[@Iluvatar]
I'm actually going to have to cut you short right there especially with the Amazon expansion idea. To be honest, the RP was never set to go outside mainland USA, which I'm now thinking of changing. But going all the way into South America? That's definitely a no go, I'm sorry, doesn't matter that it would happen in a decade or so. If that was the case it'd literally soon be "Faux Americas recolonize the world" simulator and that's just glossing over all the other nations in South America which would certainly not enjoy someone coming in an claiming all their rubber. Same thing with rare earth elements in Africa, you would have to go through at least half a dozen African warlords just to step foot into a mine.

As much as this is going to sound somewhat mean, a British empire-styled colonization and trade empire is simply impossible with your current nation and something which I am not going to just allow. Britain had swathes of populations which they could use for colonists while still maintaining a strong military, something you don't have the luxury of since even with an unrealistic 100% enlistment rate, you would still have a smaller military than just about everyone else. And as for the last bit, once again another nation can just subjugate you and demand the goods at extremely tiny prices or nothing at all.