Illustrated Treatise on the Maritime Kingdoms

[The first class includes] 13,500 artillerymen, totaling over 141,000 men. For those over thirty years of age, they form one class; those over forty years of age form another class. The troops of the Landwehr original: 蘭威阿 (Lanwei’a), the national militia consist of 227,000 in one class and 180,000 in another, totaling over 500,000 soldiers in all. Therefore, in the province of Brandenburg original: 墨蘭領麥 (Meilanlingmai), two out of every ten people serve in the military. The religious sects in the various departments are not uniform: some follow Catholicism original: 加特力教 (Jiateli jiao), some follow Protestantism original: 波羅士特教 (Boluoshite jiao), some follow the Jewish faith original: 由斯教 (Yousi jiao), and others follow Lutheranism original: 魯低蘭教 (Ludi lan jiao).

The Kingdom of Prussia original: 普魯社國 (Puluoshe guo) is located in the north-central part of Europe original: 歐羅巴洲 (Ouluoba zhou). Its territories are scattered, covering an area of 107,025 square li The author uses the Chinese li, but the figure likely refers to German square miles used in 19th-century geography. The population is 13,840,000. It governs nine large provinces and 343 small districts.

Brandenburg Province original: 墨蘭領麥部 (Meilanlingmai bu) The eastern border is Posen original: 波斯 (Bosi), the western border is Thuringia original: 都領吉阿 (Doulingji’a), the southern border is Saxony original: 塞循 (Saixun), and the northern border is Mecklenburg original: 敏那尼阿 (Minnani’a). It is located within the German original: 耶麻尼 (Yemani) region...