Hamberg is also the center of the Three Overseas Provinces.
To maintain these three overseas provinces, the Empire spends a huge amount annually on military and stability expenses, leading many conservatives to regard this as a festering wound on the Empire, eager to cut losses.
Fortunately, there are more visionary people in the Empire, and such foolish suggestions were immediately dismissed.
However, the emergence of such suggestions also indicates that isolationism still has a significant presence in Sussex.
There is a deep rift between the Old Sussex people and the new Sussex people overseas.
The Late Emperor Edward planned to tour the Empire's overseas colonies, with his final scheduled stop before returning home being the Three Overseas Provinces.
It was during this final leg of the journey that problems arose.
Sif's first stop at sea coincided with her father's last stop, seen as a political signal by some.
