As time progressed, the overseas interests of various nations grew, and so did the friction and checks between the great powers, often arising passively.
Austria aimed to annihilate the Ottoman Empire to secure a stable rear and, in doing so inadvertently, extended its reach into Persia, gaining the capacity to threaten India.
In overseas colonization activities, Anglo-Austria checked each other's influence in many places, posing mutual threats.
You can touch my cheese, and I can take your bread. Everyone exercised restraint, for example:
Britain's Cape of Good Hope, right under Austria's nose, remained untroubled; likewise, Austrian Alaska, bordering Canada, also saw no conflict erupt.
Times had changed; Austrian Alaska was no longer a barren, icy realm but a world-renowned gold-producing region.
Of course, this fame didn't mean the local gold production was out of this world; rather, it was due to the colonial government's effective advertising.
