But now, Spain had already practically occupied the Congo Region, and other powers naturally had no excuse to refute Spain's rule.
This also led to small countries like Belgium and the Netherlands gaining almost nothing. As for Portugal, because they had long colonized Africa, their non-colonial area was still very large.
Plus, with the compensation received for the land grabbed by the United Kingdom, Portugal became the country that gained the most land among all non-great powers in Europe at this conference.
The Lunda Kingdom, the Bwonda Kingdom, and the Luba Kingdom, these three indigenous kingdoms in Southern Congo, together spanned tens of thousands of square kilometers. Coupled with Portugal's West Africa Colony and Mozambique Colony, Portugal's current colonial scale was second only to the UK, Spain, and France, even ranking ahead of Germany.
As time entered 1885, the rearmament of the Spanish Army officially began.
