章 496: 69th Chapter: Striving to Not Become a Non-Emperor

The South African War had ended, and the Vienna Government, as the victor, found no joy in its conclusion. Reality had once again proven that in modern warfare, relying on reparations was no longer sufficient to compensate for losses.

Through the ceasefire treaty, the Vienna Government obtained 3 million in land redemption fees, plus ransom for prisoners of war, totalling 6.1268 million British Pounds, equivalent to 12.2536 million Divine Shield.

On the surface, this seemed like a colossal sum, but when compared to wartime expenditures, it was merely a drop in the bucket, not even recovering a quarter of the costs.

And this was under the circumstances where the French had lent their support from behind the scenes. Otherwise, the costs would have been even higher.

What they had won as spoils of war was a savage land. Because of the war, the land acquired from British-South Africa was so barren that not even a few native tribes could be found, let alone settlers.