Chapter 468: Proposal to move the capital
A large-scale military parade can obviously increase the level of recognition of the country, and even the degree of fanaticism for the country.
When all kinds of advanced weapons of the three Australasian armies were dispatched together, the people also broke out into enthusiastic cheers again, accompanied by the roar of tanks and planes one after another.
Including the sealing ceremony and the parade, the Australasian event received national and international media attention.
The sealing ceremony is okay, after all, it is only a royal matter, and Arthur is willing to even divide the duke and earl at any time.
But the parade was different, as it brought out Australasia's most advanced weaponry (first-generation aircraft and tanks), and the number of planes and tanks has reached 500 and 200 respectively.
It can be seen from the fact that Prime Minister Lloyd George did not forget to exchange military technology when he signed the alliance, and it can be seen that the British powers are still very interested in some military science and technology in Australasia, and they are also more curious about how far technology such as aircraft and tanks have been developed in the hands of Australasia
It's a pity that Australasia still has a very high degree of secrecy about these military technologies, and only the planes that have been sold to Britain and France and the tanks that have been put into the battlefield have been exposed.
Although concealment is the basic means of secrecy for all countries, after all, the planes and tanks were put into the real battlefield before, and Britain and France did not dare to guarantee whether Australasia had really given everything or was still hiding it.
The best way to solve this problem is to send intelligence officers to keep an eye on the movements of Australasia's weapons.
Many of the diplomatic media of various countries that came to Australasia this time were disguised by foreign intelligence agents.
To their dismay, no new weapons were included in the parade, and neither Arthur nor the Australasian government revealed anything about the new weapons.
This also means that either the Australasian government has a strong hiding skill, or the Australasian government really does not have new weapons, and the planes and tanks that have been exposed so far are already their strongest designs.
Regardless, Australasia's ceremonies and military parades have been the focus of attention in recent days, attracting the attention of many European people and raising international visibility.
But within a few days, the European powers, represented by Britain and France, also began their military parades. Compared with the military parade in Australasia, the military parade in Britain and France is larger, and even more luxurious and eye-catching.
This also made the hot news of various countries in the world instantly turned into the post-war celebration of other countries, and the news of Australasia was no longer so hot.
But this is enough, after all, in such a large-scale war, almost all victorious countries will hold their own ceremonial ceremonies.
Especially in European countries with relatively high casualties, they must celebrate loudly in order to mask the pessimism of the people because of the high casualties of the war, and also to make the people forget the suffering of the country during the war.
Especially since the war has led to a reduction in the supply of the population, and even the problem of hunger and famine, which must be covered up with some big news.
After all, the famine is the government's pot, especially the Russian government, which at this time has planned to hold a military parade of the century to wash away the suffering suffered by Russia during the war.
After the military parade, Australasia is about to finish the aftermath of the war and is about to be put into new development.
The task ahead is even more onerous for the Australasian government. Not only must we face the problems of moving the capital, changing the government, and occupying the territory, but we must also continue to steer the development of the country and give a satisfactory answer before the end of the year.
Now that the war is over, it's time for the state of the wartime 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, and whether they can stay in the cabinet is unknown, and it also depends on their work performance during their tenure, and also depends on the degree of support for them by the people and major political parties.
The war was an accident, and they were given an extra few years of term. But that doesn't mean that every single one of them will be able to stay in their posts unharmed, as it is a tradition for each cabinet minister to serve a maximum of three consecutive terms, and it is not easy to make an exception.
In the new round of cabinet meetings, Arthur threw out the two issues of moving the capital and dividing the new territory to the cabinet government, and asked that it be dealt with as soon as possible in a short time, and it is best to give a charter on the same day.
The relocation of the capital had been decided as early as the beginning of the war, but because of the war, it was set to take place after the war.
There are a number of real reasons for Australasia's relocation, not only because Sydney is too bloated at the moment, but also because the terrain is not suitable for developing into a megacity.
More importantly, the relocation of the capital to the Murray River Basin is a matter of concern for the development of Australasia.
A topographic map of Australasia shows that the southeastern part of Australasia is in fact a mountainous region named the Great Dividing Range.
Only the south-eastern coast is a suitable area for development, but it is so small that it is home to more than half of Australia's population.
This is extremely uneven in the development of Australasia, and even if the western region is a desert area, it is completely unsuitable for development.
But the famous Artesian Basin and the Murray River Plain, one of the few plains and basins in Australasia, should logically be very suitable for agriculture, pastoral and economic development.
However, due to land desertification or even desertification, the central plains of Australia have been partially desertified and urgently need to be controlled.
The best way to govern the region is to move the capital to the Murray River basin and use the government to improve the area for decades or even centuries.
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 center of agriculture and animal husbandry in Australasia.
Exploration of the relocation of the capital was completed several years ago, and the new capital is expected to be located at the junction of the Murray and Darling rivers, in the heart of the Murray River Delta.
The advantage of being placed here is that it is backed by two rivers, which is more suitable for the development of the city. Second, it can go straight down the Murray River and have a relatively developed sea transportation.
Moreover, there are vast plains in the east, west, north and 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 Cabinet government needs to solve the problems of 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 institutions of the national government.
