Rise of Australia

Chapter 469 Proposal to Move the Capital
A large-scale military parade can obviously increase the public's recognition of the country, and even the degree of enthusiasm for the country.

When all the advanced weapons of the three armies of Australasia were dispatched together, the people once again burst into enthusiastic cheers, accompanied by the roar of tanks and planes one after another.

The event in Australasia, including the ensignment ceremony and the grand parade, has received national and international media attention.

The enfeoffment ceremony was fine, after all, it was only a matter of the royal family, and Arthur could even confer the duke and earl at any time if he wanted.

But the military parade is different. This time the military parade dispatched advanced weapons and equipment from Australasia (a generation of aircraft and tanks), and the number of aircraft and tanks has already led the world, reaching 500 and 200 respectively.

It can be seen from the fact that Prime Minister Lloyd George of the United Kingdom did not forget to exchange military technology when he signed the covenant. The British powers are still very interested in some military technology in Australasia. They are also more curious about the use of technology such as aircraft and tanks in Australia. What step has the research and development in the hands of Dalasia reached?

It's a pity that Australasia still keeps these military technologies a very high level of secrecy, and the only things that have been exposed so far are the aircraft that have been sold to Britain and France and the tanks that have been put into the battlefield.

Although hiding is the basic means of secrecy of various countries, after all, the planes and tanks were put into the real battlefield before, and Britain and France cannot guarantee whether Australasia has really given up all it has or is still hiding.

The best way to solve this problem is to send intelligence personnel to keep an eye on the movements of various weapons in Australasia.

Many of the diplomatic media from various countries who came to Australasia this time were disguised as foreign intelligence personnel.

But to their disappointment, no new weapons participated in the parade, and Arthur and the Australasian government did not disclose any news about the new weapons.

This also means that either the Australasian government's hiding skills are very strong, or the Australasian government really has no new weapons. The aircraft and tanks currently exposed are already their strongest designs.

But no matter what, the ceremonies and military parades in Australasia have been the focus of countries all over the world in recent days, attracting the attention of many European people and increasing their international popularity.

But within a few days, the European powers represented by Britain and France also started a military parade.Compared with the military parade in Australasia, the British and French military parades are larger, even more luxurious and eye-catching.

This also turned the hot news around the world into the post-war celebrations of other countries in an instant, and the news popularity in Australasia was not so high.

But this is enough, after all such a large-scale war, almost all victorious countries will hold their own celebration ceremony.

Especially those European countries with relatively large casualties, their celebration must be large, so as to cover up the pessimism of the people because of the high casualties of the war, and also make the people forget the suffering the country suffered during the war.

Especially because the war has led to the reduction of people's supplies, and even faced the problem of hunger and famine, this must be covered up with some big news.

After all, the famine is the fault of the government, especially the Russian government. At this time, it is planning to hold a military parade of the century to wash away the suffering Russia suffered during the war.

After the military parade, Australasia has completed its post-war aftermath work and is about to invest in new development.

The task ahead is even more onerous for the Australasian government.Not only do they have to face the relocation of the capital, the change of government, and the handling of the occupied territories, but they also need to continue to steer the development of the country and come up with a satisfactory answer before the end of the year.

As the war was over, it was time for the state of the war cabinet to come to an end.This also means that these guys who are still in the cabinet are about to face a new round of cabinet elections. It is unknown whether they can stay in the cabinet. level of support.

This war was an accident, which gave them a few years of extra tenure.But this does not mean that each of them can continue to stay in their positions in good health. After all, it is a tradition for each cabinet minister to serve a maximum of three consecutive terms, and no exception will be easily made.

At the new round of cabinet meetings, Arthur raised the two issues of moving the capital and the division of new territories to the cabinet government, and asked to deal with them as soon as possible in a short period of time. It would be best to give a charter on the same day.

The relocation was decided as early as the early stage of the war, but because of the war, it was scheduled to be carried out after the war.

There are many real reasons for moving the capital of Australasia. In addition to the fact that Sydney is too bloated, the terrain of Sydney is not suitable for developing into a super city.

More importantly, moving the capital to the Murray River Basin is a matter related to the development of Australasia.

If there is a topographic map of Australasia, it can be seen that the southeastern part of Australasia is actually a mountainous area named the Great Dividing Range.

Only the southeastern coast is an area suitable for development, but this area is too small, but it contains more than half of the population of Australia.

This is extremely unbalanced for the development of Australasia, let alone the western region, which is a desert area after all, and it is not suitable for development at all.

But the famous Great Artesian Basin and the Murray River Plain, which are one of the few plains and basins in Australasia, should be very suitable for the development of agriculture, animal husbandry and economy.

However, due to land desertification or even desertification, the central plains of Australia have already become partly desertified, which urgently needs to be treated.

The best way to govern this area is to relocate the capital to the Murray River Basin, and use the government's decades or even hundreds of years to improve this area.

If the Murray River Basin is well managed, the Murray River Basin alone will be enough to become a delta that can accommodate hundreds of millions of people, and it will also be the future agricultural and animal husbandry center of Australasia.

Exploration work for the relocation of the capital has been completed several years ago, and the new capital is expected to be placed at the junction of the Murray and Darling Rivers, in the heart of the Murray River Delta.

The advantage of putting it here is that it is backed by two rivers, which is more suitable for the development of the city.Secondly, it can go straight down the Murray River and have relatively developed shipping.

Moreover, there are vast plains from east to west, north to south, whether it is to develop agriculture and animal husbandry, or to build cities or develop industries, it is a very good choice.

