The Rise Of Australasia - Chapter 1001

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Chapter 1001: Chapter 749: Pacific Alliance (Combined Mega Chapter)_4

To break through the blockade of Australasia, the navy must have a larger scale and stronger combat capabilities.

For this reason, the Island Nation’s government decided to continue building a large number of naval vessels, including constructing bigger and more powerful battleships, to crush the navy of Australasia.

Although the might of Australasia made the Islanders anxious, some extremely radical Islanders also had some insane ideas.

Although this was a crisis for the Island Nation, it was also an opportunity for the Islanders. If they could break through the blockade of Australasia and defeat this so-called Pacific Alliance head-on, they would have the chance to lay their hands on the resource-rich Australasia.

The vast area and abundant mineral resources of Australasia were much more favorable compared to the Island Nation.

The reason why Industry in the Island Nation had remained at a certain level for a long time was not that the Islanders didn’t want to grow their industry.

It was simply because the Domestic supply of minerals was so limited that even if Industry scaled up, it would still operate at a loss if relying solely on large imports of ore.

But there was no other choice, we couldn’t just watch as other countries’ industries expanded on a large scale, while our own stayed at the level of their leftovers.

The narrow territory and scarcity of resources had, to a certain degree, also fostered the ambitions of the Islanders. They wanted to occupy larger areas, acquire more abundant mineral resources, become more powerful, and even dominate the Pacific Ocean.

Compared to the unpublished military clauses, people were actually more concerned about the tangible economic benefits the treaty would bring to their country.

In the realm of the economy, that was still the main content of the treaty disclosed to the public.

Firstly, the Allied Forces would form a unified Market, reduce tariffs on each other, and improve trade efficiency among the member states.

This was highly beneficial for many small countries, including the Philippines and Kalimantan, and of course, Australasia would also benefit from it.

Australasia, with its developed Industry, could easily send vast amounts of industrial products flowing into these countries, creating sufficient revenue for Australasia.

Although this could harm the industries of these countries, considering their industrial level was very weak or even nonexistent, such a situation was, in fact, beneficial for them.

After all, if Industry was already poor, how much worse could it get? In contrast, the influx of industrial products not only compensated for their industrial shortcomings but also provided the People with ample food and other daily necessities.

Especially for the Philippines and Kalimantan, the most scarce among industrial products were clothing and various living essentials.

After all, they were formerly Colonies and eagerto slowly transition into civilized countries, the first step was to make extensive use of industrial products to enjoy the benefits Industry brought to the population.

This also fulfilled Arthur’s expectations for building big Markets in the Philippines and Kalimantan. Combined, they constituted a super-large Market of over 40 million Population, which, with a little integration, could also provide a significant boost to Australasia’s Industry.

Of course, aside from industrial products, these countries were also very hopeful about the development of their own Industry.

Arthur also met their expectations, stating he would utilize various means to support their establishment of a certain level of Industry.

In fact, the best approach was to relocate to these countries some of the industries that Australasia did not need, or that caused too much pollution, especially to the Philippines and Kalimantan.

These two countries had large Populations, which simply meant lower human resource costs. After all, Australasia had laws on minimum wage guarantees, and its labor protection was relatively sound.

But the case was different with the Philippines and Kalimantan. Enterprises could exploit their workers to the brink of death, which also meant that more profit could be squeezed out.

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