Incredible things are happening in China. It appears they have reinvented Alabama from first principles.
That's a spider trying to get out the bath tub.
@Lana i wonder if there if something to be written on how even rural areas (within the imperial homeland) take advantage of the economic might of empire...
Did something similar happen in 1800s England?

World's biggest wok, and they're stirring the world's biggest omelette.
I'd pay good money to ride that! ๐ค