Chapter 718 Nine Countries Stand Together in America

Prime Minister Baldwin naturally understood that reporting to George V was just verbal talk. Not to mention Prime Minister Raul, even he himself sometimes did not pay much attention to George V.

The status of the British royal family may be stable, but the power of the British king has long been dismantled, and it is not so easy to get it back.

However, the attitude of the Australasians still made Prime Minister Baldwin aware of a hint of unusualness.

Perhaps since the defeat of the United States, the relationship between Britain and Australasia is no longer the same as before.

The British are so powerful that they have no opponents, or the remaining powers are all opponents of the British.

Due to the world situation, Australasia and Britain have to be on guard, and may even go to confrontation in the future.

Fortunately, the relationship between countries has always been complicated, and such changes are easy for politicians to accept.

After adjusting his mentality, Prime Minister Baldwin ordered someone to bring a map of the United States and carefully began to study the directions in which Britain can make concessions and the directions in which Britain must not make concessions.

Regarding the division of the United States, none of the three countries of Britain, France and Australia wants to annex the land of the United States as their own.

This reason is also very simple. Britain and France are located in Europe, and Australasia is located in Oceania, which is separated from the mainland of the United States by either the entire Atlantic Ocean or the entire Pacific Ocean.

If the land of the mainland of the United States becomes its own land, the problems faced in management are enough to cause the collapse of an entire government.

Moreover, the conflicts between whites and blacks in the United States, the distrust of the countries that defeated them, and the problem of American capital are the real reasons why Britain, France and Australia gave up annexing the mainland of the United States.

Since the mainland of the United States cannot be annexed, the best way is to support the countries that can be controlled by themselves, just like the Lone Star Republic supported by the French.

The original plan of the British was to establish a new country in the 13 colonies. Because it inherited the most essential areas of the United States, the country established by the 13 states is guaranteed to be a second-strong country at the bottom, which can still play a good role for the British Empire.

This country and Canada are united to be the most powerful force in North America, and are also an important logistical guarantee for the British Empire when any danger comes.

With the help of Canada and this country, the Atlantic Ocean will become the inland sea of ​​the British Empire, which is very helpful for the British Empire to control the whole of Europe.

But unfortunately, the French obviously will not agree with the British to do so. If the entire 13-state colony is controlled by the British, and a war breaks out between Britain and France, the French deployment in the United States will basically be destroyed in an instant.

Although France has weakened a lot after World War I, it does not mean that the French have no ambition to dominate Europe.

At least on the issue of the 13 states, the French attitude is very firm. The French do not want to see the entire 13-state colony controlled by the British, and they are even more unwilling to see the entire 13-state colony become independent again as a country.

Should they retreat to the French on the issue of the 13 states? This has become a problem that the British have to consider.

Although the British were very determined when launching a war against the United States, a big reason is that the entire world alliance is behind them.

But if a conflict breaks out between Britain and France, without the help of Australasia, the British can only gain an advantage on the sea at most.

Let alone the army, it is impossible to rely on the British army to attack the French capital Paris.

This actually also represents the tone of the current world situation, which is basically based on competition and supplemented by war.

No one is willing to start a war unless it is absolutely necessary, because war not only represents a huge expenditure of funds, but also a large number of casualties.

Although World War I happened more than ten years ago, countries around the world have not yet emerged from it.

France's population has remained at a low level for this reason. At present, most countries in Europe do not want to see the outbreak of war except for the war that must be won.

How to reach a compromise with the French? This issue also needs to take into account the ideas of the French.

After thinking for a while, Prime Minister Baldwin decided to contact the French after the peace talks on the second day, and strive to reach a compromise with the French. The rest of Australasia will be easy to deal with.

The peace talks on the second day still ended in a stalemate, but Britain and France clearly expressed their willingness to compromise.

It is not a good thing to drag it on now, it will only make the situation in the United States worse and worse. This is something that Britain and France, who want to make a lot of profits from the United States, do not want to see, and it also means that Britain and France will compromise after all.

What Prime Minister Raul did not expect was that the compromise between Britain and France could actually happen in a short time.