As the largest river in Australia, the Murray River has the development potential of its basin, which is definitely one of the best in Australia.

The problems that the cabinet government needs to solve are how to move the capital, when to move the capital and the naming of the new capital.

It is not easy to relocate the capital of a country. After all, the capital, as the most basic administrative center of the country, is bound to accommodate most of the national government's institutions.

For Australasia, the new capital also accommodates the royal palace, courts, etc., so it also requires a long construction period.

In addition, the current population of the Murray River Basin is not large. If the capital is to be relocated, whether to relocate part of the population from Sydney and Melbourne.

As the two largest cities in Australasia, Sydney and Melbourne each have a population of more than 200 million.

Having two cities of two million people in a country with a population of less than 2000 million is a spectacle, and one of the problems facing Australasia right now.

If the capital continues to be located in Sydney, Sydney's immigration attraction is definitely the greatest of all cities in Australasia.

At least [-]% to [-]% of immigrants are absorbed by Sydney every year, which is not a good thing for the development of Australasia, nor is it conducive to the development of the Leonora industrial base in Western Australia.

The biggest feature of an industrial base is that it needs a sufficient population, rich mineral resources and a well-developed transportation network.

The last two items are completely absent in Australasia, except that the population of industrial areas has always been a problem, and the government's strong support for immigration to Western Australia has only slightly solved this problem.

In addition to the difficult problem of moving the capital, the current cabinet government also needs to consider the division of the newly occupied land.

Throughout the war, Australasia newly acquired German New Guinea, German Samoyed, West New Guinea, Sulawesi Island, Java Sea Islands, etc., as well as the Persian Gulf coast of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain and the Middle East. Kuwait (not officially exchanged yet).

These lands are still very large, and they need to be divided to form new administrative regions or merge into the original colonies.

The Middle East issue is easy to resolve, and it was decided early on that the land occupied by the Middle East will be united to form the Persian Gulf Coastal Territory, which will also be the future oil exploration site in Australasia.

It is more of a military management area. After all, it has the most abundant oil resources in the world and needs a large number of troops to guard and protect it.

Even Arthur plans to establish a naval base in the Middle East, form a Persian Gulf squadron, and set up the Persian Gulf Regional Command of the Australasian Defense Force.

As the most special administrative region in Australasia, the Persian Gulf Territory will be managed by the army for a long time, and it will only be responsible to Arthur and the government.

In addition, the government needs to discuss the division of newly acquired territories in Southeast Asia.

Although most of these lands come from the Dutch East Indies, it would be too large to form a complete colony.

After a small-scale discussion by the cabinet government, Arthur finally decided to merge the entire New Guinea region to form a complete Australian New Guinea colony.

The development potential of New Guinea is huge. It is the second largest island in the world. It is rich in mineral resources and has water resources that are urgently needed in Australia.

In order to solve Australia's currently unobvious water problems, Arthur even has a plan for diverting water from the north to the south, and waits for the technology to be implemented in the future to carry out a large-scale water diversion project from New Guinea to Australia.

As the largest island in Australasia other than the mainland, New Guinea has the highest value outside of Australia and New Zealand.

The value of a complete New Guinea colony is not weaker than any state in Australasia, and the governor of Australian New Guinea can only be Arthur's confidant.

In addition, the German Samoyed in the Pacific area was incorporated into the Australian Western Pacific Territory.It is obviously not worth the loss to form Samoyed independently as a new colony. It is better to directly merge into the Western Pacific Territory as part of the Australasian island defense chain, which is also more convenient to manage.

Many islands in the Java Sea were merged into the royal territory, and Sulawesi formed a separate colony of Sulawesi and became part of the colony of Australasia.

Under this division, no matter whether the exchange of colonies along the Persian Gulf will be carried out or not, it will not affect the existing colonial system of Australasia, and there will be no need to re-divide in the future.

After annexing these lands in a real sense, Australasia's hegemony in the South Pacific and the South Indian Ocean is unstoppable. Even Britain, France and the United States cannot stop Australasia's hegemony in these areas.

With a series of external defensive island chains, Arthur believes that even if Australasia and the United States fall into war, there is absolutely no need to worry about the mainland being invaded.

It's just that Australasia doesn't have a good means of winning when facing a country with a developed industry and economy like the United States.

Unless Australasia can take the lead in developing missiles and nuclear weapons, the pressure of nuclear weapons can be used to make the United States surrender.

But the research on nuclear weapons is not so easy, at least the current progress is still very slow, and it will take a lot of time to advance.

But in any case, in the face of stronger countries, Australasia can be regarded as confident.

After catching up with the size of the navy, Arthur can confidently declare that he will not be afraid of any country's provocation.

Regarding the matter of moving the capital, Arthur had asked the people for their opinions long ago.

Most people still support the relocation of the capital, but many Sydneysiders are unwilling to see the relocation of the capital. After all, there are still certain differences between citizens of the capital and non-capital citizens.

But these people obviously can't stop the progress of the country's general trend, not to mention that they are not firm opposition, but some reluctance and worry, worrying that after the capital is relocated to other places, a large number of preferential policies currently enjoyed by Sydney as the capital will be reduced. .

For such concerns, Arthur also gave guarantees.Arthur said that whether it is the capital or any city, all Australasians will enjoy all the welfare policies issued by the government fairly.

As long as you are in the land of Australasia, the welfare policy for the people will never change, and there will be no differences due to regions.

Arthur also specifically pointed out that even if the capital is finally relocated to other places, Sydney is still one of the most important cities in Australasia, which offsets the concerns of some Sydney citizens.

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