A New Year

After the treaty was signed, the Philippines and Central America finally ushered in peace.

For Australasia, how to handle the Philippines and El Salvador had become the current top priority.

These two countries certainly could not be directly incorporated into Australasia. The vast majority of the population in the Philippines consisted of Filipinos, and the population of El Salvador was also predominantly of mixed Native American and European descent, though there were also a considerable number of Native Americans and white people.

Compared to directly annexing these two countries, controlling them in administrative and economic aspects was currently the best choice.

Current Philippine development remained under Australasian control. The previous Philippines had already proclaimed the establishment of a parliamentary republic, and the current Philippine Republican Government was already operating properly.

The three major independent forces previously in the Philippines—the Independent Revolutionary Army, the Liberal Army, and the Independent Legion—had already evolved into three political parties: the Independent Revolutionary Party controlled by Manuel, the Liberal Party controlled by Walid, and the Independent Party controlled by Sandro.

The so-called parliamentary republic actually meant that the parliament held state power, entrusting or organizing a national government to manage the entire country.

This also meant that the power of the parliament was greater than that of the government, and whoever won the majority in the parliament was actually the de facto controller of this country.

The dominant party in the Philippine Parliament at present was still the Independent Revolutionary Party controlled by Manuel.

Australasian influence over the current Philippine Government was unquestionable, which also led the Philippine Parliament to heavily emulate the system of the Australasian Parliament.

The Independent Revolutionary Party controlled by Manuel controlled close to 53% of the seats in the Philippine Parliament, while the remaining Liberal Party and Independent Party combined