The current ranking of the total fiscal revenues of the world's major powers is as follows:

The total revenue of the British Empire itself was 200 million pounds, the total fiscal expenditure was 198 million pounds, and the fiscal surplus was 2 million pounds.

The total revenue of the British Empire's colonies was 185 million pounds, the total fiscal expenditure was 173 million pounds, and the fiscal surplus was 12 million pounds.

The total revenue of the United States was 151 million pounds, the total fiscal expenditure was 153 million pounds, and the fiscal loss was 2 million pounds.

Germany's total fiscal revenue is 150 million pounds, the total fiscal expenditure is 220 million pounds, and the fiscal loss is about 70 million pounds.

The total revenue of the French mainland was 145 million pounds, the total fiscal expenditure was 200 million pounds, and the fiscal loss was about 55 million pounds.

The total revenue of the French colony was 55 million pounds, the total fiscal expenditure was 51 million pounds, and the fiscal surplus was 4 million pounds.

Russia's total fiscal revenue was 130 million pounds, the total fiscal expenditure was 185 million pounds, and the fiscal loss was 55 million pounds.

The total revenue of the Austro-Hungarian Empire was 75 million pounds, the total fiscal expenditure was 110 million pounds, and the fiscal loss was 35 million pounds.

The island's total fiscal revenue is 53 million pounds, the total fiscal expenditure is 60 million pounds, and the fiscal loss is about 7 million pounds.

Italy's total fiscal revenue is 40 million pounds, the total fiscal expenditure is 55 million pounds, and the loss is about 15 million pounds.

The total revenue of the Ottoman Empire was 26 million pounds, the total fiscal expenditure was 40 million pounds, and the loss was 14 million pounds.

Because of the continuous naval arms race and the expansion of the army, the major European powers generally faced financial losses.

But there is no way to do this, after all, as long as we stop expanding our military, the gap in armaments with other countries will widen.

For the great powers of Europe, the financial losses were certainly inappropriate, but the gap between them and the enemy became unacceptable.

If you win the war, you can get anything, and naturally you are not afraid of small financial losses. Once the war is lost, even if a large amount of wealth is accumulated, it will be plundered and appropriated by others.

It is a good thing that Australasia's fiscal position has been in a surplus state, which means that even if Australasia's fiscal expenditure grows rapidly in the future, the fiscal deficit will not be too serious.

The industrial sector is also developing rapidly. Although the growth of steel production has slowed, in 1912 the total steel production of Australasia also reached 1,701,000 tons and 2,719,200 tons, respectively.

Australasia is currently the world's seventh largest producer of steel under the United States, Germany, the United Kingdom, Russia, France and Austria-Hungary.

The scale of total steel production is also about this level, and in terms of steel production, it has comprehensively surpassed the two last powers, the island nation and Italy.

Although the total steel output does not fully represent the industrial level, it is also one of the important criteria for judging the industrial level.

At present, Australasia has a lot of advantages in terms of economy and industry compared with Italy and island countries, in addition to obvious disadvantages in population.

Even in the technology of the army and navy, Arthur is confident that he is one level ahead of Italy and the island nation.

Australia's coal production, which is closely related to industry, has also surpassed that of the island nation and Italy.

According to the information revealed by countries around the world, the country with the largest total coal production in the world should be the United States, with an annual coal production of 530 million tons.

The next order is:

In second place, Russia 360 million tons.

In third place, Germany 277.2 million tons.

Fourth, the UK 210.5 million tons.

fifth, Austria-Hungary 54.2 million tons.

Sixth, France 40.8 million tons.

Seventh, Australasia, 37.7 million tons.

Eighth, island countries 7.8 million tons.

ninth, Italy 700,000 tons.

The difference from history is that Britain should have produced more coal than Germany in history, but because of the separation of Australasia, the British Empire lost an important mineral resource producing area, so coal production was lower than that of Germany.

Australasia's mineral reserves are not inferior to any other country, but the real reason for limiting Australasia's coal production is actually the small size of Australasia's domestic market.

First of all, the climate in Australasia is not so extreme, with the hottest temperatures in the summer generally in the mid-twenties, and the coldest temperatures in winter generally around zero.

