50 million German empire
January 1st, 1889.
Berlin, German Empire.
It's New Year's Day, a holiday even for hardworking Teutons, but I'm stuck in a Berlin palace doing paperwork.
Of course, it's a consolation that I'm not the only one working with Bismarck.
"It's been almost a year since I was crowned...."
While I'm soaking in the emotions that can only come with a new year, Bismarck, who's working next to me on a stack of papers even taller than mine, strikes a candle.
"Not yet, it's only been a few months, hardly enough time for a one-year anniversary celebration...."
"I was crowned last year, so let's call it a year. And when did I ask for the ceremony?"
"It's written on your face, you want to celebrate and eat."
"...Is it really that obvious?"
"Hmm. Of course."
Bismarck snorted at my comment and threw a pile of papers in front of me.
Aren't these too thick?
"Too much?"
"Don't worry, these aren't papers for the emperor, they're just statistics."
"If they're statistics, then... Ah!"
I quickly figured out the meaning of the pile of papers Bismarck handed me.
Hadn't I told you?
I had a secret mission for Bismarck and her entourage as soon as she was crowned.
"But... Is that already out?"
"I was able to speed it up with the help of the RSHA, the State Security Service in charge of foreign counterintelligence, and I've been collecting information since the first Kaiser."
"Since my grandmother? Hmm... Shall we have a look?"
I flipped through the thick papers to see what was inside.
The document, classified as top secret, was titled [Demographics and Future Projections of the German Empire and the Seven Great Powers].
Population is power, even if it's not as powerful as it used to be because of industrialization.
A large population can produce a large number of soldiers, and a large population can produce a large number of weapons due to the sheer size of its economy.
Population determines the size of a country, which in turn determines its strength.
"Initially....the Qing Empire."
"Throughout history, the world's population and economic power has always been divided between Greater China and the Indian Empire."
"And now that India is crushed under the oppression of the British Empire... Greater China is in first place."
#. The Qing Empire, number one in the world.
[1889 population: about 400 million].
Estimated annual increase: about 400,000 people
Estimated annual growth rate: about 0.10 percent
[1910 estimated population: about 4,807 million]
20-year increase: about 8.07 million people
20-year growth rate: about 2.02%.
"While it's amazing that the Qing Empire had a population of 400 million.... I'm more surprised that after 20 years there's not much difference?"
"You can see why by looking at the following anomalies."
"Anomalies? Hmm.... Ah! There it is."
#Specifics: Deindustrialization and a prioritization of agriculture over industrialization caused economic growth to stop. As a result, population limits are believed to have been reached.
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#. World's second largest Indian Empire/British Empire colony.
[1889 population: approximately 250 million].
Estimated annual growth: about 1.13 million people
Estimated annual growth rate: about 0.52%.
[1910 population estimate: about 276.22 million]
20-year increase: about 26.22 million people
20-year growth rate: About 10.49%.
#Notes: High birth rate, but high death rate from starvation due to harsh dispossession by the British Empire and native rulers. Also, population growth rate pressured by population control policies of the British Empire's Foreign and Commonwealth Office FCO, which feared that excessive population growth was spiraling out of control.
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The Indian Empire is persecuted by the Empire of Evil, the British Empire, no. Seeing the suffering of the same Aryan people, I could not help but swallow my tears.
"India is still pitiful. We, the Aryans, are not the ones who suffer like this."
I thought.
But now it was time to look at the world's dominant superpower, the British Empire.
Even with the explosive rise in power of the German Empire, it is no match for a superpower that has dominated the world for centuries.
"What's next... the Russian Empire?"
#. Russian Empire, 3rd largest in the world.
[1889 population: approximately 130 million].
Estimated annual increase: about 1.43 million people
Estimated annual growth rate: about 1.10%.
[1910 population estimate: about 156.62 million].
20-year increase: about 28.62 million people
20-year growth rate: about 22.02%.
"Threatening.... So threatening.... Even at 1% annual growth, the population of the Russian Empire is growing at a rate that rivals that of the Indian Empire".
