Perhaps it was the influence of Australia's domestic media, or perhaps the people of that country were simply like that.
Australia was quite laughable, really. Up to this point, it gave people the impression of being a country that had no idea how to live—or rather, had no sense of presence at all.
Many years ago, Australia had been a British colony, always tagging along behind England. During World War II, the British demanded that Australia join the war. Australia sent one-tenth of its entire population to the battlefield, but when they were about to lose a battle, the British secretly fled, leaving the Australians behind for the Japanese.
Even after being treated so horribly, Australia still followed England. Later, when England declined, Australia switched to America, yet still regarded England as its mother country. Twenty years ago, it had even specially made a pure gold carriage for the Queen of England at the time.
It was a laughable country. On World War II memorials in other nations, they wrote that people had fought or died for their country's survival, for its honor, or for the peace of its people. What had Australia fought for? What had they sacrificed for?
Japan had not even attacked Australia back then. England had told them to join the war. Australia barely had an army at the time and had drafted soldiers specifically to participate. They had essentially launched themselves into the war, but who had they been fighting for?
Even Australians themselves were confused. On their World War II tombstones, they wrote that they had fought for the war they were supposed to fight—World War II. What kind of nonsense was that?
Someone had once compiled a list of every major war since World War I—World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam