Chapter 419: Colony Deployment

October 1915, Australasia.

Arthur's mood has been quite good recently as the military scored continuous victories on the frontline, and through negotiations, he managed to obtain the coastal areas from Kuwait to Qatar along the Persian Gulf.

This played a crucial role in Australasia's future petroleum reserves and economic development.

If they could negotiate a truce with the United Kingdom in the future, Australasia would control at least a quarter of the world's petroleum reserves, and could even approach a third.

By exerting influence over some countries and regions in the Middle East, it won't be difficult to gain control over the international pricing of petroleum.

The importance of petroleum is self-explanatory—it is by far the most important energy source, and will remain so for at least 150 years.

Even though Europe is in an all-out war, this large-scale conflict has negligible effects on Australasia, and its social order remains intact.