With French Central Africa, Gabon, French Congo and French Madagascar all changing their surnames to Spanish, Spain's territory is now expanding across the board. Now many people are discussing, how big is Spain's territory now? Britain plus In terms of colonies, the country with the largest area in the world is something that countries all over the world are very aware of, and the same is true for Russia. France lost a large area of ​​territory due to Spain's rapid raid in July, but this also There is nothing that does not hinder their territory's place in the world.

The European part includes the mainland, Balearic Islands, Svalbard Islands, and Franz Josef Land, with an area of ​​505,000 square kilometers, 5,000 square kilometers, 62,000 square kilometers, and 16,000 square kilometers respectively. Spain's total area in Europe is now approximately 590,000.

The Asia-Pacific region includes Western Australia (2.5255 million square kilometers), New Zealand and the Cook Islands (270,000), Nusa Tenggara (87,700), Palawan (11,800), and the Arabian Peninsula. The Ottoman Empire, located between what is now British-controlled Kuwait and Qatar, had remote territories in Al-Hasa (300,000), as well as the Northern Mariana Islands and Micronesia in the Western Pacific (1,500 in total). ). All added up, Spain's total territory in Asia now reaches about 3.2 million.

In the Americas, Spain now has relatively small territories, including the Colon Islands, which is 8,000 square kilometers; the Spanish Virgin Islands, the Caribbean, and Spain obtained the southern islands such as St. Thomas, St. John, and St. Croix in the west and south from Denmark. The United Kingdom owns the eastern and northern islands, the British part is 0.0153 million, and the Spanish part is 0.0354 million. Easter Island, 0.0163 million. The volcanic island and surrounding archipelago, the original part of Chile, one-third of the archipelago south of the Strait of Magellan, covers 50,000 square kilometers, and the Argentine part covers 25,000 square kilometers. In the entire Americas, Spain has a territory of 58,517 square kilometers.

And Spain is in Africa, Africa?

The area of ​​the Canary Islands is 7,200. In western Morocco, one-third of the 446,000 was converted into about 30 square kilometers because one-third had been exchanged to the German Empire in exchange for southern Cameroon. And the Spanish Sahara. Its area is 266,000. What about Equatorial Guinea and Bioko Island? It’s 28,000 + 2,000 to 30,000. Half of what was originally German Cameroon now belongs to Spain. The area is approximately 237,000.

The center belongs to Italy, the north to Britain and the south to Somalia, which belongs to Spain, with Spain controlling nearly a third of the territory now. Probably around 212,000. Libya just received about 1.76 million from the Ottoman Empire. But there are no real fixed boundaries yet. The areas of Spanish Madagascar plus the Comoros Islands, Spanish Gabon, Spanish Central Africa, and Spanish Congo that Spain recently acquired from France are 587,000 plus 2,200, 267,000, 622,000, and 342,000 square kilometers respectively. Spain's territory in Africa now reaches an astonishing 4.63 million square kilometers.

The previous ones add up. The total area in Spain's hands now exceeds about 8.47 million square kilometers of territory. If we add Antarctica, which was publicly declared to be Spanish territory some time ago and has obtained the consent of all the powerful countries in the world, Spain now has 22.47 million square kilometers. The above is what we did unintentionally. I received an internal Spanish letter from a man named James Moses. According to what the letter says, he is a Spanish intelligence agent, he is of French nationality, but Spain wanted to kill him because they suspected him of leaking secrets."

Armand Farier paused, then stared at Pica and said: "Pica, you are specifically paying attention to Spain. Tell me, is the information he gave us true? If it is true, why do you think Spain should do this? Conducting such an intensive geographical survey, it is also clear how they could have such sophisticated surveys."

In August 1910, when everyone was “enthusiastically” discussing how the territorial dispute between Spain and France would end, a shocking change occurred in the United States. No, it should be made clearer. , the political world in the United States has undergone dizzying changes.