As a result, the demand for coal for heating in Australasia is not high, and the real use of coal in Australasia is for industry and power generation.

But much of Australasia's industrial equipment is powered by electricity, which again reduces the need for coal.

Coupled with the fact that the government does not need to sell mineral resources in exchange for funds, coal production in Australasia has been stable at an adequate level.

If calculated according to the total reserves of various types of coal in Australasia, according to the current mining rate, it is enough to mine in Australasia for thousands of years.

However, with the development of the domestic population and various construction economies, the demand for coal is bound to become higher and higher.

However, according to the coal reserves of Australasia, it will basically not be used up in hundreds of thousands of years.

In addition to the most basic coal and steel production, because of the construction of the first and second phases of the Leonora industrial base, coupled with the great encouragement of various industries, Arthur believes that at present, Australasia's industry has equaled or even surpassed Italy, at least at the industrial and economic level, Australasia already has the strength of a great power.

From the current proportion of the world's industrial production in the world, we can see the influence of the great powers on the world.

The world's share of industry is as follows:

U.S. 31.8%

Germany 14.8%

UK 13.6%

Russia accounted for 8%

France 6%

Austria-Hungary 4.4%

Australasia 3.7%

Italy 2.2%

Island countries account for 1%

These nine countries account for 85.5 percent of the world's industrial production, and the remaining 14.5 percent is divided among dozens of countries and regions.

In fact, comparing all the rankings, it can be clearly found that, in addition to the German Empire, there is a clear gap between the other countries of the Central Powers and the three major countries of the Entente.

Although Germany had already caught up with Britain in industry and economy, the more difficult problem was that the industrial economies of Austria-Hungary and Italy combined were no match for France.

In terms of population size, industrial scale and economic heritage, the difference in strength between the Allies and the Entente was not small.

If it weren't for the strength of Germany's army, I am afraid that the first war in history would have ended soon.

With the expansion of the armies and navies of the major European powers, the total number of armies and navies of European countries has increased considerably compared with a few years ago.

At present, the total number of land forces of major countries in the world is ranked:

Russia 1.468 million

France 967,000

Germany 944,000

Austria-Hungary 726,000

UK 640,000

Italy 600,000

Ottoman 450,000

370,000 island nations

Australasia 222,000

Romania 200,000

164,000 in the United States

With its abundant population, Russia naturally achieved the position of the largest army of the great powers.

It's just that the training of Russian soldiers is generally insufficient, and the equipment of many soldiers is also very backward, and the comprehensive combat effectiveness is not strong.

At present, the United States, which has the lowest number of soldiers in the family of the great powers, has never paid much attention to the army.

With its superior geographical environment, as long as the US Navy has a sufficient size, it can guarantee the security of the US homeland.

This is especially true in the United States, where the Canadian territories in the north and Mexico in the south have weakened.

The United States is currently the strongest country in North America, so there is really no need to expand the size of the army.

Of course, there is another point that is more important, that is, the military science and technology of the United States are not developed, and the combat effectiveness of the army and navy is actually not high.

Even if the United States has an army of hundreds of thousands, it will not necessarily be a match for a European army of more than 100,000.

In fact, it can be seen from these rankings that Australasia's comprehensive strength has met the requirements of the great powers, which is why the European media and some countries claim that Australasia is the eighth power.

In addition to being more optimistic about Caucasians than island countries, Australasia's own good strength is also an important factor.

Of course, when it comes to the strength of the army, the recognized combat effectiveness of the army is also an important factor to measure.

At present, among all the countries in the world, it is recognized as the strongest combat effectiveness, and that is, of course, the German Empire, which is currently the world's number one army power.

The great combat effectiveness of the army of the German Empire is beyond doubt, and it does not need any explanations and explanations at all.

Under the Imperial German Army, the French Army should be the second in the world.

The French army is also recognized as the second largest in the world, although it was defeated by the Germans decades ago, but after all, it is also the former European hegemon and the first army power.

The emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, not to mention that the French camel has not yet died of emaciation, but is simply a little malnourished.

In addition to Germany and France, the country with the third largest combat effectiveness in the army is somewhat difficult to confirm.

