The Central American provinces include Costa Rica, Central Plains, Panama, Zhennan and Fuyuan, and after more than 10 to 20 years of development, the total population of the region has reached 3.77 million, and it is still growing at a high rate every year.

Among them

The province of Panama has the longest, most mature and most populous history, with three major cities and 31 towns and a total population of more than 1.31 million.

Panama, the largest city alone, had a population of more than 710,000 at the end of the period, ranking among the first largest cities in the empire.

The news of the official opening of the Nicaragua Canal is tantamount to a shot in the arms for the economic development of Central Plains Province, especially Huwan City, which has entered the fast lane of rapid development.

In just over 10 years. It has rapidly developed from a small remote city to a medium-sized city with a population of more than 300,000, and because of its important geographical advantages, the future development prospects are bright.

But for the province of Panama, it was a complete disaster.

The official opening of the Nicaragua Canal has led to a plummeting status of Panama's land transshipment ports, hundreds of trading houses, transport companies, warehousing companies and shops that depend on rail transit for their livelihoods have closed their doors, and a large number of urban residents have lost their livelihoods.

Nowadays, in Panama City and Colón City, there has been a wave of transfer to Huwan City, and many powerful foreign trade firms have restarted their stoves in Huwan City, and more businesses have followed, attracting many local residents to move out.

The piles of goods that used to be at the transit terminals have disappeared, a large number of warehouses are empty, and the once thriving mule and horse trades and transport trucks are now even more miserable than in times of economic crisis.

The convenience of water and land transport is far from catching up with the navigation of the canal, and ships on the east and west coasts of North America can pass through the Nicaragua Canal and travel smoothly between ports, saving time, effort and cost.

A Panamanian freighter with a load of 30,000 tons, if it passes through Panama by land and water, needs to issue more than 20 fully loaded trains, from loading and unloading to transportation for at least a week.

The Nicaragua Canal now saves two loading and unloading processes, eliminates the need for short rail journeys, and provides direct access from Los Angeles on the West Coast to major ports on the East Coast and even in Europe.

The imperial government's plan for Panama was an international convention center, an alternative economy for trade and tourism, but the loss of the pillar of the red-hot business of waterway intermodal transport could not be compensated for in a short time, and depression was everywhere in Panama and Cologne.

The imperial government tried many ways, but these two cities, whose main industry was transshipment by land, were still depressed at a rate that was visible to the naked eye.

to this status quo

Emperor Richard did not hesitate, after all, the impact of the Nicaragua Canal is too great, it is a world-class water conservancy project that can change the geostrategic situation, and Panama is suffering from the disaster of pond fish.

After the opening of the canal

Taking advantage of the fact that the Panama summit had not yet been held, Emperor Richard inspected the Central American provinces with great interest, visited many towns and villages, and thoroughly inspected the local economic development.

Overall, it's quite satisfying.

The natural conditions of Central America are quite superior, although close to the equator line, it is a typical oceanic island climate, with abundant sunshine and rain, a cool and pleasant climate, and unique conditions for the development of agriculture and animal husbandry.

In particular, the rice produced in Central America, which is as famous as the Oregon rice in the north, is the two famous high-quality rice producing areas of the empire, and the yield and quality are excellent.

Besides

The vigorous development of natural rubber forests has entered the rubber tapping period, which has brought a stable income for local plantation owners all year round, and is one of the special products of the region.

The third is the sugar industry, which has been greatly reduced during the Cuban Civil War, and Central American sugar has replaced Cuba's share of exports and has grown rapidly as a representative cash crop.

Overall

The level of economic development in the regions of Central America was slightly lower than that of the central, northern and western regions of the empire, mainly due to the low level of industrial development and insufficient industrialization.

The local industries are mainly sugar mills, rubber mills, rice mills, oil mills, flour mills, food processing plants, cement factories, brick kilns and quarries, etc., mainly distributed in the food processing and building materials industries.

This is also due to the long-term policy of "strong cadres and weak branches" implemented by the empire, which is not a mistake.

The territory of the empire has always been in North America, where the strong trunk of the empire lies, and industrial development has blossomed everywhere in the north, center, and west, and has continued to advance in depth.

A series of universities, research institutes, steel and chemical enterprises were established in major cities on the mainland of the empire, forming the largest and most complete industrial system in the world today, constituting the strong trunk of the Tang Empire.

Central America, South America, and overseas provinces have been neglected, consciously or unconsciously, in the wave of industrial development.

It can only be said that this is the result of development policies, not the mistakes of the government.