In fact, in addition to fifth-generation military aircraft, Australasian passenger aircraft have also made some progress.

The latest passenger aircraft, known as the Big Belly series, are now capable of accommodating more than 20 passengers, and are far safer than airships.

It's just that airplanes are just the playthings of the rich at present, and the poor and civilians can't afford to consume them, so there is no need to spend too much pen and ink to describe them.

However, some cities have built airports to facilitate communication within Australasia and to build faster communication channels with the outside world.

It takes more than half a month to travel to Europe on the fastest warship at present, but with the latest passenger plane, the time can be reduced to less than a week.

Although it can save a lot of time and costs, under normal circumstances, Arthur will not choose to fly.

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye it is April 1922.

The war between Greece and the Ottoman Empire, which had lasted for more than a year, finally came to an end.

With the support of Britain behind Greece and the various crises in the Ottoman Empire, the outcome of the war was predestined long before it broke out.

It is worth mentioning that the Greek-Turkish War was a bit of a situation compared to the Philippine War of Independence, which had been maintained.

In the early stage, the Greek army was defeated and retreated by the Ottoman army because of preparation, and conquered a considerable part of the city.

However, the situation changed considerably after the revolutionary forces in the Ottoman country, especially the Loya National Assembly established by Kemal, took control of the Ottoman country.

The morale of the army led by the Ottoman Empire was completely different from that led by Kemal, and it also caused the careless Greek army to suffer a great loss.

From the middle of 1921, the war in the Ottoman Empire had turned into an all-out contest between Kemal and Greece, and had nothing to do with the Ottoman government.

At this time, the imperial government was in a state of nominal existence, but the Ottoman Empire still existed in theory.

In 1922, after Kemal's army drove out all the Greek troops in Asia Minor, he immediately announced the abolition of the Ottoman Empire and the establishment of the Turkish Republic, which had existed for hundreds of years in an instant.

The fall of the Ottoman Empire was not good news for Greece, as the new Turkish state, which brought together all the Turks, was much more difficult to deal with than the Ottoman Empire.

The establishment of Turkey had already declared the defeat of the war, and the British Empire had just experienced the Irish War of Independence, but had no intention of helping Greece win the war.

Not to mention Greece, with the power of Greece, it is impossible to confront Turkey, and it was able to fight the Ottoman Empire before by virtue of advance preparation and internal decay in the Ottoman Empire.

After many changes, the war, which lasted for more than a year, finally came to an end, but the ending was not so easy for Britain and Greece to accept.

Despite the loss of some land, the Turkish Republic founded by Kemal inherited most of the Ottoman land, and it was no problem to unite the entire nation to maintain a second-power status.

Although it may seem outrageous to be second-strongest at every turn, in terms of the current world situation, it is really like this.

Borrowing the setting of eight powers and eight sub-powers in a well-known game, there are only six countries that can be called great powers at present.

Germany's overall strength was sufficient, but as a defeated country in World War I, it was currently suffering from quite serious limitations.

Not to mention the extremely low navy and army, which have been limited in size, and the heavy weapons and tank and aircraft industries, which are forbidden to research, doom Germany to be no great power at present, because it has almost no diplomatic status and international influence.

Can a country without diplomatic status and international influence be called a great power?

Russia can barely be regarded as a great power, but because of the long civil war, Russia's domestic industry and economy have suffered great damage, and its international influence has also declined very much.

Of course, Russia's military strength is still sufficient, but the civil war has made Russia no threat to the outside world, and the international influence it can produce may not be as good as Italy's.

Except for these two countries that were originally great powers, but were not considered great powers for various reasons, there were not even countries competing for the status of great powers.

Countries such as the Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, Spain, Sweden and other countries that are more famous in Europe are quite stable in their position as the second power, which is quite more than the bottom, but completely insufficient in the comparison.

This is also a characteristic of this era, the great powers occupy most of the world's resources and interests, and it is very difficult for non-great powers to be promoted to great powers, because there is a huge gap between the great powers and the non-great powers.

