Chapter 20, If one wants to take something, one must first give something.

The addition of an autonomous province made hardly a ripple in the New Holy Roman Empire, apart from being reported in the Vienna newspapers.

The public did not react much, but the Vienna Government was different. Although the income of several hundred thousand Divine Shield a year was not much, their investment was even smaller!

Do not look at how many colonies Austria had; in reality, they barely made any money.

By the end of 1861, aside from the earliest developed West Africa region, which profited 126,000 Divine Shield thanks to gold mines and plantations, all other regions were in a state of loss, with just the amount of loss differing.

The colonies in the Central American region lost 2,164,000 Divine Shield;

The colonial government of Nigeria lost 1,448,000 Divine Shield;

The colonies in the Congo region lost 684,000 Divine Shield;

The colonies in the Southeast Asia region lost 682,000 Divine Shield;

The colony in Cameroon lost 342,000 Divine Shield;