Illustrated Treatise on the Maritime Kingdoms, Volume 57

Prussia

...twenty-five li A traditional Chinese unit of distance, roughly 500 meters; its width is 1,137 li. The total land area is 100,850 square li.

The Western region is bounded:

To the East by the nations of Hanover original: 諾威爾 (Nuowei’er), Germany original: 亞里曼 (Yaliman), from the French Allemagne, and others.
To the West it connects with the two nations of Holland original: 賀蘭 (Helan) and Belgium original: 北爾日加 (Bei’erjijia).
To the South it joins with the nation of France original: 佛蘭西 (Folansi).
To the North it borders the two nations of Holland and Hanover.

This region is 750 li in length and approximately 600 li in width; the land area is approximately 17,500 square li.

The total population of the state is 12,406,800 people The text uses a traditional numbering system to express twelve million, four hundred and six thousand, eight hundred.

The Northeast parts of the country are flat and expansive, but the terrain is low-lying and the soil is quite barren. In the Southwest, Northern Ocean the hills and ridges Prussia are interconnected, and the fields are rich and fertile, though interspersed with stony ground.

Among its features, the longest rivers number nine, and the largest lakes number eight. The land produces gold, silver, copper, iron, tin, saltpeter, sulfur, alum, coal, orpiment, arsenic, white jade, amber, agate, sal ammoniac ammonium chloride, used in traditional medicine and metallurgy, porcelain clay, and various colored stones. It is truly a wealthy and populous land. Grains and fruits are produced in abundance, and livestock...