Although Kemal's Turkish Republic lost a large amount of territory compared to the previous Ottoman Empire, it managed to retain the basic territory of Anatolia, which was also the guarantee that the new Turkish Republic would become the second most powerful country.

Of course, as the theoretical successor of the Ottoman Empire, Kemal's Republic of Turkey naturally did not fail to inherit the debts of the Ottoman Empire, and they still had a large amount of reparations to pay.

This is also the bottom line of the British, the Ottoman Empire can disappear, but the Ottoman reparations cannot disappear.

The price of the establishment of the Republic of Turkey was the inheritance of war reparations from the previous Ottoman Empire.

However, this is also good news for all Turks. After all, the nascent Turkish government was a bright hope for them compared to the Ottoman government, which they hated, and for that reason, it was worth the hardship.

Although the war between Greece and the Ottoman Empire has ended, it does not mean to stabilize if we look at the situation in the world as a whole.

Although there is no major war that is enough to affect the world situation on the whole, the contradictions and conflicts between various regions doom the world situation to no peace.

Against such a chaotic international background, some of the events that have occurred in various countries are actually worth considering.

On February 8, 1919, Dr. Herrick of Chicago, USA, published the first electrocardiogram recording heart function, which was a crucial step for the medical community.

In later generations, electrocardiogram is a very important item in medical treatment, and it can also improve the medical level to a considerable extent.

Arthur naturally understood the importance of the ECG, and immediately after the ECG was discovered, he ordered the medical department to keep up with the progress and research and improve the relevant technology.

Advances in health care are crucial for the country, not only to reduce mortality and increase life expectancy, but also to increase the happiness of the population.

In the long run, the improvement of medical technology is also a good thing for the Australasian royal family and Arthur, after all, the royal family and Arthur are the ones who really enjoy the highest level of medical care in Australasia.

The improvement in medical care will not only greatly increase the life expectancy of Arthur and his family, but also make the rule of the country more stable.

A long-lived monarch with high prestige will invisibly improve the stability of a country even if he does nothing.

This was reflected in the late Queen Victoria and later Queen Elizabeth.

If the British Empire had such a prestigious monarch when the colonies were divided, the colonies would not have been divided so easily.

If Queen Victoria had been alive, most Irish people would not have joined the army that rebelled against the government, and this was the role of a monarch of high prestige.

In order to encourage the development of medical care in the country, Arthur has set up a special medical fund to recognize individuals and companies that have made significant contributions to medical technology.

Although the funding is not high, it is more than $1 million a year, which is a certain incentive for individuals and businesses to invest in research in the field of medical technology.

In addition, Australasia's tax on the medical technology R&D industry is also relatively low, but only in the field of medical technology R&D.

Although he does not hope that the level of medical care can quickly catch up with future generations, the more advanced the level of medical care, the more beneficial it will be for Arthur.

In the end, Arthur is just a layman, and the more developed the medical level, the longer Arthur will live.

As an ordinary person, who wouldn't want to live longer?

Arthur was not greedy, witnessing the development of the entire World War II and the subsequent Cold War, and pushing the Australasian kingdom he created to the top of the world, or at least one of the superpowers, Arthur was satisfied.

As for the question of whether to create an empire, it depends on the future international situation and the support of the people.

In fact, the difference between the emperor and the king is only a title for Arthur. Under the premise of having real power, even if Arthur is only a king, he has considerable status and prestige among the European royal family.

Especially after the British royal family changed their surname, but Arthur maintained the surname of Saxe-Coburg Gotha and has gained the favor of a considerable part of the German family, and also has a fairly good status in the entire European royal family.

After all, the current Arthur is not the stunned young man who has just been made a duke.

At that time, Australasia still needed Queen Victoria's care, and Arthur was respected by European royals precisely because of his status as a member of the British royal family.

But now, the status of King of Australasia alone was enough for Arthur to gain enough status in the European royal family.

As for the identity of the former British royal family, it is no longer important to the current Arthur, since Arthur expressed the idea of not recognizing the British royal family to change his surname, it also means that Arthur will not be nostalgic for the so-called British royal family membership.

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