The European media have different opinions on this, some support Russia, which has a very large army number, some support Austria-Hungary, the former hegemon of Central Europe, and some are optimistic about Australasia.

However, if we do not look at the numerical superiority of the Russian army and only calculate the combat effectiveness, Russia will definitely not be able to take the third place.

The Austro-Hungarian army also had a shortcoming, that is, the army composed of Germans was very strong, and the army composed of other nationalities was not very strong.

Their military equipment and training are not bad, but the intricate ethnic distribution makes it very cumbersome to pass military orders between armies.

What's worse is that often the soldiers of a company come from many nationalities, and they can't communicate with each other, let alone cooperate well in battle.

Therefore, when Arthur made the list in his mind, he deservedly ranked Australasia as the third land power in the world (just by its combat effectiveness).

If you count the various military technologies that Australasia currently has, even the Australasian army and the German army can touch each other, so Arthur's platoon is not wrong.

If it weren't for the fact that the French army performed very well in World War I, Arthur would even rank Australasia's army in combat effectiveness second in the world.

Under Australasia, if only the combat effectiveness of the army is concerned, it should be Austria-Hungary.

The fifth in combat effectiveness should be the island nation. Russia was placed sixth by Arthur.

The reason is actually very simple, in the Russo-Japanese War a few years ago, the performance of the Russian army in the Far East was really worrying, and even made people doubt the real combat capability of the Russian army.

Although in recent years, the Russians have purchased a large amount of weapons and equipment from Australasia. But if the training level of the soldiers and the supply of materials are not solved, Arthur is still not optimistic that their individual combat ability can surpass that of the island nation.

However, after all, the Russians have a standing army of more than one million, and it is no problem for the comprehensive army strength to surpass that of the island nation.

The combat effectiveness of the remaining national armies does not need to be lined up, and the combat effectiveness of the armies of the United Kingdom, the United States and Italy is all half-baked.

In addition to the fact that the combat effectiveness of individual elite armies is reasonable, the combat capabilities of conventional armies are simply a mess.

Of course, Arthur's army combat effectiveness ranking is only ranked according to the current situation revealed by each country, as well as the previous wars and historical performance of various countries.

There may be some differences in the specific situation, but it should not be much different.

In fact, in this era, the armies of the European powers, except for France and Germany, which are considered the real elite, the combat effectiveness of the armies of other countries is indescribable, and they all have more or less shortcomings.

However, for European countries, having a large population is also an advantage.

If the comprehensive strength of the army is calculated by combining the size of the army and the combat effectiveness of the army, then this ranking of the army's combat effectiveness will also undergo a lot of changes.

The overall strength of the Army, if calculated according to the number of active and reserve troops, the expected combat effectiveness of the Army, and the level of equipment and training of the active army, is ranked as follows:

Germany is still the world's most deservedly No. 1 country, with a standing army of more than 900,000 plus millions of reserve troops, making Germany the most powerful country in the world.

France is still in second place. France has a standing army that slightly surpasses that of Germany, and also has a reserve force of up to several million.

Although the combat effectiveness is inferior to that of the German army, it has an advantage over other countries.

The third largest army in terms of overall strength is Tsarist Russia, which has a standing army of more than 1.4 million. Tsarist Russia also has tens of millions of reserve troops, even if the level of equipment and training quality are very poor, relying on the tactics of crowds alone, it is enough to make the Russian army rank third in the world.

Of course, if we do not take into account the turmoil in Russia, Russia's combined army strength can even surpass that of France.

But alas, judging by Arthur's situation, the situation in Russia is not rosy. It has greatly affected the combat effectiveness of the Russian army, after all, if the government is gone, who should the army fight for?

The fourth largest army in terms of overall strength is Austria-Hungary, Germany's only reliable ally.

Austria-Hungary had a standing force of more than 700,000, plus millions of reservists. The army equipment is quite good, and if it can solve the problem of language communication caused by the large number of nationalities, I am afraid that Austria-Hungary can really become a strong ally of Germany.

Arthur ranked Australasia's overall land force fifth in the world. Although Australasia only has a standing army of 220,000, if it recruits troops recklessly, it can explode an army of millions.

