Splitting and Merging

As intelligence organizations sprang into action to dig up Jewish talent, good news also came from Europe: the British had agreed to cooperate with Australasia on oil prices.

It was inevitable, really. Considering the Persian Gulf region occupied by Britain and Australasia, the best outcome for both countries was cooperation and mutual benefit.

By now, the existence of oil fields in the Persian Gulf could no longer be concealed. The whole world knew that the Persian Gulf held vast oil reserves, and no country could do anything about it.

The oil fields in the Persian Gulf were firmly controlled by two countries: the world's foremost power, the United Kingdom, and the world's third-ranked power, Australasia.

With those two countries cooperating, the situation in the Persian Gulf was as unshakable as steel. Even if France joined forces with the other great powers, they would never be a match for the two countries.

Of course, part of the reason was that the other great powers had run into problems of one kind or another and no longer possessed the strength they had at their peak.

After negotiations, the United Kingdom and Australasia decided to jointly establish the Persian Gulf Alliance and use it to control oil prices around the world.

The method was simple. When oil prices were too high, all the oil companies under the two countries would increase production to balance out and lower prices.

When oil prices were too low, the oil companies under the two countries would reduce production to drive prices back up.

Since they controlled most of the world's oil, they had no need to worry about other countries competing with them.

After all, the oil fields in the Persian Gulf were all shallow fields, making them much cheaper to develop.

Combined with their large scale,