So is Botha some sinister combination of Grant, Napoleon, and Hitler? Fascinating stuff.
I was thinking along the lines of someone similar capabilities as Bismark but with a Leopold II kind of dark streak on the inside. We will see that in upcoming parts where Christiaan moves to establish an Amerikaner colony in South Africa and clashes with the Zulu.
Ah, I was wondering when we'd finally seek an empire outside our own continent. I was assuming it would happen through filibusters in Latin America, but it looks like Amerika will have to wait for the Spanish to heave their last breath in order to launch the banana wars. Did the Haitian Revolution happen?