"It's nice to see some familiar faces here," Alexander muttered under his breath. The person that he first recognized is the current president of the Republic of China, Sun Yat-sen. He met him in St. Petersburg when he was planning on deterring the Deutschland Empire forces from landing in Shanghai. It was nice that their investment paid off.
With a country with a population nearing a billion, its labor force is something to be not taken lightly. The Republic of China is probably going to capitalize as they industrialize the whole nation.
The current Queen of the Britannia Empire, Diana Rosemary Edinburgh. Her ascension to the throne was a rough one when her sister, an executive of the Black Hand, performed a coup, overthrowing her and controlling the Britannia Empire in just over a week. It's a shame that she didn't execute her sister for treason. Their familial bond was strong.