Looking solely at the underlying strength, Nanhai Country actually ranks as the foremost among the three nations of Lingnan.
Its territory spans only one prefecture, a mere five thousand miles. Its army numbers no more than one hundred thousand, including sixty thousand infantry and forty thousand naval forces, and not a single Inborn Grandmaster among them.
From a military standpoint alone, this is indeed a small nation, and on the weaker side among small nations at that.
However, if one disregards military strength and considers other aspects such as agriculture, commerce, and economy, one will find that with a population registry of eight hundred thousand and a population exceeding four million, Nanhai Country actually qualifies for the status of a great nation.
After all, one of the foundational conditions for a dominant nation is merely a population of ten million.
