Chapter 706 Planning for Hawaii and Alaska

The U.S. government is rather embarrassed at this time.

Because they found that the current situation was out of their control. As long as Britain intervened in any state, that state would remain neutral in the war and even directly cut off its ties with the federal government.

Although only a few states held independence referendums, this did not mean that the other states that remained in the union were loyal.

But the U.S. government has no good solution for this. With most of the troops already on the front lines fighting with the coalition forces, the U.S. government did not have enough troops to prevent rebellion in these states.

More importantly, what can the U.S. government do? If high pressure is exerted on these temporarily neutral states, I am afraid that what these states have to do is not to return to the embrace of the United States, but to immediately contact the countries behind the coalition forces and request their support to hold an independence referendum.

Especially after the entire Pacific Fleet was annihilated, the vast majority of Americans and states had given up hope in this war. They firmly believed that the U.S. government could not win the war at all.

At this time, the United States is not yet the world hegemon. When facing setbacks, Americans also want to retreat.

The only navy in the United States that has a chance to make a comeback has lost some warships. Can we still expect the temporarily recruited army to be effective?

President Hoover fell into deep thought while looking at the battle reports from the front line, because the battle reports from the front line had shown that the truly reliable troops among the hundreds of thousands of American troops were not even ten thousand.

Most of the armies only look large in size, and in actual fighting they are nothing more than cannon fodder. Their only function is to delay the enemy's advance.

But what can be done?

The command of the Army lies with the Army Headquarters. President Hoover is the supreme leader of the United States and can only request general orders from the Army.

President Hoover has nothing to do about the current situation. Compared with the crazy smashing in the past few months, President Hoover now just sighed, as if he had accepted his fate.

President Hoover's lack of movement does not mean that there is peace within the US government.

In fact, when the building collapses, the activity inside the building is the most intense.

However, Arthur did not care about the turmoil within the US government at this time. For Arthur, since the outcome of this war has been decided, the most important thing is of course to arrange the management of the territory after the war.

Arthur still attaches great importance to Hawaii and Alaska, the two lands that will soon be added to Australasia.

However, there are differences within the government on how to deal with these two lands.

One side felt that these two states should be treated as new colonies and localized over a long period of time.

But the other side feels that it doesn’t matter that Hawaii has an important geographical location. Alaska is too remote, and it seems unnecessary whether it is a colony or a localized country in the future.

There is even a party that believes that Alaska’s independence should be promoted. They feel that it is useless for Australasia to have Alaska, and it is not easy to manage if it is separated by the entire Pacific Ocean.

Arthur is naturally aware of such different voices, and naturally he will not laugh at certain views because of the limitations of this era.

If it weren't for the experience of later generations, Arthur would not have known that there were such rich mineral resources buried under the ground in Alaska.

Of course, differences are differences, and we still need to have a relatively unified opinion on how to deal with these two regions.

The final result is that Hawaii will join the Kingdom of Australasia as a direct state of Australasia, and Alaska will become a royal territory and directly under the management of the royal family.

In order to make Alaska a royal territory, Arthur still spent a lot of effort. Although he could achieve this directly by relying on his own prestige, doing so would be too arbitrary and would not be a good thing for the future monarch.

Ultimately, by giving up the royal territory, Arthur turned the entire state of Alaska into the Alaska Crown Territory, the fourth direct crown territory after the territories of the Western and South Pacific and the Persian Gulf.

As for the original royal territory, part of the island was merged into the state of Timor, and part of the island was merged into the state of Java.

All newly occupied Pacific islands, except Alaska and Hawaii, were incorporated into the South Pacific Territory or the Western Pacific Territory.

These widely distributed islands will become the first line of defense to the east of Australasia, and they will also occupy a large amount of territorial waters for Australasia. These oceans are rich in marine resources, which is very important to Australasia. The fishery industry is also quite rich in stocks.

After occupying the entire Oceania, most of the Pacific Ocean will become Australasia's territorial waters.

This is very exaggerated. Needless to say, there is no need to say much about the seafood in the Pacific Ocean. This also means that fisheries will become one of the economic pillars of Australasia in the future, and fishermen will also become a popular job in Australasia.

After slightly changing the administrative divisions, Arthur also checked the construction status of Java and Sumatra.

