The Qing Dynasty is about to end

Epilogue Chapter 1034 - The Dream of Heaven, Part Five
As the plane climbed into the stratosphere, the sea of ​​clouds outside the window shimmered with golden-red waves under the setting sun. Luo Dingguo dimmed the lights in the cabin and opened his laptop. The blue light from the screen reflected on his face, outlining his taut features.

Hong Tianjue and Natalie were already asleep in the seats opposite each other. The professor's gold-rimmed glasses had slipped down to the tip of his nose, and his chest rose and fell rhythmically; Natalie was curled up in the blanket, her blonde hair spread out on the leather cushion, and her eyelashes trembled slightly in her sleep.

Luo Dingguo opened the electronic map—this is the real-time global political map of the 175th year of the Tianli era!
The world on the screen gave him a tremendous sense of accomplishment—the number of sovereign states was two-thirds less than he remembered in 2024!
He stared at the map, a satisfied smile spreading across his face: "This world map looks much cleaner."

His gaze first swept across North America, and he nodded in satisfaction.

The "American Empire" still occupies the western part of North America, stretching from Mexico all the way to western Canada, with its flag embroidered with a golden dragon and twenty or thirty stars. "Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Seattle have all become 'Celestial Empire-ized' cities?"
"It seems the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom ultimately failed to prevent Mexico from being completely annexed by the United States!" he muttered to himself. Then he carefully studied the dividing line between the East and West United States, which seemed to be not much different from the situation in 1914 in his memory. He couldn't help but sneer, "It seems that World War II was a waste of time in North America!"

His gaze shifted eastward across the map. The United States of America occupied the eastern part of North America, its flag still the familiar Stars and Stripes, but its territory had expanded considerably—it had annexed eastern Canada, northeastern Mexico, and even turned the entire Caribbean Sea into an "inland lake."

"Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Jamaica have all become Stars and Stripes territory?" He stared at the map covered with "Overseas States of the United States" markings and couldn't help but sneer. "This United States, ruled by a leader, certainly has a bigger appetite than the USA in our time. I wonder what Washington and New York are like now? I'd really like to go and see if I have the chance."

On the eastern coast of Central America, a long, narrow country caught his attention—"Shin-Yo Shinto Kingdom," with its capital "Shin-Edo" (formerly Panama City). The introduction indicated that this was an overseas territory of Japan, practicing a unified system of Bushido and Shintoism, with the governorship passed down through the Kusunoki family.

"The overseas branch of the Kusunoki family?" Luo Dingguo raised an eyebrow. "These Japanese certainly know how to play games. I wonder who the current priest of the Shin-Yo Shinto Shrine is? Is he a descendant of Kusunoki Takako?"

He then found the "Nicaragua Canal" on the map, which showed that the canal was managed by the "Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Pacific Shipping Company," with the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Marines stationed on the west bank and the United States Marines controlling the east bank.

“Even the eastern section of the Nicaragua Canal and the west coast of Central America have fallen to the United States.” He scoffed. “Looks like World War II wasn’t a complete waste; at least Britain lost a lot more.”

His gaze then turned to South America.

On the west coast of South America, the original Chile, Peru, and Ecuador have disappeared, replaced by a long, narrow "Inca Kingdom," whose flag is embroidered with the dragon pattern of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and the Andean condor.

“The Inca Kingdom is doing quite well,” Luo Dingguo smiled. He clicked on the details and found that the country’s official languages ​​were Chinese, Spanish and Quechua, and its capital was Lima.

"Will the streets of Lima also be filled with banners proclaiming 'Heavenly Father and Heavenly Brother'?" He imagined the Incas dressed in Taiping Heavenly Kingdom attire performing traditional dances, and couldn't help but shake his head. "I definitely want to go to South America someday."

When the map switched to Europe, Luo Dingguo gasped—

The entirety of Central and Eastern Europe was almost entirely dyed a uniform Prussian blue, and the territory of the German Empire expanded to an astonishing degree.

"Austria, Poland, Czech Republic, Netherlands, Denmark, Croatia. All gone?" His finger swiped across the screen. "Even Switzerland was divided up by Germany and France? Lake Geneva became a border lake? Now there's no need to pretend to be neutral anymore, it's simply gone! In addition, Belgium was also divided between France and Germany—it seems that Red France's Second World War wasn't in vain!"

The most striking feature is a scarlet dotted line stretching from the Baltic Sea to the Black Sea – the “Russian-German Military Demarcation Line.” Next to it are the standoff statistics: 200 million German troops vs. 300 million Russian troops, with millions of troops deployed along a 1500-kilometer defensive line, medium-range missiles aimed at each other, and nuclear war imminent.

"Two million German troops against three million Russian troops," Luo Dingguo muttered to himself. "The German people really should thank me—if it weren't for me, they wouldn't even be able to muster two million German troops, let alone a hundred thousand Federal Army soldiers!" Of course, it wasn't just the Germans who needed to thank Luo Yaoguo; the people of western Ukraine deserved even more gratitude! This time, they didn't need to join the EU or NATO; they went straight to Germany!
He suddenly remembered what Natalie had said: "If it weren't for the Heavenly Kingdom established by King Luo Wu, the German Empire would certainly be the most powerful empire in the world!"