Originally in the United States, many people felt that the next U.S. election would be the same as before. The winner would be decided between the Democratic Party and the Republican Party. The Democratic Party is their rising political star. Woodrow Wilson, who is only 54 years old this year, As for the Republican Party, as almost the whole world now knows, the winner can only be determined after the showdown between Theodore Roosevelt and William Taft.

However, the change of situation was unexpected. On September 2, 1910, the most important consortium in California, which monopolized nearly 80% of the port developers and transporters in the western Pacific region of the United States, the banking industry in the western and southern United States, and the arms business, Vice Genoa, the head of the California consortium, solemnly announced his support for the Progressive Party founded by the governor of California and will begin political cooperation with them to ensure that the United States can be more democratic and represent a wider range of interests.

Noah's words immediately shocked the entire United States. Because this news is simply too shocking. Who is Vesgenoa? He is the contemporary head of the Noah family. He is a super-rich man who is the real hegemon in the United States.

It is said that the Noah family has been hiding this part of its assets. Now a lot of news has come out that in fact, the assets of the Noah family are definitely not just a simple 300 million US dollars as people understood before, but It should be US$1 billion. If this is true, then it is very likely that the California consortium led by the Noah family should be at least among the top three in the United States. The largest number are ranked behind the Rockefeller Group and the Morgan Group, and should be ranked before the DuPont Group, which is also famous for its weapons and gunpowder.

In this case, although the Progressive Party is the third largest party in the United States, due to issues such as the quality of its supporters, it is far behind the Democratic and Republican parties in terms of strength. After all, the employees of the latter who mobilize their supporters are far beyond the reach of the Progressive Party. In addition, they already occupy more than 90% of the seats in the National Senate and House of Representatives.

This leaves their voices nowhere to be heard. But now it feels like the joining of the California consortium seems to have come naturally. There was a sudden bang, and things happened so suddenly that people were caught off guard.

The joining of the California Consortium, the third largest consortium in the United States, will definitely allow the Progressive Party to reborn and enter the political center of American political decision-making power. With the financial support of the California Consortium, the Progressive Party will be able to influence the California Consortium to a greater extent. The most powerful western region, especially California, Arizona, New Mexico, and the five southwestern states of Oregon and Nevada, have increased their weight. Not to mention the presidential election, but other aspects, especially the congressional elections. Not normal anymore.

The representation of members of the House of Representatives in the United States is distributed based on the population of each state. However, the Senate is not. Each state in the Senate is represented by two senators. It has nothing to do with the population of each state. The representation is also equal. Every constitutional law They all need to be approved by both houses, and the power that the Senate has to exercise alone is much more important and more extensive than that of the House of Representatives. The most important thing that attracts attention is that the Senate has the power to ratify treaties, The ambassador and supreme judge who approves or rejects the president's nominations. and nominations for the Secretary of State and other Cabinet members. When the president and his officials are impeached, the Senate has the power to conduct trials.

But the Senate has no power over issues such as proposals, that is a matter for the House of Representatives.

Many people in the Democratic and Republican parties have nothing to worry about in the House of Representatives, because although the five major western states, especially California, have developed rapidly in recent years, they have population limitations and other issues. The populous states in the east, north, and center controlled by the Republican Party will definitely not benefit. However, they are worried about the Senate. After all, there are only 50 states in the United States (I wonder if the United States was divided into 50 states in 1910? I haven’t checked), which means there are only 100 members. If the Progressive Party wins the California consortium, If you support the Senate seats in these states, your influence in the United States will definitely be huge, and the influence it will bring is also very far-reaching.

If other independents and other party members unite together, then the Democrats and Republicans will face a very big crisis.

The emergence of this situation made them deeply uneasy, especially the people behind them who supported them in coming to power. After everyone heard that the California consortium said it supported the Progressive Party, everyone found that the other two parties were silent. An idea to talk about a few days later.

However, the situation in the United States was soon broken when everyone became eerily quiet after everyone was shocked. The first was the Democratic Party. Woodrow Wilson, their most likely candidate for the next presidential election, stood up first and then tried to speak out their so-called inner thoughts that were somewhat unbelievable.

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