I Became the Last Princess of the Brown Bear Kingdom

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“Isn’t it a big deal that we’re being discriminated against in the Danube Federation? We have our pride, you know.”

Those guys are the ones who deserve to be discriminated against anyway.

Belgrade has been completely flattened, and there might still be some folks left who can resist. I mean, that’s a possibility.

“In the Danube Federation? I think they’re getting discriminated against because they’re asking for it.”

Haven’t they done every kind of despicable act starting with the assassination of the Archduke of Austria?

Britain is strong enough to do that, but those Serbian folks are weak and still act all tough.

Is that still sparking some flames?

Is there going to be another assassination attempt from the Serbian side soon?

“Ah, don’t worry about them. They’ll be the only ones catching polio anyway.”

“Yes, Your Majesty.”

Later on, I might just end up cursing and wishing to smack them across the face!

The Serbs are the ones creating their own polio problems, so there’s really no reason to stop them.

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**Danube Region Serbian Autonomy**

Though it’s called autonomy, in reality, the Serbians were originally scattered not just in Serbia but also across Bulgaria and various parts of Europe like the Danube Federation.

Now, the Serbian land has less than one-tenth of its previous population, shared between Bulgaria and the Danube Federation. While Bulgaria’s situation is understandable, the autonomy in the Danube region isn’t doing well either.

First and foremost, oppression is pretty standard.

“Damn those Serbs.”

“Those guys deserve it, yet they maintain such pride.”

We had no choice but to declare war because of Serbia, and the Danube Federation, which has practically fragmented due to its history, has always found Serbia to be quite the nuisance.

Naturally, discriminatory policies against Serbians have been ongoing daily, which stoked their resentment.

“Austrian, back off!”

“Return my son!”

“Do you think we’ll take your vaccine?”

“Right? You’re trying to kill us!”

Especially for the Austrian defense forces, every time they saw the Serbs protesting in the autonomy, it made them feel so disgusted they wanted to crush them with tanks.

There was absolutely no introspection from the Serbian people.

“Can’t we just crush those guys?”

“No way. Besides, they’re already scattered.”

“They say they won’t even get the polio vaccine, right? It’s all for their own good.”

“Let them die on their own.”

Across Europe, it seemed the Serbs were in perfect accord, refusing vaccinations.

They were incredibly foolish.

Despite the polio vaccine being widely available long ago, unfortunately, not even one in ten Serbians had received it.

Naturally, it didn’t take long after the vaccine distribution for the results to surface.

Those who got the polio vaccine wouldn’t catch the disease.

However, unfortunately, the Serbians were different.

In fact, due to the Danube Federation’s aggressive vaccination campaign, at least 40% had gotten vaccinated, yet the probability of polio outbreaks among the remaining Serbians was still very high.

“Polio. Better get the vaccine.”

“All this pride just to end up like this.”

“It’s not entirely our fault, is it? It’s really those who oppressed us in the first place!”

That’s correct. This is a mistake made by the Danube Federation and the Roman Treaty members.

What do they expect after making it impossible to trust them?

“Right. They made it so we can’t trust them!”

“What about those who got vaccinated?”

“Exactly. Those traitorous bastards!”

“Ahhh! What on earth is happening here?”

“They get vaccinated among themselves! And you still call yourselves Serbians?”

“I’d rather live as another nationality than be a people hated by the world! What benefits are there to live as a Serbian?”

“What!?”

The uproar about the polio vaccine split Serbia again.

The Serbs under French control of the Roman Treaty became French, the Serbs under British control became British, and the Serbs in the Danube Federation either became Danube-natives or insisted on living as Serbians until they die.

Belgrade now had a Governor-General’s Office set up, but the Serbs divided under its rule despised each other.

“Those two factions are trying to sow discord.”

Upon receiving reports from the Governor-General’s Office, Hermann Göring decided to divide them completely.

Whatever happens, the Serbians must be incorporated into the Danube.

After they annihilate each other, it would be easy to completely integrate them.