Looking at the dark mass of Germany on the map, he suddenly understood the fanaticism in Natalie's eyes—to maintain such a vast empire, Germany must be fanatically promoting nationalism!
Natalie doesn't consider herself Polish at all—Poland as a country disappeared more than two hundred years ago!

“Berlin, Vienna, Warsaw.” He squinted and muttered to himself, “I must go and see what this ‘Super Germany’ is like when I have the chance.”

Shifting our gaze westward, the red flag of France remains vibrant, standing alongside Russia in western and eastern Europe respectively, sandwiching Germany in the middle! Moreover, France's territory is considerably larger than it was in 1914, having absorbed half of Belgium and half of Switzerland. Along the Franco-German border, there exists a military demarcation line with a million troops stationed on both sides, and ballistic missiles are also aimed at each other!

"Red France and People's Will Russia have actually survived to this day," Luo Dingguo pondered for a moment. "I must go and see for myself, to see if the French and Russian people are truly happy."

What surprised him even more was the situation in Britain—the "British Empire" was still around! The British Isles were now under the Union Jack!
Moreover, Britain still controls southern Africa (South Africa, Zimbabwe, Botswana), and areas in East Africa such as Kenya, Tanzania, and Somalia are also marked as "British Protectorate".

"The British Empire hasn't even set yet?" He stared at the scattered British colonies on the map and shook his head. "It seems the anti-colonial movement has been suppressed in this world. What's Africa like now? I must go and see it if I have the chance."

When the camera panned to the African section, Luo Dingguo's grin widened even further.

The Viceroyalty of Cape Town covered the entirety of southern Africa, and the British Union Jack flew over Pretoria. All of East Africa, from the British Viceroyalty of Cape Town northward to the Egyptian border, was under the protection of the British Empire!
"What? The United States of America also has territory in Africa?" He clicked on the details and found that the United States had a large number of "mandate territories" in West Africa, while the German Empire had directly established "German West Africa".

“The black uncles are in big trouble now,” he muttered to himself. “They’ve been carved up by the great powers and there’s not even a trace left. I really should go to Africa sometime and see what kind of tricks these colonizers are playing.”

The situation in South Asia and West Asia is much better.
First of all, a conflict between India and Pakistan will not happen!
Because there is no Pakistan at all!

The territory of the British Indian Empire included modern-day Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka, and its flag was a Union Jack with an Indian peacock motif.

"Indians have actually been ruled by millions of white people for so long?" Luo Dingguo curled his lip. "Are there still British gentlemen riding in rickshaws on the streets of New Delhi? I must go and see this living fossil of colonialism if I have the chance."

Afghanistan, the imperial graveyard to the west of the Indian Empire, is an independent, peaceful, and uncontested nation. Persia, bordering Afghanistan, is also an independent state, a republic. It seems Yuan Shikai's antics in Persia ultimately came to nothing. However, the Tang Dynasty in Central Asia still exists.
Meanwhile, the small countries along the Persian Gulf (such as Qatar and the UAE) all uniformly label their land as "Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Energy Protection Area," and their national flags are embroidered with small dragon patterns in the corners.

“Oil hegemony, huh?” He stared at the Persian Gulf on the map, then suddenly thought of the chaos in the Middle East in the real world, and couldn’t help but sneer, “The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom controlled the oil pipelines tightly, not letting anyone else touch a single drop of oil.”

What shocked him most was the Ottoman Empire—an empire that should have collapsed in World War I, yet still controlled Syria, western Iraq, the Hejaz region, Yemen, and even reclaimed Egypt from the British! However, it had lost most of its European territory, retaining only the area around Istanbul and Albania. The rest of its lands were either swallowed up by Greater Hungary or belonged to a country called the Kingdom of Yugoslavia—Yugoslavia, a country that actually existed in this "heavenly world," and seemingly had quite a large territory? He wondered who its superior was? Germany or Russia?
Thinking of this, Luo Dingguo's gaze turned again to that vast expanse of red Russia! Red Russia's territory once again crossed the Ural Mountains, reaching the Yenisei River and confronting the Eastern Siberia-Alaska Kingdom, protected by the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom—however, the dividing line between the two countries was not a "military demarcation line," but a national border! To the south, it reclaimed Georgia, Azerbaijan, and Armenia south of the Caucasus Mountains, directly bordering the Ottoman Empire and the Persian Republic; to the southwest, it annexed a portion of land that belonged to Kazakhstan in another timeline, bordering the Tang Dynasty of Central Asia; and to the west, it possessed most of Ukraine and Belarus!
Luo Dingguo muttered to himself, "This Russia seems even stronger than that one! I should go and take a good look when I have time!"

(End of this chapter)