Having laid down the "Africa Strategy," Franz could only sigh at the grand ambition to claim the majority of the African continent in one go.
Indeed, it was more about claiming than occupying. Currently, Austria had not completed even a third of the aforementioned plan, and the actual controlled area might be less than one fifth.
Even with Franz's efforts to encourage immigration, the population in Austro-Africa still fell short of five million.
With such a scant population controlling a territory of seven to eight million square kilometers, one can only imagine how sparsely populated the land was.
Of course, this does not take into account the local natives; otherwise, the population would have long surpassed ten million.
If the subsequent strategy were to be completed, tens of millions of inhabitants would be needed. However, the entire New Holy Roman Empire barely just passed the sixty million mark.