On the fourth day of the talks, January 18, 1929, Britain and France had reached a certain consensus on the division of the United States.

The only problem was Georgia, the southernmost land in the 13 colonies, and the British wanted to bring it under their rule.

But the French also wanted to bring this region with a population of more than 2 million under their rule, and in the end it was the British who expressed a compromise.

Of course, the price for the French to obtain Georgia was that Michigan, which was supposed to be jointly managed as a region of the five continents, directly became a territory of Canada.

It is worth mentioning that Britain and France did not forget the interests of Australasia when they compromised with each other.

According to the division method reached by Britain, France, Australia and New Zealand, a complete United States will be divided into at least nine countries, and two regions will be annexed by Canada in the north and Mexico in the south.

This is also the benefit of the two countries close to the United States, which can annex part of the land into their own territory instead of establishing a new country like Britain, France and Australia.

After the compromise, the theoretical situation of the United States is as follows (mainland):

Australasia controls California, Nevada, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Colorado and Utah.

France controls Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee and Kentucky.

Britain controls Maine, New Hampshire, New York, Vermont, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Washington, D.C., Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and West Virginia.

Canada annexed Michigan.

Mexico annexed New Mexico and Arizona.

The remaining Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio formed the Great Lakes Conservancy, which was jointly managed by all the participating countries.

Among them, the areas obtained by Britain, France, and Australia (limited to the mainland of the United States) shall not be annexed as the mainland, and shall not be merged into one country.

This also hindered the British idea of ​​re-establishing the 13-state colony. Without the 12-state colony of Georgia, it would have to become at least two countries.

Under the influence of Britain, France and Australia, the countries participating in the talks reached an agreement: because the Great Lakes Condominium inherited the most important industry in the United States, the debt of the United States will be borne by the Great Lakes Condominium.

What does it mean?

After the Great Lakes Condominium is managed by the participating countries, most of the annual tax revenue will be evenly distributed to all participating countries. When the compensation is paid, the management of the Great Lakes Condominium will end.

Although a large part of the US debt has been repaid before, because of this war, the United States will have to bear part of the debt again.

All these debts were counted on the Great Lakes Condominium, which is why the British were so generous to give the remaining Great Lakes, including Illinois with a population of more than 7 million, to other small and medium-sized countries.

After counting all debts, the Great Lakes region will pay 8.5 billion pounds in compensation to the World Alliance.

The area of ​​the Great Lakes Condominium is about 1.28 million square kilometers, with a total population of more than 30 million.

Even if it is calculated as one-third of the US fiscal revenue, the fiscal revenue that the Great Lakes Condominium can obtain each year is about 1 billion US dollars, or 5.8 billion pounds.

This is the statistics before the economic crisis. After the outbreak of the economic crisis, the Great Lakes industrial area also suffered a devastating blow.

This also means that even if there is only 8.5 billion pounds of compensation, the Great Lakes Industrial Zone will have to repay it for at least 50 years.

If a few more provinces are deducted from the Great Lakes Industrial Zone, I am afraid that this account will not be paid off in 100 years.

Although some land was not distributed, the countries were satisfied with having a stable Great Lakes region to repay the compensation.

Moreover, there are many factories in the Great Lakes region. Although countries cannot relocate factories blatantly, it is still no problem to purchase some industrial equipment.

Many countries can also take this opportunity to develop their own industries, anyway, they are all sucking the blood of Americans.

Drinking a mouthful of thick soup also made these small and medium-sized countries satisfied. This plan to divide the United States has won the approval of most countries.

The remaining countries did not dare to oppose it openly, which led to the smooth passage of the plan and its public implementation.

In the peace talks, no one spoke for the US government, which had become a military government. This is indeed the case. Even if the US government has changed its owner, the United States is still the defeated party. The defeated country has no human rights.

However, the British also generously gave MacArthur, who thought he was the president of the United States, an option, which was to go to the Great Lakes region and become the interim president of the Great Lakes region.

Except for the Great Lakes region, other American regions will have nothing to do with the United States in the near future.

Even the Great Lakes Industrial Zone, which is nominally a co-managed area, will basically establish a new republic and cut off all relations with the United States.

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