Relocating the Capital

The representatives of the various countries stayed for about a week. During that time, they signed several cooperation agreements with one another, leaving every representative smiling when they departed.

The biggest winners were naturally Arthur and Australasia. Arthur received two pieces of good news: one was deeper immigration cooperation with the United Kingdom, and the other was getting the British people to acknowledge his rule over the Philippines and the Sultanate of Kalimantan.

After all, the Sultanate of Kalimantan lay right next to the United Kingdom's Straits Settlements, so dividing up their interests with the British people was extremely necessary. This would prevent conflicts from breaking out between the two regions and harming the relationship between the United Kingdom and Australasia.

After seeing off the representatives, Australasia convened a Cabinet meeting. The first purpose was to review the government's achievements in 1925, and the second was to discuss when to move to Saint Arthur's Fort and finally end the long journey of relocating the capital.

Regardless of the state of world affairs, Australia's development was proceeding fairly smoothly. Although it had interfered in the Netherlands' colonies in 1925, it had not incurred much military expenditure or suffered many casualties.

Over the course of 1925, Australasia's Gross National Product surpassed 1.8072 billion Australian pounds, with its growth rate setting a record at 15 percent.

The reason the economy had grown so rapidly was not only the opening of two major markets, but also the tangible improvements that the previously planned construction had brought to the people's lives.

The Second Four-Year Plan had already been in effect for some time, and its results had also become an important force driving economic growth.

Under the influence of the Four-Year Plan, Australasia's total steel and iron production for all of 1925 reached 4.152 million