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hey, all. a thought just occurred to me: what if a number of different European powers carved out colonies along the Congo River (its the deepest river in the world, and therefore could conceivably allow ships to sail far into the continent and establish colonies in the jungles). obviously, an impediment to this would be that whichever country holds the mouth could control the entire river by preventing anyone else from entering or leaving, but i'd like to explore the possibilities of this.

thoughts?
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