In short, the area near the Red Sea route is one where the United Kingdom will never allow East Africa any chance of expansion, as this is one of the United Kingdom's bottom lines. Because East Africa already has certain advantages due to its proximity to the Red Sea, if East Africa advances further, the British-controlled Red Sea route would indeed be in danger.
Thus, India and Australia are certainly untouchable, Nanyang cannot be moved due to the Malacca Strait, the surroundings of the Red Sea even more so, leaving the only operable area as the coast of the Persian Gulf.
Ernst affirmed Sivert's judgment: "Correct, if the United Kingdom were to truly abandon a region, the large probability would be near the Persian Gulf. Of course, if the United Kingdom would indeed give us such 'useless land', we wouldn't necessarily have to accept it."
