Each Country's Representatives Arrive

Although the shipbuilding plan had been finalized, construction of the aircraft carrier would not begin until early next year at the soonest.

After all, allocating the funds, assembling the personnel, and actually starting construction would all take time. An aircraft carrier was not something that could simply be built on demand.

Compared with building the aircraft carrier, there was an even more important task awaiting Arthur's supervision: preparations for the parade commemorating Australasia's twentieth anniversary of nationhood.

Of course, this anniversary was being counted from the establishment of the Kingdom of Australasia. Strictly speaking, more than twenty-five years had passed since the establishment of the Australian Duchy.

This alone revealed a fairly obvious distinction: the nation of Australasia and its royal family were closely intertwined.

The Kingdom of Australasia had been established because of Arthur. The country existed because it had a king, which in turn guaranteed the royal family's position.

In other words, only the existence of the royal family could guarantee Australasia's unity. Once the royal family was gone, the colonies, New Zealand, and the other regions would naturally no longer remain subordinate to Australia.

Over these twenty years, the nation had gone through far too much, growing from a relatively weak country into a great power with enough influence to make its voice heard.

Especially since the tenth-anniversary celebrations had been missed, the twentieth-anniversary celebrations became extraordinarily important. They were not only a joint celebration by the royal family and the people, but also a way to strengthen the cohesion between the country and its people.

To demonstrate the importance attached to this parade, Australasia's Navy, Army, and Air Force would all be deployed. Foreign armies would also be invited to participate in the parade.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs had already invited several countries, including the