But equally, the power and strength that comes with ruling a kingdom is absolutely incomparable to what a count territory can possess.

The population of the Count Castel Domain is already quite substantial, with 4 million inhabitants and an area of 120,000 square kilometers.

But the Falling Star Kingdom... its population soars to an incredible 67 million, with an area that reaches a staggering 1,225,000 square kilometers.

If this area were in the previous world of Blue Star, it would be roughly equivalent to the East Three Provinces combined with Hebei and Shandong.

Of course, out of this 1,225,000 square kilometers, over 900,000 square kilometers are the main island area of Falling Star Island.

As for the military... it is impossible to count. Like the New Moon Kingdom, the Falling Star Kingdom also uses a conscription system, where nobles respond to the king's call by providing conscripted soldiers during wars.

However, the number of the kingdom's standing transcendent soldiers is already astonishing, totaling 30,000.

These are not the somewhat inferior standing armies privately owned by the nobles, such as the standing army of 30,000 pulled together by the Duchy Alliance Army during the Bold Castel War, which had less than one percent of tier-entering men, and even the elite standing transcendent soldiers of the two duchies did not account for a ratio of 1:50.

Yet, the ratio of tier-entering men among the Falling Star Kingdom's standing transcendent soldiers reached the astounding proportion of 1:20!

Of course, just as the council restrains the king's power, the kingdom's standing transcendent soldiers are not at the king's beck and call to mobilize as he wishes; the order must be approved by the council.

During the early stages of competition for the throne, the military always maintained neutrality.

However, aside from the kingdom's standing transcendent soldiers, the royal family itself has its standing transcendent soldiers that can be mobilized without council approval.

This portion of the standing transcendent soldiers numbers 5,000, and they are even more elite than those directly under the kingdom, with the ratio of tier-entering men reaching an impressive 1:10.

Although for the current Charlotte, it doesn't matter whether it's 5,000 people or 10,000 people; without fully deploying the Magic Energy Formation and unleashing the full power of a demigod with Saint State, she could wipe out armies of tens of thousands in a single gesture.

But now that order has not collapsed, war still has rules to follow.

Under the premise that legends cannot directly enter the battlefield and her identity should not be fully exposed, a strong military force is essential.

Of course, in comparison with the military strength of New Moon Kingdom, Falling Star Kingdom still falls short by a great deal.

As far as Charlotte knows, the number of New Moon Kingdom's transcendent heavy cavalry should already be about the same as Falling Star's standing transcendent soldiers.

However, the situation is reversed with the navy. As an island nation standing alone overseas, Falling Star Kingdom possesses a navy second only to the Moon God Coast City State Alliance on the mainland, with over a hundred standing warships dwarfing New Moon Kingdom.

Of course, just like the army, unless under special circumstances, the king's use of the navy also needs council approval.

As for the financial situation... it's somewhat surprisingly poor.

Charlotte briefly reviewed the finances and saw that, despite possessing a territory ten times larger than the Castel Domain and a population fifteen times greater, Falling Star Kingdom's annual financial revenue was less than three times that of Castel Domain.

In other words, only the abundant transcendent resources were enough to sustain the expenses of the standing transcendent soldiers; adding and subtracting, there wasn't much surplus left at the end of the year, even less than the leftover change of Castel Domain.

While Castel's wealth is well known, it has to be said that Falling Star Kingdom... is truly poor.

Looking at the financial reports of Falling Star Kingdom, Charlotte sighed.

Perhaps... this is the downside of the nobility sharing power; it looks like she will have to find ways to make money in the future.

Taking it directly from the nobles is one way.

But Charlotte doesn't want to do that for now.

Her power comes from the support of the Falling Star nobles, and she's not foolish enough to undermine her own foundation before securing her position.

Saving money is indeed a method, but beyond that lies the option of increasing revenue, and for this, combining the geographical location and development status of Falling Star Kingdom, Charlotte has some ideas.

Of course, those are matters for after officially ascending to the throne.

In the following days, Charlotte was busy transferring power with the Falling Star nobles while familiarizing herself with the internal affairs of Falling Star Kingdom and considering how to govern Falling Star in the future.

Before she knew it, the coronation day arrived.

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Sorry, I've been on a business trip these past few days, and my updates have been unstable.