Illustrated Gazetteer of the Maritime Kingdoms, Vol. 25

...reaching thirty thousand li The li is a traditional Chinese unit of distance, roughly 500 meters, though in this context it refers to the total area in square li. Several decades later, successive monarchs gradually expanded the foundations of the nation. By maintaining friendly relations and continuous marriage alliances with neighboring countries, all the surrounding regions eventually came under their possession.

In the 9th year of the Jiaqing era 1804, the sovereign of the country assumed the title of Emperor original: 可汗, Kehan; Wei Yuan uses the term for "Khan" to explain the Western imperial title to Chinese readers. Subsequently, although more than half of the land was occupied by Napoleon original: 那波頁, Naboriye of France original: 佛蘭西, Folansi, all the seized territories were returned after the two nations negotiated peace in the 19th year of the Jiaqing era 1814, following the fall of Napoleon. It remains a wealthy, powerful, and renowned nation within the continent of Europe original: 歐羅巴州, Ouluoba Zhou.

The various territories belonging to this country carry the four regional names of Germany original: 亞里曼, Yaliman; derived from "Alemania", Poland original: 波羅尼, Boluoni; "Polonia", Italy original: 意大里, Yidali, and Hungary original: 翁給里, Wenggeili. However, these are collectively divided into fifteen departments of varying sizes.

The first of these is Austria original: 奧斯的里, Aodesidi. This department is divided into two: one called Lower Austria and the other called Upper Austria. Lower Austria measures four hundred and ten li in length and three hundred and fifty li in width, with a total land area of ten thousand square li. The population consists of over one million people. The city of Vienna original: 維亞納, Weiyana is the national capital. It was built...