Rise of Australia

Chapter 648 Competition is stability
While William and his team were selling assets aggressively in London, Arthur was already planning the government's next move in Australasia.

Australasia's domestic development is under the control of the cabinet, so Arthur is relatively reassured.But the two younger brothers still need to exercise further control and add some things to them so that they can unite more closely under the leadership of Australasia.

The first is the recently established country of the Sultanate of Kalimantan.Although it only occupies two-thirds of the island of Kalimantan, it is divided into eight ruled areas. There is also a ruled area that is nominally the Great Sultanate, but is actually left to the eight Sultanates to compete for.

Under the supervision of the Australasian government, the transfer of Aboriginal people was relatively smooth.Although there is no specific concept of the total number of indigenous people, the number of indigenous people who have moved to Kalimantan during this period has exceeded 200 million, which has also brought the total population of Kalimantan to more than 500 million, making Kalimantan The Great Sultanate has a veritable heritage.

But in fact, the eight major indigenous forces in Kalimantan are not that stable.The first is the conflict between the eight major indigenous forces.

Although their ruling areas are divided, it is completely impossible for the sultans and leaders of their respective indigenous forces to say that they have no ambitions.

However, there are not many differences in the areas ruled by the eight major indigenous forces. The land areas are basically the same, and the population has become relatively balanced under Australasia's balancing policy.

Coupled with the fact that there are various ethnic groups within these indigenous forces, the political environment within the Sultanate of Kalimantan is extremely chaotic, which also adds some uncertainty to the election of the Sultanate.

The good news is that in this environment, Australasia's influence on the Grand Sultanate of Kalimantan becomes more effective.

No matter who becomes the leader of the first Great Sultan, as long as he cannot obtain the support of Australasia, he is destined to fall into the vortex of the melee of the eight indigenous forces.

Especially the one who becomes the Great Sultan. If he cannot obtain strong support, the status of the Great Sultan will not bring any benefits to himself. Instead, he will become a thorn in the side of others.

Under such circumstances, if you want to maintain your position, you can only cooperate closely with Australasia. This is also Australasia's conspiracy to control the Sultanate of Kalimantan.

Although it is a conspiracy, none of these indigenous forces will refuse.Because after becoming the Grand Sultan, under the premise of lifelong election, they will be the Grand Sultan of this country for life, and their status and influence are already one step ahead of other indigenous forces.

If you perform well, it is not impossible to inherit it.After all, Australasia still has the final say on the situation in Kalimantan. Why not gain Australasia's support and turn the elective monarchy into a hereditary monarchy?

This is how Australasia has gained the true inheritance of Britain's balancing policy, knowing how to implement a balancing policy in a region and trying to get itself out of this region as much as possible.

In this way, the competition in Kalimantan will not only have no impact on Australasia, but will also make the indigenous people involuntarily approach Australasia and seek Australasia's help.

It seems that the eight major indigenous forces elected a convincing ruler as the Great Sultan. In fact, Australasia just elected a more obedient person among the eight major rulers to rule this area for itself.

Coupled with the distance between Kalimantan and the mainland of Australasia, it is basically impossible for this land to escape the control of Australasia.

Even if the colonial system collapses in the future, it will not affect Australasia's rule over Kalimantan.

Unless a country can replace Australasia's role in the power competition in Kalimantan, it is impossible for any country to do so considering the factors of distance and influence.

Under the premise that eight indigenous forces compete with each other, even if one indigenous force chooses to betray the rule of Australasia, it will not escape Australasia's control at all.

Because before Australasia takes action, other indigenous forces will share Australasia's worries in exchange for Australasia's support.

It can be seen from the map of the Kalimantan situation divided by the Australasian government that such a division is a conspiracy, which openly cuts off the possibility of other indigenous forces uniting with foreign countries.

Because the largest force in the middle, that is, the area ruled by the mixed-race Muhammad, is adjacent to all other indigenous forces.

And the mixed-race Mohammed is not very popular among the indigenous forces. After all, he is a mixture of Dutch and indigenous people. The Dutch were not very kind to the indigenous people in the past.

In addition, Muhammad's 6000-man army has the highest combat effectiveness among the indigenous people, so it will naturally be considered the biggest threat by the indigenous people.

