The sudden changes in the New Continent, though unexpected, were also inevitable.
A century of unparalleled dominance, compounded by the shock of the great fleet's destruction, made Hilus's eventual transgression, enraging the public, not entirely surprising.
However, the situation today is vastly different from decades or a century ago.
With the rapid development of the steam industry, although other countries have not been prominent in the primary resource plundering of overseas colonies, they have evidently found another path to potentially overtake Hilus through a detour.
The power of industrialization is slowly becoming evident.
Especially as the nations align secretly against Hilus, this has evidently also accelerated changes in Phaletis's internal policies.
