Chapter 705 Independence Referendum

The destruction of the Pacific Fleet finally gave Arthur a sigh of relief, and he finally had time to plan Australasia's future rule in the United States.

On September 11, 1928, the news that ignited the entire American public opinion was born.

California Governor Calhoun officially declared California's independence and established the California Provisional Government, which exercised military control over the entire California and decided to decide the new country's political system and government through the next California referendum.

Even now, California is still the sixth most populous state in the United States, with a permanent population of about 5.1 million.

The news of California's declaration of independence was a heavy blow to the United States and the US government.

Even if anyone with a discerning eye knows that the military control California is talking about is the military control of Australasia, or even that California is supported by Australasia to become independent.

But the problem is that California is indeed independent at present, which is a fact that the US government cannot stop at all.

California's independence seems to have opened the prelude to the division of the United States, and it has also made the governors and governments of various states want independence like wildfire.

On September 14, the French, who had just captured Austin, could not wait to instruct Texas to become independent, restore the name of the Lone Star Republic, and establish a presidential republic.

There was no concern about the political system in the areas controlled by the French. The French only needed to let Texas establish a republic and control the economy and military of the new republic to complete their rule over the country.

But Australasia was not the case. After all, the United States is a republic. It is not so easy to smoothly transform California into a monarchy. It also requires relevant operations and public opinion propaganda.

How to make Californians obey the rule of their future monarch is a problem, which also tests the ruling ability of several little guys.

There is a more difficult problem. William, as the heir to the throne, must not be moved. The only candidates to go to the United States to become king are Peter and George.

But both Peter and George are too young. Peter is only 13 years old and George has just turned 9 years old.

Although the referendum in California can be delayed for a while, it can barely be delayed until Peter turns 15 years old.

But such an age is still too young after all, which also means that they will inevitably have to go through a period of open and covert struggle with the government before they can smoothly control the power of the country.

Of course, this can only happen if Peter and George are excellent. If they are just mediocre monarchs, then the best result is of course to delegate power to the government, become a constitutional monarch, and be a symbol of the country with peace of mind.

Anyway, with the help of Australasia, there is no need to worry about the safety of their thrones, and it is also good to buy some property and become a rich man.

Australasia's actions are still continuing.

For Alaska and Hawaii, two regions that are destined to be controlled by themselves, it is naturally impossible to allow them to vote for independence.

However, the referendum has more than one result of independence. It can also vote to join a country, just like the former Lone Star Republic.

On September 21, Alaska and Hawaii announced referendums at the same time. They will face three results, either independence, joining Australasia, or continuing to stay in the United States.

Compared with the previous independence declarations in California and Texas, the reaction caused by Alaska and Hawaii was small.

After all, they are only two states with a population of only a few hundred thousand, and they are also overseas territories of the United States, so the impact on the mainland of the United States is not that great.

Of course, it is precisely because these two states have only a few hundred thousand people that the results of the referendum are still very easy to manipulate.

Throw out some people who have no voting rights, and the actual number of votes may be only 100,000 or 200,000 votes.

It only takes a two-pronged plan of public opinion and funds, and secretly modify a little bit of the votes, to make the referendum result become joining Australasia.

In fact, it is true.

The speed of a referendum of this scale is still very fast, and coupled with the actions of Australasia, the referendum quickly entered the liquidation stage.

It takes some time to count the votes, and the announcement of the results too early will make the results unreliable.

Therefore, the announcement time of the referendum results of the two states was uniformly set in December, which was also the time to decide the fate of the two states.

Because many states have declared independence in referendums, it is natural that Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Louisiana and Michigan will declare independence in referendums.

However, among all the states that have declared independence, only a few have had a major impact on the United States, namely California, Texas and Michigan.

The population of these three states is about 5 million, and the smallest state, Michigan, has a population of more than 4.5 million.

This also means that the combined population of the three states exceeds 15 million, accounting for more than one-eighth of the total population of the United States.

The most important thing for the US government is that after Michigan announced an independence referendum, the flames of this referendum have spread to the eastern states of the United States.

Although the 13 states in the core area of ​​the United States are still safe, many states in the Great Lakes Industrial Zone want to vote for independence or neutrality, and they are no longer willing to get involved in this war for the federal government.

After all, even if they won the war, they were still just a state of the United States, and they had to pay a lot of personnel and materials to the federal government.

If they could be independent or neutral, they would not have to worry about the war's consumption of life and waste of materials. They could sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight, and choose the development path that suits them best.

For the US government, except for California and Texas, all other western states of the United States can even become independent.

Of course, after strategically abandoning the West and sticking to the East, the US government can even accept the fall of all western regions.

After all, from the perspective of population distribution, except for California and Texas, two large states with a population of more than 5 million, the most populous state in the West is Oklahoma with 2.3 million people.

Among the western states, there are as many as 10 states with a population of less than one million (excluding Hawaii and Alaska), and even the population of these ten states combined is not as large as that of California.

But after the flames of the independence referendum spread to the East, the loss of each state in the East was a major blow to the United States, and it was also like a painful experience for the US government.

At this time, the gap between the East and the West of the United States is difficult to describe with paper data. But even if it is just paper data, there is a considerable gap between the eastern states and the western states.

Although there are several eastern states with a population of less than one million, these states with a population of less than one million have an obvious characteristic, that is, the territory is relatively small.

If we look at population density, these eastern states with a population of less than one million are still far ahead of the western states.

And there are several more important states in the east, with a population of more than 5 million. The loss of Michigan has already made the United States heartbroken. If the surrounding states are in danger again, then the rule of the United States will collapse instantly.

It is worth mentioning that the main fronts of the United Nations and the US Army currently span Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York, the three most important regions in the east.

The population of these three states is at least more than 6.4 million, Pennsylvania has a population of more than 9.3 million, and New York has a population of about 12 million.

From such population data, we can understand why the US government resolutely resisted in the east.

The total population of the western United States is not as good as these three states, so the wealth of the eastern United States can be imagined.

Of course, the most important reason is that these areas are located in the Great Lakes industrial zone. With a fairly developed industry and economy, it is not surprising that the population is large.

The western states of the United States have not yet experienced relatively complete development, and with a relatively poor economy, naturally there will not be too many immigrants willing to go there.

This is consistent with the situation in Australasia. Most immigrants only like more developed areas, because developed areas often represent more opportunities to make money.

The British quickly exerted their influence.

Under the influence of the British, Illinois declared neutrality and stated that it would not support the US government.

Illinois is the most populous state in the central United States, with a population of about 7.3 million.

The view of Illinois is also the view of the states in the central United States. When the war did not burn to their areas, what they thought most about was how to escape from the war.

It is worth mentioning that the current population of the states in the central United States is more than the actual data.

Because as early as the United Nations Army’s letter of surrender was delivered to the United States, a large number of people in the eastern United States moved their families to the central United States.

Although New York's population is said to be around 12 million, after the economic crisis and the war, it is already very good that the population can be maintained at a scale of tens of millions.

For example, although the population of Illinois, which is relatively important in the central region, is only about 7.3 million on the surface, the actual population should have reached about 8 million.

However, due to the economic crisis and the war, the US states have no time to count the population, and the population data will naturally not be updated.

This situation may continue until the end of the economic crisis and the war. Either the victorious United States will conduct a census, or the countries behind the victorious coalition army will conduct a census in the areas they control.

Just like Arthur, it has been decided to conduct a simple census when the referendum is held in California to determine the exact number of California's population.

If nothing unexpected happens, California will become an independent country. The system of this country can only be a monarchy, which is also the territory that Arthur has decided to give to George or Peter.

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