While the struggle between Britain and Ireland was raging, Australasian politics was also very lively, and even the people were talking about it.

Of course, the attention of Australasian politics is not on the British Civil War. Compared to the English Civil War, Australasian people are more concerned about the new decision of the current government, namely the redivision of Australia's regional administrative divisions.

The issue of the administrative division of the Australian region is also a cliché, and it is now completely divided according to the size of the previous colonial period, which is quite unreasonable.

Western Australia and South Australia together account for more than half of Australia's land area, but their population is less than one-third of Australia's.

The smaller states of Victoria and New South Wales together already account for more than half of Australia's population, which can be tricky to manage.

The facts have taught the Australasian government that it is no longer reasonable to continue with the colonial division, and that an administrative division needs to be re-explored to balance the large disparities in land area and population between the states.

Of course, Arthur and the government did not operate blindly when they redivided.

Arthur had consulted the public many years ago on the redistricting, and of the more than 100,000 Australasian people he had gathered at the time, more than 60 per cent were in favour of the redistricting, and two adults thought it didn't matter.

According to the latest survey results, 70% of the population is already in favor of rezoning, which is the real reason why Arthur is determined to promote the redistribution of administrative divisions.

Now that we have the support of the people, it is time to put this issue on the agenda in the Cabinet and the House of Representatives.

The process of redividing administrative divisions is divided into three steps, first of all, the major media and newspapers and the government solicit opinions from the private sector and collect statistics on the design of administrative divisions.

Subsequently, many of the designs were voted on in the House of Representatives, and some of the divisions with higher support were selected and submitted to the Cabinet Government for final voting.

In the end, the administrative division with the highest support rate is the next administrative division of Australasia.

After such a process was announced, the enthusiasm of the masses for the redesign of the country's administrative divisions was still relatively high.

After all, this is an opportunity to participate in the affairs of the country, and even if you are lucky, you can decide the future administrative division of the country.

Of course, the design of administrative divisions is not based on rhetoric, but should be comprehensively considered according to the distribution of cities, the distribution of mountains and rivers, and the size of the local population.

Therefore, administrative divisions should not rely too much on the design of the people, and all members of the House of Representatives must also come up with their own designs, as well as the designs of experts in related fields, and this is a nationwide design competition.

The changes to administrative divisions are all concentrated in the Australian region, and other regions, such as New Zealand and New Guinea, are not too problematic and do not need to be changed.

Of course, for the sake of design accuracy, the location and specific location of the new capital have been fully announced in the news, ensuring that no one forgets the existence of the new capital.

The administrative divisions were discussed for five months, during which the masses were ready to submit articles to the newspaper or the House of Representatives.

But what the government and the House of Representatives really pay attention to are the conjectures of the officials and the corresponding experts about the administrative divisions.

Most of the people's considerations are unrealistic, or do not take into account comprehensive factors, and the final division is not very reasonable.

A truly rational political division depends on professionals who have been exposed to politics and who understand the specifics of each state.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Arthur also gave William an assignment, which was to design an administrative division of his planned Australian region.

William had been an elite aristocrat for more than a decade, and it was time to test what he had gained and what kind of ideas he had gained in the past ten years of study.

What Arthur didn't expect was that within a few days, William handed over his administrative division of Australia.

William's plan was to create a new Capital Territory near Fort St Arthur, as had been the case with the previous Capital Territory, and to become independent of New South Wales.

At the same time, the ACT where Sydney is located was changed to the Sydney Territory, and the ACT formed two special administrative regions, one east and one west.

But for the division of New South Wales and Victoria, the little ones are a little more difficult.

In the end, he chose to divide the border between the two states and establish a new state to reduce the administrative pressure on the two states.

Overall, the design has some merit, but it can only be said to be a gourd drawing a scoop, imitating the previous capital territory.

Such a division is basically not much changed for the current administrative division of the Australian region, and it cannot be called a good solution.

However, it is true that the administrative division is not so easy, even those professional experts, but also to carry out relevant comprehensive consideration, in order to divide the administrative area that seems more reasonable.

However, whether it is appropriate or not depends on whether the new administrative division will have an impact on the people's lives, that is, whether it can facilitate the new state governments to carry out corresponding political management of their territories.

To put it bluntly, the change of administrative divisions is to facilitate the better governance of the states, so the direction of the revision of administrative divisions should also be biased towards this general theme.

The most important of these is the division of the capital city where Fort St. Arthur is located, and the division of New South Wales and Victoria.

Others, such as Western Australia and South Australia, are not difficult to divide, after all, these two states do not have large populations, and there are not many factors to consider when dividing them.

During this period, the House of Representatives should be the busiest department.

Because they are responsible for reviewing the design of the administrative divisions submitted by the newspaper, the members of the House of Representatives have become extremely busy, and they dare not be negligent.

"Mike, come and see, this design is interesting." In one of the offices of the House of Representatives, an old man who looked to be over half a hundred years old greeted another person.

"Dude, you've said this at least three times today, but none of them were designed to meet the government's requirements. I advise you not to put your hopes in the people, the designs of those civilians have too many restrictions, and they are basically just their own imagination. The man named Mike complained, but physically honest, and had already walked over to the other person.

"This one is different, man. Take a look at this division, and there is also the reason for the corresponding division, as well as the data for each state after the division. According to his idea of division, this is a very reasonable map of administrative divisions. Davis said disapprehantly.

