Speaking of the Far East, Arthur was still rather concerned about the Japanese expansion there. With the idea of causing the Japanese a little trouble, Arthur had the Munitions Factory contact the Far East and sell a large batch of weapons and equipment at a low price.
Nicholas II's family stayed in Australasia for more than a week. After a simple recovery, they requested to travel to the United Kingdom.
Arthur had naturally had no objections, as all his goals had been achieved. To protect Nicholas II's family, Arthur specially dispatched a naval escort and used the Royal Consortium's ten-thousand-ton private liner built at the Royal Shipyard to personally send the family to London.
After resolving Nicholas II's affairs, Arthur immediately felt much more relaxed.
The Empire's establishment was now free of any further trouble. All that remained was a period of preparation.
However, before the Empire was established, there was still one matter that had to be dealt with: strengthening the military forces of the several countries within Australasia's sphere of influence.
Australasia's large-scale military expansion would provoke imitation and an arms race among other countries, but countries like the Philippines and Borneo would not have that effect.
After all, they were all indigenous peoples. If countries like these could cause the European countries to panic, Europe would not be the world's most developed and prosperous region.
Because the Philippines and Borneo were relatively close to Australasia, Australasia's control over the two countries was far stronger than that previously exerted by the United States and the Netherlands.
Although the Philippines and Borneo were both countries with populations exceeding ten million, and both had armies of more than one hundred thousand,
their military strength was insignificant before Australasia. Combined with Arthur's various methods of checks and balances, resisting Australasia's rule