Thus, a civil war began in the Serbian autonomy, dividing all Serbians and the still-nationalist Serbian Chetniks.

Indeed, a truly wicked people.

* * *

Spaceships are still just spaceships. A massive reform of the social security system took place.

Prior to this, welfare systems for Russian workers had already begun, bringing them considerable benefits, but it was mainly related to wages.

Due to Gastev’s worker mechanization project and the nationwide Anastasia fan club, workers were working like crazy.

Working like a machine means you get more wages thanks to the grace of Mother Tsarina.

The more you work, the more benefits your family receives.

By becoming today’s workers, you can receive free supplies.

Just become a machine while working!

With this mindset, many people worked tirelessly like machines.

Sergey, who was able to transfer to Romanov Electronics after completing a training program for dedicating himself to the country in the Tsvetkov Gun Factory, ended up working crazy amounts of overtime.

“For the sake of Mother Tsar, let’s work until we die!”

Under a slogan that would have been unimaginable during the era of the previous Tsar, the sight of everyone working like mad was absolutely fanatic.

Now, Sergey, as the head of his household, worked crazily to provide his kids with radios and televisions. As a result, he became the ‘Worker of the Month’ several times and received the latest television.

One day, while spending a day as the factory manager, someone from the labor department came to explain the four major insurance programs.

“Four major insurances? What on earth is that?”

“Well, as this document explains, the Tsar personally proposed these insurances to the Duma for those who only worry about working without taking care of their health.”

“Truly, the grace of His Majesty the Tsar.”

National pension, health insurance, employment insurance, and workers’ compensation insurance.

Of course, this applies to the entire populace, but for workers, the benefits would be more efficient, making it essentially insurance for laborers.

“The Tsar cares about our health too?”

“I hear that regular folks have to pay premiums for such insurance?”

“If that’s the case, I can rest easy even if I die while working.”

“Hey, then the health insurance doesn’t mean much, does it?”

The reality is, even with the establishment of the four major insurances, the overall situation didn’t change much.

In fact, it was just praising Mother Tsarina, and Sergey felt the same way.

“Mother Tsarina is always here with us!”

She pressured the Duma, which held real power, to establish such a system!

Under such circumstances, it was only natural to worship Mother Tsar.

And not only that, the advent of these four major insurances also impacted housewives.

Born after the Red-White War and raised with the notion that they must become beautiful women like the Tsar, women have now become mothers or joined the military.

Soldiers also received benefits, but housewives were filled with thoughts of getting even light jobs due to laborer benefits.

Even if only one person works, the whole family benefits, but they also wanted to personally enjoy the perks given by Mother Tsarina.

To become wonderful like the Tsar, of course.

Ironically, the four major insurances presented by Anastasia were sufficient to brainwash the workers, and this also influenced the countries of the Roman Treaty.

* * *

The proposal to fully implement the four major insurance social security system across Europe passed at the Roman Treaty Headquarters.

Now, predictions surfaced that various issues would be somewhat resolved.

“So with the four major insurances, things are definitely getting sorted out.”

Can it be said that there’s a bit of relief here?

“Yes, the only problem seems to be with the overtime.”

“Overtime? Isn’t there any way to fix that?”

I hadn’t said anything, thinking it might infringe on freedoms if I made it illegal, but isn’t it necessary to figure that out?

I wonder if this might lead to a real flop for Anachan.

“We can’t help that, can we?”

“What do you think will happen if we ban it by law? If someone dies from overwork, protests will undoubtedly arise. Right now, half of the Kremlin’s guards are Cossacks due to benefits, and who knows, we might witness Bloody Sunday season 2.”

Those events would be absolutely horrifying.

I might even feel somewhat sad if there were still cases of overwork deaths happening now?

“Honestly, it’s not impossible to have overwork deaths.”

“No, that’s dangerous. It really is.”

It’s dangerously dangerous!

Of course, if people work more, it’s good for me.

As they work more, the world will develop, and productivity will get better.

