The Plan to Divide Up America

Because of the expansion of the nation's territory, the 1929 National Day celebrations were more grand than usual, though they had not reached the point of requiring a military parade.

As Australasia grew steadily stronger, Arthur no longer needed to use military parades to boost national pride and cohesion.

Besides, military strength naturally had to be kept secret wherever possible. The unknown was always the most terrifying thing.

After National Day, time quickly advanced to January 15, 1929.

This was the date all the countries had agreed upon for the peace talks—and the date they had eagerly awaited to divide up America.

Arthur naturally attached great importance to these peace talks. After all, when it came to dividing up the spoils, more was always better.

Australasia's delegation to the peace talks was led by Deputy Prime Minister Dez Watson, accompanied by several Cabinet Ministers and important government officials.

They had set out as early as the beginning of December, so arriving in London before January 15 was no problem at all.

The world's countries naturally understood America's disastrous current situation. Resolving America's chaos sooner would benefit the other countries as well.

After all, what everyone wanted was a relatively stable region, not a dead US Government whose mess they had to clean up.

Only a stable region could create profits for the various countries. A chaotic region would instead increase their political and financial burdens.

On January 15, the peace talks officially began.

The first matter discussed at the peace talks was the division of the US Atlantic Fleet.

When the Pacific Fleet had surrendered earlier, the three countries of Britain, France, and Australasia had already divided it among themselves. Thus, the only object left to divide this time was America's Atlantic Fleet, though it was still a massive fleet