It has been three years since the states of Java and Sumatra were annexed to Australasia. During this three-year period, relocating the indigenous population and transporting immigrants had been the main focus of both states.

It's going relatively smoothly so far. Especially after the outbreak of the economic crisis, Australasia attracted a large number of immigrants, a large part of which came to Java and Sumatra.

At present, most of the indigenous people in these two states have been transferred to Kalimantan, and the remaining indigenous people are expected to be transferred within a year.

Of course, what's more important is that the rubber industrial parks in Java have all resumed production. The rubber industry in Australasia can bring tens of millions of Australian dollars in net profits every year, which has also caused the government's fiscal revenue to rise.

At present, the population of Java Island has exceeded 500,000.

The localization of these two islands was also completed not long ago, and they have now become directly under the jurisdiction of Australasia.

Speaking of these two islands, we cannot forget the situation in Kalimantan.

It has been three years since the establishment of the United Sultanate of Kalimantan, and its current development is quite smooth.

Although casualties are inevitable during the transportation of indigenous people, especially after these indigenous people move to new areas, they also need a long adaptation period.

But overall it is going very smoothly. There are at least 20 million indigenous people in Kalimantan, and the construction of the United Sultanate of Kalimantan is also very rapid.

Muhammad naturally became the first Grand Sultan of the United Sultanate of Kalimantan, and because of this, his territory gained a narrow outlet to the sea.

It is worth mentioning that the capital of the Great Sultanate was named after Muhammad at the request of Arthur.

Arthur named this narrow estuary Holyland Rubes, which means the place of divine rebirth.

At present, Holiland Lubos has become the largest city in Kalimantan, with a total population of more than 2 million. Looking at the world, it is definitely a megacity.

Of course, if it is more advanced than the city, this city is naturally far inferior to cities in Europe, America and Australia.

But what Arthur wanted was not to Westernize these natives. The biggest role of keeping these indigenous people in captivity on Kalimantan is naturally to allow them to play their due role in times of war.

The human wave tactic will still be very effective for at least the next few decades. In a few decades, the developed United Sultanate of Kalimantan will also become an effective market for Australasia. The revenue from the dumping of industrial products alone will be enough for Australasia to survive any crisis.

The same effect is found in the Philippines. However, the Philippines is still more advanced than Kalimantan.

After several years of development, the population of the Philippines is close to 13 million, and it is still rising.

It is expected that Kalimantan and the Philippines will be able to provide Australasia with at least 2 million combat troops if war breaks out in the future.

Even if it is more harsh, the number of troops can be increased to more than 3 million. This is why Arthur is not afraid of any war at present.

Even if it is only 3 million cannon fodder, it can last for at least a year if put into the battlefield.

Coupled with the same number of Australasian elite troops, no country is currently cowardly. This is also the confidence that Australasia will become the world's hegemon in the future.

Of course, the current Kalimantan is only South Kalimantan occupied by the Netherlands. The lands in the north, including Brunei, Sarawak and the North Borneo Protected Range, were all British territory.

Arthur naturally has ideas about these lands. Not to mention the millions of indigenous people living on these lands, these lands alone are enough to double the number of indigenous people in Kalimantan.

The complete island of Kalimantan has no problem feeding hundreds of millions of indigenous people, and it will also become Australasia's most reliable overseas market.

There may be changes in other markets, but there will be no changes in the island of Kalimantan at your doorstep.

Even if each of the hundreds of millions of Aboriginal people can only provide Australasia with a value of one Australian dollar per year, they add up to hundreds of millions of Australian dollars in income.

If this number could be doubled, there would be sufficient funding for various construction projects in Australasia in the coming decades.

Of course, the elderly population in Kalimantan is increasing, and the person in charge of the Sultanate must be someone whom Arthur can trust.

So far, Muhammad has done a very good job. He understands who is the real master of the country, and there are no unexpected actions by Arthur.

But this is normal. Take a closer look at the indigenous distribution map that Arthur divided the island of Kalimantan. Such political divisions have ensured that Kalimantan will not escape Arthur's control.

In particular, the area ruled by Sultan Muhammad the Great was surrounded by all the other indigenous sultanates.

If Muhammad had any rebellious intentions, with Arthur's high reward, he might have been besieged by all the sultanates before he could take action.

After all, for those sultans, Arthur did not harm their interests, and Muhammad was a sharp sword hanging above their heads.

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