Muhammad, who occupied the most land, naturally became the person to supervise other indigenous forces for Arthur.

As for Muhammad's loyalty, this is actually the least of his worries.Because once Muhammad shows his rebellious side, the other seven indigenous forces will swarm in to eliminate their biggest problem and at the same time win the support of Australasia.

In fact, this layout has already begun during the Dutch East Indies crisis.There is a question, why were there so many indigenous forces in the Dutch East Indies, but in the end only eight indigenous forces, including Muhammad, were left?
Other indigenous forces did not resist Dutch rule, but they did not gain the support of Australasia at all, because they would also resist Australasia in the future.

These unstable factors must be eliminated in advance before intervening in the situation in the Dutch East Indies.This also led to the demise of a large number of sultanates in the crisis in the Dutch East Indies.Although it seemed that they were wiped out by the angry Dutch colonial army, it was Australasia that actually wiped them out, and it was their firm attitude in resisting Dutch colonization.

They would rebel against Dutch rule, and naturally Australasian rule as well.Even success in revolting against the Dutch would give them confidence, which would be extremely detrimental to Australasian rule.

Therefore, these indigenous forces are destined to disappear in the long river of history, and no one cares about their survival anyway.

Those who obtained land in Kalimantan were basically indigenous forces that had contact with Australasia at that time and gained support.

They may not have that much favorable impression of Australasia. They know how to adapt and rely on Australasia's rule to survive. This is what Arthur and the Australasian government want to see.

As for the loyalty of these natives, just kidding, as a white man, would Arthur believe the loyalty of these natives?
Putting aside the racial differences between the two, it is impossible for Australasia to accept the allegiance of these people when there are huge differences in language, culture, religion, knowledge and ideas.

Perhaps in dozens or even hundreds of years, assimilated indigenous people will successfully join Australasia, but definitely not now.

The loyalty of natives who have not been raised from childhood and who have gone through generations of assimilation is questionable.

Precisely because of the distribution pattern of the eight major indigenous forces in Kalimantan, the candidate for the first Grand Sultan of Kalimantan has already been determined.

It can be seen from Muhammad's ruling area that his ruling area is in the center of Kalimantan Island and can connect and influence any indigenous force.

The only shortcoming of his ruling area is that there is no outlet to the sea. The so-called Great Sultanate's ruling area can just make up for the shortcomings of his ruling area.

Coupled with the fact that the race is completely different from other indigenous forces, letting a person who is dissatisfied with other indigenous forces rule the entire Sultanate can actually make the country more stable.

Of course, the stability here refers to the stability of the Great Sultanate's allegiance to Australasia.As for the internal stability of the Sultanate, this will test Muhammad's true ability.

However, by virtue of being a mixed-race person, he was able to obtain the rank of general in the Dutch East Indies, which valued race very much. I believe Muhammad still had certain abilities.

As long as he is obedient, he can still maintain certain methods. Arthur does not mind strengthening his rule in the Sultanate of Kalimantan and letting him be an obedient eagle dog.

Basically all the indigenous people in Sulawesi were sent to the areas ruled by Muhammad.

This also allowed Muhammad's population to be strengthened. At least he was no longer a force without a ruling background, but also had a population under his own rule.

As for whether he can support his army with this population, it depends on Muhammad's true ability.

After all, to be a qualified ruler of a country, in addition to having good military capabilities, one must also achieve success in domestic affairs, at least not in a complete mess in terms of economy.

In order to take care of these indigenous countries who have relocated to Kalimantan, Australasia provides food assistance to these indigenous forces.

Although these food aids are free, most of the time, the free ones are the most expensive.

Australasia has trumpeted the assistance provided by the Australasian government to them within the Sultanate of Kalimantan, and specifically stated that it is free.

Although this will not make these indigenous people change their views on Australasia, at least through this free food aid and Australasia's previous gentle policy towards those indigenous people, it will make them understand that Australasia has a lot of advantages in terms of indigenous people and The Netherlands has a completely different attitude.

As long as their life safety is not threatened, I believe that some indigenous people are still smart, at least they will not stand up to resist the rule of Australasia.

Under the premise that both the top and the bottom are controlled, Australasia's rule in Kalimantan will be deeply rooted, and there will not be as much resistance as there was in the Dutch East Indies.

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