Arthur did not take Nicholas II's request to heart.

Although the territory of Alaska was indeed sold by Russia to the United States, now that the United States has long since perished, Alaska has long belonged to Australasia, and naturally has nothing to do with Russia.

It is believed that Nicholas II also understood this truth, and Arthur believed that Nicholas II had other needs than the desire to recover the Alaska territory.

After all, the Alaska territory is of little use to the currently weak Russia other than face. Forcing a return to Alaska would also seriously damage relations with Australasia, which is completely worth the cost.

Sure enough, although the Alaska territory was mentioned, Nicholas II did not ask for the repurchase of the Alaska territory, but directly stated his purpose: "Arthur, I can completely abandon the claim to the Alaska territory on behalf of Russia, but I also hope that you can support Russia more in the civil war."

The Russian people can no longer afford the war, and Russia needs a long period of stability to heal the wounds of the war. ”

Nicholas II also understood the current power gap between Russia and Australasia, which is also where Nicholas II was smart.

First expressed Russia's longing for Alaska territory, and then said that it could abandon Alaska territory on behalf of Russia and focus entirely on Europe.

This is actually what Arthur wants to see. In Europe, Britain is too strong, strong enough to crush the rest of Europe.

This is extremely unbalanced in the world situation, and the development of Australasia is likely to be greatly affected.

Only when the European powers unite may they have the strength to resist Britain.

The Russians themselves promised to focus all their attention on Europe, in fact, it was also a disguised indication that they would resist the pressure of the British on behalf of Arthur.

Under such circumstances, it became natural to support Russia. Only a powerful Russia can play its part, and only then can the British pay attention to Eastern Europe, to Central Asia, where they are in conflict with the Russians.

After much deliberation, Arthur decided to help Russia as much as possible, so that Russia could get out of the effects of the civil war and wholeheartedly form a new Franco-Russian alliance with the French.

Just before the reform of the army, a large number of weapons and equipment were eliminated, and in addition to the Lee Enfield rifle, there were also a large number of small-caliber artillery, which was just right to hand over to the Russians.

The weapons were sold to Russia by Arthur at a low price, and were to be handed over to the Russian government along with the three transport planes that Russia had ordered.

In addition to these low-cost weapons and equipment, Nicholas II and Arthur agreed on a plan for the import and export of grain.

Russia's system is different from that of Soviet Russia, and it has been relatively affected by the economic crisis.

In addition, most of the people in Russia were peasants, which led to a continuous decrease in grain production, and a large number of civilians starved to death every day because they did not have enough to eat.

Fortunately, after participating in the war against the United States, the American reparations will be repaid, and Russia will be able to use these reparations to purchase certain materials, including the food that will be imported from Australasia.

Arthur was still happy to see Russian grain purchases. It just so happens that the agricultural sector intends to massively increase grain production in the next few years, and isn't this a ready-made grain market for the Russians?

At the end of the talks with Nicholas II, two big news immediately caused a heated discussion among the European people.

These two pieces of news came from France. And the content of the news is the establishment of two republics on the south coast of the United States one after another.

Previously, Texas formed the Lone Star Republic, but the rest of the region was agreed to be divided into two countries.

Eventually, the French formed the South Coast Federal Republic in Oklahoma, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Louisiana, with their capital in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

The other country is the Florida Confederacy of Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Tennessee, and Kenta, with its capital in Tallahassee, the capital of Florida.

In terms of national population, the population of the Federal Republic of the South Coast is about 8 million people, with a total area of about 560,000 square kilometers.

The Confederacy of Florida has a total area of approximately 640,000 square kilometers and a total population of approximately 11.5 million people.

In terms of population, it can be seen that the British occupy the most populous area, followed by France, and Australasia is the last.

It's something that can't be helped. After all, the population of the West Coast of the United States is indeed small, and most of the population is concentrated on the East Coast.

But the west coast is only separated by a Pacific Ocean from Australasia, and the east coast is separated by the entire United States.

Because of this, the actual area controlled by Australasia was larger than that controlled by the British and French.

