I’m going to say B.
Sorry if I’m wrong
An absolute Monarch would be my best bet
The southern American colonies (owned by France, Britain, and Spain) since they have lots of cotton which you need.
Although the Portuguese conquered established a postal exchange empire on the Indian Ocean to tax ships crossing in their territory and strips of land in Mambosa, Hormuz, and the Persian Gulf, they weren’t very strong and were eventually overthrown. One similarity before and after their arrival is that Asians controlled most of the commerce in the Indian Ocean basin.