Sword Pointed at Persia

This year marked the nineteenth year since Australasia was founded, so the National Day would not feature any particularly grand activities.

Although it had taken control of two countries the previous year, Arthur decided to hold a grand military parade at next year's National Day ceremony, which would mark the twentieth anniversary of the nation's founding.

The tenth-anniversary celebration had also been rather subdued because of the war, so overall, it had been quite disappointing.

This time, no matter what, they had to hold a grand military parade for the twentieth anniversary, celebrating together with the nation and its people.

The good news was that there was still an entire year before the parade. That was more than enough time for the army to select the soldiers who would be reviewed and put them through relatively rigorous training over the coming year, preparing them for the parade.

To show how seriously they took the parade, the Philippines and El Salvador would also participate. Arthur would even invite a great power like the United Kingdom to join in.

Australasia was now unquestionably one of the world's top three powers. Holding such a grand ceremony was only natural.

Of course, the parade was still in its planning stages. As for the scale of the parade, the size of the forces from the Navy, Army, and Air Force taking part in the review, and the specific arrangements for the National Day activities, those were matters for the government officials to consider.

Compared with the parade, Arthur clearly placed greater importance on the British people's proposal—to completely divide up the entire Persian Gulf coast.

As mentioned before, only three powers now remained along the Persian Gulf coast: the United Kingdom, Australasia, and Persia's Qajar Dynasty.

There was naturally no need to say much about