Coupled with Arthur's hidden army technology, it is not too much to occupy the fifth position in the world.

After Australasia, the world's sixth land power, should be able to fall on the head of the British Empire.

For no other reason, the British Empire has hundreds of millions of people in its native and colonial areas, which also means that there are tens of millions of inexhaustible cannon fodder.

These cannon fodder alone are enough to bring the British Empire's army strength to a great level, and it has the strength to compete with the above five countries to win the final victory in the war.

The seventh army power has to fall on the head of the island country. Although the island nation has been eliminated from the ranks of the great powers by many European media and countries, it cannot be denied that the combat effectiveness of the island country's army is still medium among the great powers, much stronger than countries like Italy and the United Kingdom.

If the island countries can solve the problems of backward equipment and small industrial scale, the strength of the army is still considerable.

The eighth army power in the world, going around and around, barely lined up to Italy.

The reason why Italy can become the eighth army power in the world does not mean that it has the strength of the eighth army power in the world, but that the strength of the national army after it is even weaker, in other words, it all depends on the foil of its peers.

After Italy, the ninth and tenth army powers in the world were the Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria, respectively.

Although Bulgaria had defeated the Ottoman Empire in the previous Balkan Wars, this relied on the full cooperation of the Balkan Alliance, coupled with the fact that the Ottoman Turkish Empire was pinned down by Italy.

If Bulgaria's land strength is compared to the Ottoman Empire alone, although the combat effectiveness is indeed higher than that of the Ottoman Empire, the Ottoman Empire also has a larger population.

Again, before there is no obvious technological gap, the power of crowd tactics is not small.

Outside the top ten, Romania, Serbia, Montenegro, Greece and other countries that performed well in the Balkan War are qualified to rank among the top 15 in the world's land forces.

Of course, this list mainly records the great powers and European countries, otherwise, a large country in Asia with the world's largest population can also be on the list by relying on crowd tactics.

As for the United States, which has the status and strength of a great power, its overall strength in the army is really not as strong as that of Serbia and Bulgaria.

It is more difficult to judge the overall strength of the army, but it is easier to judge the comprehensive strength of the navy.

To put it simply, the comprehensive strength of the Navy can be judged by the total tonnage of warships and the number of capital ships.

The total tonnage of warships represents the number of warships, and the number of capital ships determines the real combat effectiveness of the navy.

At present, the total tonnage of the navies of all countries in the world is heavy, and the British Empire occupies the first place, as high as 2.51 million tons.

Germany is in second place with a total naval tonnage of 1.17 million tons.

The United States occupies the third place, with a total naval tonnage of 840,000 tons.

France occupies the fourth place, with a total naval tonnage of 800,000 tons.

Russia occupies the fifth place, with a total naval tonnage of 600,000 tons.

The island nation occupies the sixth place, with a naval corps of 510,000 tons.

Italy occupies the seventh place, with a total naval tonnage of 390,000 tons.

Austria-Hungary occupies the eighth place, with a total naval tonnage of 190,000 tons.

Australasia occupies ninth place, with a total naval tonnage of 150,000 tons.

Although Australasia still has a significant gap with the European powers in terms of total naval tonnage, if you only look at dreadnoughts and super dreadnoughts, Australasia's number of dreadnoughts ranks among the top five in the world.

Even in terms of the real combat effectiveness of the navy, Arthur was confident that he would surpass Austria-Hungary and Italy.

For no other reason, these two countries do not even have very many dreadnoughts, and their naval combat effectiveness is definitely greatly reduced compared to their naval tonnage.

Even the island nations, which currently lack the support of the British Empire, have not yet entered service with the dreadnoughts they planned to build, although they have the tonnage of the old battleships of the past.

Australasia's three dreadnoughts and two battlecruisers may not be no match for the island's eight older battleships.

Even if the combat effectiveness of one battleship is equal to two old battleships by default, the comprehensive combat effectiveness of the Australasian navy is even greater than that of the island nation.

It can only be said that the progress of science and technology has brought too much progress in the strength of the army and navy, and after the birth of dreadnoughts, the role of old battleships has been infinitely reduced.

