Illustrated Gazetteer of the Maritime Kingdoms, Vol. 25

...a great power. The administration of this great nation in Europe original: 歐羅巴洲 (Ouluoba Zhou) appoints four senior councilors to oversee its finances and judicial matters. There are no specialized judicial officials; if there is a case of litigation within the capital, any official in the capital may adjudicate it. In the various small settlements original: 部落 (buluo), literally "tribes," used here by 19th-century Chinese writers to describe Western administrative districts or townships, the local elders and schoolteachers are all authorized to judge cases.

The annual collection of taxes in silver amounts to 63 million dollars. The military consists of 185,400 infantry, 38,400 cavalry, 17,800 artillerymen, 2,350 troops for repairing equipment, and 10,600 troops for clearing paths and building bridges during military campaigns.

The Kingdom of Austria is bounded by Russia to the east, Germany original: 耶馬尼 (Yemani), a phonetic rendering of Germania to the west, Hungary original: 寒牙里 (Hanyali) to the south, and Prussia and Poland to the north; its territorial extent is twenty- six thousand two hundred and ninety-five square li A traditional Chinese unit of distance; 260,295 square li is likely a translation of contemporary European square miles or leagues. Its population is 32,134,037 people. There are 9 major settlements and 2,815 minor settlements. There is also Hungary...