For Australasia, the new capital will also house royal palaces, courts, etc., so it will also take a long construction period.
There is also the fact that the population of the Murray River basin is not very large at present, and if the capital is to be moved, whether it is necessary to move part of the population from Sydney and Melbourne.
As Australasia's two largest cities, Sydney and Melbourne both have populations of more than 2 million.
A country with a population of less than 20 million has two cities of 2 million people, which is a spectacle and one of the problems that Australasia is currently facing.
If the capital remains in Sydney, Sydney's immigration attraction is definitely the greatest of any city in Australasia.
At least three or four percent of immigrants are absorbed by Sydney every year, which is not a good thing for the development of Australasia, and it is not conducive to the development of the Leonora industrial base in Western Australia.
The most important feature of the industrial base is that it requires a sufficient population, rich mineral resources and a well-developed transportation network.
The latter two are not lacking in Australasia, but the population of the industrial area has always been a problem, which has only been slightly solved by the government's strong support for migration to Western Australia.
In addition to the difficult problem of moving the capital, the division of newly occupied land is also a matter for the current Cabinet Government to consider.
Throughout the war, Australasia acquired German New Guinea, German Samoyed, West New Guinea, Sulawesi, the Java Sea Islands, etc., as well as the Saudi Arabian Persian Gulf coast in the Middle East, Qatar, Bahrain and Kuwait (not officially exchanged).
These lands were still very large and needed to be divided into new administrative districts or incorporated into existing colonies.
The Middle East problem was well resolved, and it was decided early on that the land occupied in the Middle East would be unified into the Persian Gulf Coastal Territory, which would also be the oil exploration site of Australasia in the future.
It is more of a military administration area, after all, it has the richest oil resources in the world, and it needs to be guarded and protected by a large number of troops.
Arthur even intends to establish a naval base in the Middle East, a Persian Gulf squadron, and the establishment of the Australasian Defence Force's Persian Gulf Regional Command.
The Persian Gulf Territory will be one of the most special administrative areas in Australasia, and will be militarily administered by the military for a long time, and will be accountable only to Arthur and the government.
In addition to this, the government needs to discuss the division of newly acquired territories in Southeast Asia.
Although most of this land came from the Dutch East Indies, it would be too large to form a full colony.
After a small discussion in the cabinet government, it was finally decided to merge the entire New Guinea region to form a complete colony of Australian New Guinea.
The island of New Guinea is the second largest island in the world, rich in mineral resources, and has water resources that are in dire need of Australia.
In order to solve Australia's current water problem, Arthur even has a draft of the north-south water diversion in mind, waiting for a major project to divert water from New Guinea to Australia when the technology can be implemented in the future.
New Guinea, the largest island in Australasia outside of mainland China, is definitely the most valuable outside of Australia and New Zealand.
The value of a complete New Guinea colony is no weaker than that of any other state in Australasia, and the governor of Australian New Guinea can definitely only be Arthur's henchman.
In addition, German Samoyed in the Pacific was incorporated into the Western Pacific Territory of Australia. The independent formation of Samoyed as a new colony was obviously not worth the cost, and it would have been easier to manage if it had been incorporated directly into the Western Pacific Territory as part of the Australasian island defense chain.
Many islands in the Java Sea were incorporated into the Crown Domain, and Sulawesi became a separate colony of Sulawesi as part of the Australasian colony.
Under this division, regardless of whether the exchange of colonies along the Persian Gulf coast will take place, it will not affect the existing colonial system of Australasia, and there will be no need to redivide it in the future.
After the real annexation of these lands, Australasia's hegemony in the South Pacific and the southern Indian Ocean is unstoppable, and even Britain, France and the United States cannot prevent Australasia's hegemony in these regions.
With a series of external defensive island chains, Arthur believed that even if Australasia and the United States were to go to war, there would be no fear of invasion on the mainland.
It's just that Australasia doesn't have a very good way to win in the face of a country like the United States with a developed industry and economy.
Unless Australasia can be the first to develop missiles and nuclear weapons, it can use nuclear pressure to get the United States to surrender.
But nuclear weapons research is not so easy, at least at the moment, progress is still slow, and it will take a lot of time to advance.
But in any case, in the face of more powerful countries, Australasia can be regarded as confident.
When the size of the navy catches up, Arthur can confidently declare that he will not be afraid of provocation from any country.
Regarding the relocation of the capital, Arthur had already consulted the people for their opinions.
Most people still support the relocation of the capital, but many Sydney people do not want to see the relocation of the capital, after all, there is still a certain difference between capital citizens and non-capital citizens.
But these people obviously can't stop the country's general trend from advancing, not to mention that they are not firmly opposed, but they are a little reluctant and worried, worried that after the capital is relocated to other places, Sydney's current preferential policies as the capital will be reduced.
For such concerns, Arthur also gave guarantees. Arthur said that all Australasian people would have fair access to all the benefits issued by the government, whether in the capital or in any city.
As long as you are in Australasia, the welfare policy for the people will never change, and there will be no differences from region to region.
Arthur also made a point of pointing out that even if the capital eventually moved elsewhere, Sydney would still be one of the most important cities in Australasia, which offset the concerns of some Sydney citizens.
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