And after the birth of the super dreadnought, the importance of the dreadnought has also decreased a lot.

At present, before calculating the combat strength of a country's navy, priority is given to the number of super-dreadnoughts and dreadnoughts it has.

The number of dreadnoughts and super dreadnoughts can basically represent the true strength level of a country's fleet.

A country with dreadnoughts is not necessarily a country with the best naval strength, but a country with a top naval power must have dreadnoughts.

Dreadnoughts and super dreadnoughts, the two main warships, have become naval weapons that can be ignored but must be possessed by European powers and world naval powers.

To become a recognized naval power, it has become common sense to have dreadnoughts and super-dreadnoughts of a certain size.

The reason why the island countries lost to Australasia in terms of military strength and was robbed of the title of the eighth power by Australasia is because the island countries have not been able to have a dreadnought of their own so far.

And Australasia not only equipped its own dreadnoughts early, but is already building super dreadnoughts for other countries.

The gap between the two is already huge, and it has almost taken it for granted that the island nation has lost its status as a great power.

The bad news for Australasia is that by the end of 1912, Australasia's per capita arable land had decreased from 2.3 acres to 2.1 acres per capita.

However, this is also a matter of course, after all, with the development of major cities, coupled with various industries and construction, there will be a large number of immigrants and rural people, who will be attracted to the city and become urban residents.

With the exception of a few established private farms, only a quarter of all the settlers in Australasia choose to work in agriculture.

However, despite the decrease in arable land per capita, the total arable area of Australasia still reached 25.43 million acres, an increase of nearly 6 million acres compared to three or four years ago.

Because Arthur continued to emphasize the importance of food, Australasia's food production and total arable land area were also growing.

Thanks to the increase in the total cultivated area, the total grain production of Australasia has reached more than 11.58 million tons in 1912, and this year has reached a new high after the previous year's grain production exceeded 10 million tons.

Australasia's strategic grain reserves have also grown from 2 million tonnes a few years ago to 10 million tonnes.

Of course, the reason for such a high grain reserve is that the government has suspended many plans to export grain.

In this way, the government's fiscal revenue has been reduced a lot, and it has even spent a lot of money to buy grain from the peasant households.

Generally speaking, only food that has been hoarded for too long will be sold as appropriate.

The rest of the grain had to be hoarded and sold to European countries at a higher price than the future war in Europe.

How exaggerated is 10 million tons of grain reserves? It is important to know that the total annual food consumption in Australasia will not exceed 3 million tons.

This means that Australasia's current strategic food reserves are enough to feed the whole country for three years.

In the past three years, Australasia's grain production will continue to expand, and in a more considerate phrase, it is impossible to eat it all.

The good news is that Australasia is only emerging from poverty and hunger at this time, so food waste is rare.

Large-scale extravagance and waste are largely non-existent, which also reduces people's food consumption to a certain extent.

Of the 11.58 million tons of grain exported in 1912, less than 2 million tons were exported. Combined with the more than 2 million tons consumed domestically, this year alone, the government's strategic grain reserves have increased by nearly 7 million tons.

Of course, the current reduction in Australasia's grain exports has not had a big impact on world food prices.

After all, all European countries have extensive colonies, and many countries around Germany are also European grain exporters, so European countries basically do not have to worry about food problems.

Even if food prices do rise, they will not rise much, so European countries are not too concerned.

Even, countries like Britain and France would prefer to see such things happen.

After all, Britain and France both have extensive colonies, but they just spend a little more transportation costs, and there will be basically no shortage of food.

But Germany is different. If you want to have enough food, you have to buy it from neighboring countries at a high price.

With the exception of its ally, Austria-Hungary, where the price of food was more favorable, the price of food elsewhere would increase a little, which also meant more spending.

After all, Germany has a population of tens of millions, and the annual consumption of food is not a small number.

While Australasia's food exports have decreased, meat exports have not decreased much.

After all, Australasia's livestock industry is too large, and there is no need to make a fuss about meat exports.

After all, with Australasia's current more than 200 million sheep, tens of millions of cattle and countless other domestic animals, there will be no shortage of meat at any time.

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