"It's not for nothing that I'm trying to make friends with the Russian Empire."
"Hmm. You pay lip service to being pro-Russian, but you haven't really done anything to help them, have you?"
"That's true."
Bismarck, who works only for the German Empire, the House of Hohenzollern, and the Germanic peoples.
I nodded as she spoke, and finally the data on our German Empire appeared.
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#. German Empire, 4th largest in the world
[1890 population: approximately 50 million].
Estimated annual increase: about 740,000 people.
Estimated annual growth rate: about 1.47%.
[1910 population estimate: about 64.74 million]
20-year increase: about 14.74 million people
20-year growth rate: about 29.48%.
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"..."
"An increase of only 15 million people?!!"
"...The German Reich has been exploding in population for decades; the only countries in the industrialized world with annual growth rates estimated to exceed 1.47% are the United States of America and the Confederate States of America (CSA), which actively accepts immigrants."
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#. United States of America, 5th largest country in the world.
[1890 population: about 43 million].
Annual growth: about 1 million
Annual growth rate: about 2.33%.
[1910 population: about 63 million].
20 year increase: about 20 million people
20-year growth rate: about 46.51%.
#Special note: 50% African-American immigrants due to pro-black policies from the Civil War. Anglo-Saxon white immigrants 40%. Yellow Asian immigrants 10%.
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#. 6th in the world, Empire of Japan/Semi-Superpower
[1890 population: about 40 million].
Annual growth: about 450,000
Annual growth rate: about 1%.
[1910 population: about 49.18 million]
20-year increase: about 9.18 million people
20-year growth rate: about 23%.
#Notable for: Rapid industrialization with investment capital from the British Empire. World's highest economic growth rate, but population growth stagnated due to labor-intensive industries and anti-labor policies. Still, population growth predicted to increase after 1910 as capital accumulation shifted from primary to secondary industries.
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#. French Republic, 7th largest country in the world.
[1890 population: about 38 million].
Annual increase: about 7.7 million people
Annual growth rate: about 0.20%.
[1910 population: about 3.95 million].
20-year increase: about 1.55 million
20-year growth rate: about 4.08%.
#Characteristics: Stagnant population since the Napoleonic era. Lack of industrial capacity due to aging population. However, GDP per capita is 2nd highest in Europe due to relatively small population and abundant food self-sufficiency.
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#. Austro-Hungarian Empire, 8th largest in the world.
[1890 population: about 37 million].
Annual growth: about 15.4 million
Annual growth rate: about 0.42%.
[1910 population: about 4.08 million].
20-year increase: about 3.08 million people
20-year growth rate: about 8.31%.
#Notes: Population stagnation as a multi-ethnic country during the Nationalist era. Population stagnation due to relatively low level of industrialization. Most of the population growth was absorbed by the Confederate States of America, CSA.
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#. British Empire, #9 in the world.
[1890 population: about 33 million].
Annual increase: about 24.7 million people
Annual growth rate: about 0.75%.
[1910 population: about 37.94 million].
20-year increase: about 4.94 million people
20-year growth rate: about 14.97%.
#Features: #1 in the world in GDP per capita. World's best welfare. World's best education. Population decline due to rising cost of education, cost of living.
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#. Kingdom of Italy, 10th largest in the world.
[1890 population: about 29 million].
Annual growth: about 18.4 million
Annual growth rate: about 0.64%.
[1910 population: about 32.69 million.]
20-year increase: about 3.69 million people
20-year growth rate: about 12.71%.
#Specialties: Hmm....
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#. Confederate States of America, CSA, 11th largest country in the world.
[1890 population: about 20 million].
Annual growth: about 750,000
Annual growth rate: about 3.75%.
[1910 population: about 35 million.]
20 year increase: about 15 million people
20-year growth rate: about 75%.
#Notable: Pro-white and pro-German ethnic policies excluded black and yellow immigrants. Instead, there was a mass influx of white immigrants from the Austro-Hungarian Empire.