“But there’s really nothing we can do. Plus, it’s completely different from the era of the previous Tsar. Now, people are voluntarily working, and looking at the public sentiment, they’d probably even praise the families of those who died from overwork. Isn’t that why the bereaved families have no complaints?”

“Can it really end up like that? But that means there will be even fewer workers.”

If someone dies, there will be fewer workers.

Even if they don’t blame me, Anachan has to be perfect, or it’s a pity.

“Unfortunately, many women have joined the workforce.”

They weren’t forced to, but is this really okay?

Well, I’ve made all the proposals I need to, so the Duma should handle it themselves. After all, the Prime Minister is Alisa Rosenbaum.

She’s a sharp kid; she’ll manage just fine.

I’ve merely allowed the first step to be taken, so that should be enough.

Thinking about it, I don’t think the citizens would even bother coming to me to protest. A suitable way would be to just ban overtime on-site.

“I’d rather not bring this up in the Duma every time. Just provide some advice.”

There are way too many people working overtime at Romanov Electronics.

So you’d better take care of it. Of course, since Romanov Electronics is managed by the imperial family, I could probably limit their overtime.

If I mention it to the Duma casually, they’ll take care of it.

“For now, is your representative at Romanov Electronics Duke Yusupov?”

“Yes, Your Majesty.”

That gentleman is old enough by now; it might be time for him to go.

How long did he live in actual history? I can’t recall exactly. If he’s still the representative, he should be able to manage the overtime issue himself.

“Tell him to prevent overtime as much as possible.”

“Understood, Your Majesty.”

Yes. There’s really no need to overexert myself.

“Furthermore, Romanov Electronics’ stock price has soared tremendously this time.”

“Why is that? Even though Romanov Electronics was involved, they didn’t directly develop anything.”

They did invest a bit in the spaceship development, but they didn’t develop the actual craft themselves.

So is there any real reason for the shares to be going up?

“Well, it’s because the spaceship that His Majesty pushed for was successful, which obviously attracted people’s interest, right?”

Indeed, did it really come to that?

In that case, the stock price could certainly skyrocket.

“That’s not bad.”

With that, Romanov Electronics could practically control the electronics sector in the Roman Treaty.

If another Samsung Electronics doesn’t come out from Korea originally, that might be a bit disappointing.

“Alright then, what’s this?”

This time, it came from the Danube Federation.

To be precise, it seems to have been a proposal from the Danube Federation to the Roman Treaty Headquarters that made its way back here.

Looking at the content, it’s about the Serbian Chetniks.

“I hear the Serbian Chetniks have risen again.”

“The Serbian Chetniks?”

I didn’t think the Serbian issue would come up. Yugoslavia has been gone for ages, yet now the Serbian Chetniks have returned?

Serbian Chetniks.

It’s a nationalist and royalist organization formed by Serbians.

The Chetniks have their roots long before Serbian independence; during World War I, they waged guerrilla warfare against the Austro-Hungarians and Bulgarians.

During World War II, they fought actively against the Axis Powers, and when the partisans they were fighting alongside began to gain the upper hand, they even cooperated with the Axis Powers to combat the partisans.

And now it seems that has occurred again.

What strange people they are.

If they just lost, they should just accept their defeat, but they act all tough as if they are the oppressed. -But this issue is because of the polio vaccine.

So what is this Chetnik commander up to?

“What’s the Chetnik commander’s status?”

“It seems Draža Mihailović is the Chetnik commander.”

He was the one who led the Chetniks in real history, and apparently, he is the same here.

Supposedly, he even contacted the distant King Peter II, so could it be similar here?

Currently, the Serbian royal family has entirely been left to the British.

They judged it would be hard for him to return, crossing the sea.

No matter how royalists rise in rebellion from Serbia, Hitler and Göring would likely relish that.

In that case, they’d get to crush them fairly again.

They may have stomped on Serbia plenty, but it feels a bit different. Those guys are no less bugs compared to the communists.

The Chetniks are causing trouble just because of one vaccine.

I wonder how the Pro-Danube Militia is doing.