The textiles industry was booming, Egypt was exporting miles of cloth by the day, made with fine Egyptian cotton. The metro areas of Thebes and Cairo had electricity, and state controlled glass factories were making lightbulbs by the hundreds. The Imperial Palace at Thebes was now fully lighted by electricity. Yet the Roman blockade did not help... the blockade had been going for seven days now.
The army continued to push into Arabia, siezing town after town along the Red Sea, there were rumors of a large Persian build up at Mekkah, esimated to be in the thousands. Yet General Ahmid Yussaf had ten thousand marching to the most holy city. A scout was sighted over a dune, the general gave the order, and seven lead bullets ripped through his flesh. A horn sounded. The men charged into the waiting Perisian Army, artilery bombed the command posts, just out side the Mekkan walls, while Mekkans hurled rocks at the despised Persian troops. Thus Mekkah was an Arabian city again, Medina fell shortly after. The rest of the Arabian peninsula was Egyptian in only weeks, total conquest was the only solution this problem, this Persian problem.
To: Rome
From: Egypt
This is wholly uncalled for! Remove those ships from soverign Egyptian territory! Suez shall admit whom ever she pleases! We reserve the right to kill on sight any tresspassers. Remove your ships, or I shall do it for you!
To: America
From: Egypt
We request an order of three fleets of Boston Class battleships, if this Roman conflict should come to war, Egypt requests your help.
To: Greece
From: Egypt
I continue to hear of the wonder of your Spartan rifles, Egypt wishes to place an order of 40,000 rifles, can you fill it?
To: Japan
From: Egypt
If you remove the pesky Roman fleets from my doorstep, feel free to have safe passage through Suez to help your Grecian allies.