However, this is also in line with Arthur's expectations. After the rich areas of the East Coast were divided between Britain and France, it was natural that more fierce conflicts would erupt between Britain and France.

Coupled with the help of Russia, France is bound to do everything possible to restrain Britain, which is also helping Australasia.

Although the land of the United States has been divided, it is only natural that France should act the fastest.

Because France wants to establish a republic, which is consistent with the original political system of the United States. To put it simply, France only needs to support the forces close to it a little bit, and then announce the establishment of the state.

But the UK and Australasia are not the same. After all, it is impossible to turn a region that originally belonged to a republic into a monarchy, without a certain advance arrangement.

Although the Kingdom of California and another kingdom are already in the works, they will not be announced until the end of the year at the earliest.

Until then, these areas will be under military control, with some Americans under strict control.

Of course, there was one exception to Australasia's control, and that was the Dakota Confederate Republic that Barton was about to establish.

The Confederation and the Confederation, although only reversed the order, changed their meaning dramatically.

Like the previous system in the United States, it was actually a federation in the true sense of the word. A federation is a federation of administrative regions that unite to form a country, and apart from a certain degree of sovereignty between administrative regions, there is little difference between the others and a unified country.

The Confederacy was different. In fact, this also determines that there is greater administrative sovereignty between the states.

To put it simply, the state government has more power under the federal system, and the states have more power under the confederation system.

The reason why Patton established the Confederate Republic was actually Arthur's defense of Patton to a certain extent.

Although the combined population of these regions is just over 3 million, who can guarantee that the future Dakota Republic will not become stronger?

Only by forcibly creating a few flaws in this uncertainty can Arthur be relieved to let Patton rule the Dakota Republic.

It is worth mentioning that the two republics established by the French were not a unified federation, one was a federal republic and the other was a federal republic.

There's a reason for that. Most of the South Coast Federal Republic was already under the control of the French, who naturally wanted to establish a more powerful Federal Republic and make it their useful helper in North America.

The area of the Florida Confederate Republic was not occupied by the French, which also led to considerable strength between these states.

The population of these states is generally around 2 million, and the number of National Guards in each state is in the tens of thousands.

The forcible merger of these states into a single state, unless the French were willing to send troops to suppress them again, would make it a matter of course to form a confederation.

After all, the population, size, and strength of several states are about the same, and it is natural for the states to have greater rights.

In fact, this is also a headache for the British. The eastern states still have quite large populations, and the challenge of merging them into a single kingdom is enormous.

In the area controlled by Australasia, although California has a crushing population, it is precisely because of this that California and Nevada, which has a very small population, will form the Kingdom of California, which is completely dominated by California.

The rest of the region has a population of around a few hundred thousand, and it is no surprise that Washington State, which has a population of more than 1.5 million, is the main one.

Just over a week later, just over a week after the establishment of the two republics on the South Coast of the United States, Barton proclaimed the establishment of the Dakota Confederate Republic in South Dakota.

It is worth mentioning that there are five states in the Confederacy of Dakota, and the population of North and South Dakota is in the early 600,000s, which is theoretically not comparable to the population of more than one million in Nebraska and Colorado.

Logically, the capital of the republic should be in the more prosperous state of Nebraska, not in the South Dakota species, where Barton is located.

However, because his army was in North and South Dakota, Patton had the interest to establish the capital in the capital of South Dakota, a small city on the east bank of the Missouri River.

The successive establishment of several republics also means that the United States has truly become history. This country, which has been independent since the 18th century, has only a short history of more than 100 years, and it has disappeared into the long river of history.

Although the United States was once extremely glorious, with the world's largest industry and economy, it cannot hide the current situation of American military strength.

As the saying goes, the husband is not guilty, but he is guilty. For a country, while having sufficient industrial and economic strength, it should also develop its own military strength in order to guarantee the territorial security of the country.

At the urging of a number of small and medium-sized countries in the World Alliance, the World Alliance soon announced the establishment of a condominium in the Great Lakes region of the United States, led by Illinois, also known as the Great Lakes Republic.

Everything in this country is managed by the World Alliance, and most of the tax revenue is also handed over to the World League as an indemnity, which is then divided among all the warring countries.

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