"Huh?" Mike picked up the administrative division design and just wanted to criticize it, but he noticed that this design was different from the others.

"The Capital Region? North Australia? Oh my God, is this really an ordinary person's design? Mike asked, incredulously.

"That's got to be true, man. Rather than being surprised by the provenance of this design, it is better to study the rationale of this design. Mike, maybe we've found a good design. Davis said with a smile.

As a very patriotic Australasian man, Davis was very happy to see that the administrative divisions of the government were so rationally designed.

"Report it to the President of the Senate and let everyone vote on it! This may be the first administrative division design to be submitted to the Cabinet, and it will be interesting to see what the attitude of the Cabinet is. Mike also nodded and said very rationally.

The House of Representatives holds a centralized vote every other week on the seemingly reasonable administrative division design that has been collected.

So far, there has been no administrative division design that has received more than 70% of the approval, which is what Davis and Mike were looking forward to.

Soon, the House of Representatives was meeting again.

There were more than 10 designs of administrative divisions that participated in the voting together, but only two of them received more than 70% of the support and were successfully reported to the Cabinet government.

The Cabinet Government, which received the two administrative divisions, also began to discuss at this time.

As the final step in determining administrative divisions, the Cabinet Government attaches great importance to the design of these administrative divisions, and takes into account all factors such as population, economy, industry, agriculture, etc., to ensure that there are no problems with the new administrative divisions.

The good news is that the population of Australasia is not very different from each other because it is all immigrant and there is a tendency to form a unified Australasian nation.

This also reduces the problem of ethnic divisions in the division of administrative divisions, after all, everyone is a unified Australasian people, and no matter how they are divided, this fact will not change.

After discussion in the cabinet government, the design discovered by Mike and Davis was finally reported to Arthur, asking for Arthur's final decision.

Sydney Palace, June 1921.

Arthur looked at the design of the administrative division reported by the cabinet government, and his heart was quite satisfied.

This administrative division design is still a big change to the existing administrative division of Australia.

With the exception of Tasmania, all the other Australian territories have undergone some changes.

Of course, the current ACT has undergone minimal changes, except that it has been changed to the Sydney Territory.

The division of Western Australia and South Australia is somewhat similar to the Northern Territory of later Australia, except that this newly formed state of North Australia occupies part of Western Australia and becomes larger.

It's kind of like a triangular state of Western Australia and South Australia, which gives Western Australia, South Australia and North Australia a triangular trend, with little difference in size between the three states.

The new capital of North Australia was in Darwin, the largest city in the northern part of the Australian region, and it was fitting that it would later be the capital of North Australia.

Such a division would reduce the land area of Western Australia and South Australia, and divide the vast Western Australia into three parts, which would be more conducive to the rule of the country and state governments.

Then there's the highlight of the administrative divisions, which is the division of Eastern Australia.

In contrast to all previous conjectures, this design, which was approved by the House of Representatives and the Cabinet Government, broadly divided NSW into east and west.

The eastern state of New South Wales retains its original name, with the state capital remaining in Newcastle.

The western state of New South Wales has merged part of southwestern Queensland with Victoria's land north of the Murray River to form a very large capital district, with its capital at Fort St Arthur.

The advantage of this is that the size of New South Wales has been drastically reduced, while the area of Victoria and Queensland has been reduced, and the administrative divisions of Eastern Australia have been expanded to six, each of which is not so large and less populous, and much less stressful to manage.

At the same time, the new ICE will cover the entire Murray River Basin, which is also a top priority for future development of the Murray River Basin.

The three cities of Sydney, Melbourne and Fort St. Arthur form a triangle, which will radiate the four administrative divisions of southeastern Australia, creating the most prosperous and developed region in Australia.

Although the area of New South Wales has been reduced by almost half, the more prosperous areas in the east have been retained and the damage is not too great.

According to the current situation, if the Australian region is divided according to the new administrative division, the overall situation between the states will be much closer, and the huge advantages of Victoria and New South Wales will no longer exist.

As a result, Victoria will become the most economically developed state, followed by New South Wales, the Sydney Territory and Western Australia.

The gap between these administrative divisions has been greatly reduced, and the overall division seems much more reasonable.

Of course, the situation in South Australia and Queensland is not much worse than that of the previous states, and although they are on the lagging side, they are not without hope of catching up.

The two newly established administrative divisions, the Capital Special Region and Northern Australia, although the current economy and industry are not as good as those of other administrative regions established earlier, but the northern part of Northern Australia is the most developed area on the northern coast of Australia, and the Capital Special Region is the next key development area in Australasia, which has quite good potential and development prospects.

With the exception of Tasmania, the administrative division is relatively reasonable, with good development prospects in all states, and the gap between states is not too large, which can basically meet the various requirements of Arthur and the government for new administrative divisions.

In particular, the southeastern corner of Australia, the most developed part of Australasia, is divided into four administrative regions, which can effectively reduce the administrative burden of the original New South Wales and Victoria.

Moreover, the more special Sydney has also been retained, renamed the Sydney Territory, which is still a special administrative region independent of the states.

After all, Sydney's population has exceeded 3 million, which is more than the population of a significant part of the state.

And Sydney's current status is still very special, until the construction of Fort St Arthur and the Royal Palace is completely completed, Sydney will still be the capital of Australasia, and it is the most correct choice to retain its administrative division, and it is also the most suitable choice at present.

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