Chapter 109: Chapter One Hundred and Nine: The Current Situation in New Zend (Subscribe!)


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    Arthur’s words struck the hearts of all New Zenders like a heavy hammer.


    Indeed! As kind as His Royal Highness Arthur may be, he is eventually the monarch of the Australian People. To Arthur, New Zend is merely a territory under temporary administration for twenty years and he only has administrative power during these years, even being controlled by the officials of the Colonial Government.


    Under such circumstances, nobody is foolish enough to exhaust all their resources in developing and that may not belong to them.


    On considering this, New Zenders were filled with disappointment, but this was soon reced by a dreadful thought: What if New Zend were indeed a territory under His Royal Highness Arthur? What if they were subjects of His Royal Highness Arthur?


    If New Zend, like Australia, was a territory under Arthur, wouldn’t His Royal Highness be able to develop New Zend the same way he did Australia, increasing the ie of all New Zenders? n/?/vel/b//jn dot c//om


    There were many New Zenders with such thoughts, after all, several decades ago, New Zend was also a part of Australia, so wouldn’t unification be a natural course of action?


    If Arthur knew the thoughts in the minds of the New Zenders, he would nod


    in satisfaction at the sess of his scheme.


    As a member of the royal family of the British Empire, Australia is also a Duchy that split from the British Empire.


    Under such circumstances, Arthur certainly could not oppose the British


    Empire openly.


    After all, a significant part of Arthur’s status and prestige is inherited from Queen Victoria, and he certainly would not undermine his own foundation.


    So, the only way to covet New Zend’snd was to encourage the New Zenders to ask to join Australia themselves.


    The speech at the harbor was just the first step in the n. There will be many more follow-ups, to allow more people and powers to promote New Zend’s edence to Australia.


    The speech at the harbor was very sessful, at least from the expressions of the New Zenders.


    No matter what the Colonial Government and General Pierce feel, Arthur’s speech is definitely not something they could interrupt.


    Afterward, under the leadership of the colonial officials, Arthur went to the building where the Colonial Government was located to understand the situation of the New Zend Colony in detail.


    The history of colonization in New Zend began in 1788, but for over fifty years until 1841, New Zend was always a colony under Australia.


    Only from 1841 onwards, did New Zend separate from Australia to establish the British New Zend Colony.


    Compared with Australia, the initial development of New Zend was slightly superior.


    New Zend has long been a food production area for Australia and a base for British animal husbandry products.


    When gold was discovered in Australia, gold mines were also discovered on the west coast of New Zend.


    With the influx of gold miners, New Zend’s immigration rates drastically improved, and production and trade also developed rapidly.


    However, due to the decline in international agricultural product prices and gold production at the end of the 19th century, the unemployment situation in New Zend was serious, and the economy was also in decline.


    Of course, the rise of Australia is undoubtedly a factor in the downturn of New Zend’s economy.


    Previously, Australia’s food supply was somewhat dependant on New Zend, but currently, Australia has established good animal husbandry and agriculture, not only has it escaped the need for foreign food, but it has even started to export food inrge quantities.


    What’s more important is that, due to its advantage in terms ofnd area and poption, Australia easily captured many markets in animal husbandry and the food industry, which is one of the reasons New Zend’s economy is in a downturn.


    If it weren’t for the United Kingdom choosing to import animal husbandry products from New Zend after Australia dered independence, New Zend’s economy would have been even more depressed.


    However, as a whole, because of its good initial development, the current development level of New Zend is still on par with Australia.


    Up to now, New Zend has a total poption of 1.14 million, with most of the poption residing on the North Ind of New Zend, and fewer than two- fifths of the poption residing on the South Ind of New Zend.


    In terms ofnd area, New Zend has a totalnd area of approximately 268600 square kilometers,prising the North Ind of New Zend, the South Ind, Stuart Ind, and some nearby small inds.


    Mountains and hills upy 75°/<> of New Zend’s total area, which is why its animal husbandry industry is so developed.


    ording to intelligence from the New Zend Colonial Government, the per capita ie in New Zend is about eleven pounds, and there are just under 200,000 people belonging to the extremely low-ie poption.


    In terms of mineral resources, although not as rich as Australia, New Zend is one of the countries with rtively rich mineral resources.


    When ites to metallic minerals, New Zend has gold mines, silver mines, and iron mines. The production output of gold and silver mines has been decreasing year by year due to the exhaustion of the ores.


    New Zend also has coal mines. Although the reserves of coal and iron are not as rich as in Australia, it can establish certain industries and can be considered rich in mineral resources.


    Due to its previous prosperity, New Zend has built a certain amount of highways, bridges, railways, telegraph lines, and other public works, and its infrastructure is better than that of Australia.


    However, with the decline of the economy, many public works have fallen into disuse, and some roads and railways have be unusable due tock of maintenance.


    More importantly, as a self-governing colony of the British Empire, New Zend is restricted by the British Empire in all aspects and cannot develop independently.


    Arge portion of wealth has been absorbed by the British maind, and the wealth that remains in New Zend is not much.


    Overall, because of its previous sesses, New Zend is temporarily on par with the development level of Australia.


    However, it can be foreseen that if New Zend continues to stagnate, or even if its economy and development deteriorate, it is only a matter of time before Australia will surpass New Zend.


    The economic recession in New Zend has already incited dissatisfaction amongst New Zenders, which is why there has been a wave of independence there.


    In addition, the rapid development and economic integration brought about by Australia’s independence have gradually made New Zenders yearn for New Zend to be an independent and autonomous country.


    Currently, New Zend has two political parties with significant influence, namely the New Zend Labor Party,posed of many workers, and the Alliance Partyposed of many retired soldiers and officials from New Zend.


    The New Zend Labour Party advocates that New Zend follow the model of Australia and establish an autonomous territory with autonomy.


    On the other hand, the Alliance Party hopes to make New Zend an independent country, or part of an independent country, by joining Australia.