The Rise of Australasia

Arthur was in a great mood because both giant-class aircraft carrier tests were very successful, and Australasia could be said to be the first country to truly master aircraft carriers.

Of course, the progress of the British would not be too slow, and Arthur’s investment in the navy would definitely not decrease, let alone be blinded by the current achievements.

After encouraging and rewarding the personnel involved in the tests, Arthur returned to the royal palace in a good mood, preparing to convene a cabinet meeting to determine the tasks for the new year of the Australasian government.

Frankly speaking, the tasks of Australasia in 1919 were not few. In addition to the basic tasks of national construction, the relocation plan of the new capital and the fourth phase of the Leonora Industrial Base’s construction were all major projects requiring large funds and great efforts.

At the cabinet meeting, Arthur specifically instructed the importance of the quality of the projects, requiring the government to strictly control the quality of all projects and have every cabinet member held responsible in case of any problem.

In addition to these constructions, the elections for the new Cabinet Government will also be held in 1919.

This made Australasia’s political arena quite busy after in 1919, as every change of cabinet government keeps many politicians busy striving for the highest stage of power in their dreams.

In February 1919, Arthur received more good news - the British Government basically agreed to the exchange of Kuwait and the Truce Nations, allowing Australasia to obtain the broad Persian Gulf coastline from Sutton Persian Gulf to the United Arab Emirates.

After the land exchange is completed, it will also be time to officially exploit the oil resources of the Persian Gulf coast.

Once news of the large-scale oil exploitation on the Persian Gulf coast spreads, the British will not give up their interests, and the Persian Gulf coast is destined to be controlled by Britain and Australasia.

Knowing that with the advent of airplanes and tanks, as well as the increasing popularity of cars in the world, oil prices have experienced earth-shaking changes compared to over a decade ago.

Gasoline and diesel made from petroleum are the primary fuels for engines, and various petroleum products also pervade every aspect of the world.

Another advantage of jointly controlling the Persian Gulf coast with the British is that by leveraging the influence of Britain and Australasia, they can completely control international oil prices.

The Persian Gulf coast has nearly 60% of the world’s oil reserves, and its influence on world oil prices is irreplaceable.

With this, it is uncertain whether various ethnic groups and nations in the Middle East can achieve independence as easily as they did in history.

After all, oil is the most important energy source in the world within the next 100 years, bar none.

The Middle East region, which has vast oil reserves, is also destined to be a goodie bag for various countries to compete for, and will forever be part of the world’s geopolitical disputes.

Even if these countries can achieve independence, they will still be subject to the influence of more powerful nations or even directly controlled by them.

After all, everyone knows the principle of an innocent man bearing the guilt for possessing a valuable treasure, and in this world of the survival of the fittest, weak countries with resources are inevitably coveted.

After the land exchange, the Middle Eastern Colony is still called the Australasian Persian Gulf Territory, a land directly controlled by the Australasian royal family.

To smoothly exploit the oil on the Persian Gulf coast, Arthur decided to invest 5 million Australian dollars, combined with 5.5 million Australian dollars from the government and oil equipment, to establish the Royal Oil Company of Australasia. The royal family and the government held shares of 40% and 60%, respectively.

All the big and small oil companies originally owned by Australasia were merged into the Royal Oil Company, which would become a symbol of Australasia’s petroleum industry and a definite world top 500 company from the start.

Even relying solely on oil from the Persian Gulf coast, the potential of the Royal Oil Company was even expected to reach the world’s top 50.

The news of Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates swapping did not make big headlines in Britain and Australasia.

After all, both regions are located in the Middle East, with small land areas and not so high development potential, causing little attention in both countries. 𐍂αＮőᛒËS

Even the clarification news from the Americans was more heated than these two news items, although not many people believed in the Americans’ clarification.

For the Wilson administration, it is essential to try to divert the responsibility of the American government from the pandemic and separate it from the country.

As long as the United States remains tied to the pandemic, there is no possibility for the country to expand actively, and its diplomacy will face more restrictions.

It’s not to say that if President Wilson continues to put forward his theory of establishing a new order, he will be sneered at by European nations as wishful thinking.

Under the actions of the American government, various news about the pandemic began to circulate, with a great effort to shift the blame from the pandemic to the corporations and accidents.

However, the credibility of US government which has experienced various events is not too high. The accidental theory and corporate threat theory promoted by US government seem to be only believed by some ignorant Americans.

To argue is one thing, but the Americans are still very active in paying compensation. After all, they know that postwar Europe is indeed short of money.

No matter how much responsibility the Americans bear for the pandemic, the Europeans are determined to blackmail the United States.

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