Chapter 725 The Five Republics (23 More)

Arthur did not take Nicholas II's request seriously.

Although Alaska was indeed sold to the United States by Russia, the United States has long since perished, and Alaska has long belonged to Australasia, and naturally has nothing to do with Russia.

I believe Nicholas II also understands this truth. Compared with the desire to take back Alaska, Arthur believes that Nicholas II has other needs.

After all, Alaska is not of much use to the currently weak Russia except for face. Forcibly taking back Alaska will also seriously damage the relationship with Australasia, which is completely not worth the loss.

As expected, although Alaska was mentioned, Nicholas II did not ask to buy back Alaska, but directly stated his purpose: "Arthur, I can completely give up the claim to Alaska on behalf of Russia, but I also hope that you can support Russia more in the civil war.

The Russian people can no longer bear the war, and Russia needs long-term stability to heal the pain of war."

Nicholas II also understood the current gap in strength between Russia and Australasia, which is also where Nicholas II was smart.

First, he expressed Russia's historical desire for Alaska, and then said that he could give up Alaska on behalf of Russia and focus all his attention on Europe.

This is actually what Arthur wanted to see. In Europe, Britain is too powerful, so powerful that it can crush the rest of Europe.

This is extremely unbalanced for the world situation, and the development of Australasia may also be greatly affected.

Only if several European powers unite, they may have the strength to resist Britain.

And the Russians promised to focus all their attention on Europe, which is actually a disguised statement that they will resist the pressure of the British for Arthur.

Under such circumstances, it is only natural to support Russia. Only a powerful Russia can play its role and focus the British on Eastern Europe and Central Asia, which are in conflict with the Russians.

After thinking about it, Arthur decided to assist Russia as much as possible, so that Russia can get out of the influence of the civil war and form a new Franco-Russian alliance with the French wholeheartedly.

It happened that a large number of weapons and equipment were eliminated during the previous army reform. In addition to the Lee Enfield rifle, there were also a large number of small-caliber artillery, which was just right for the Russians.

These weapons and equipment were sold to Russia at a low price by Arthur, and will be handed over to the Russian government along with the three transport planes ordered by Russia.

In addition to these low-priced weapons and equipment, Nicholas II also agreed with Arthur on the import and export plan of grain.

Russia's system is different from that of the Soviet Union, and it was still greatly affected by the economic crisis.

In addition, most of the Russians are farmers, which leads to a continuous decrease in grain production, and a large number of civilians starve to death every day because of lack of food.

Fortunately, after participating in the war against the United States, the US reparations will be repaid, and Russia can also purchase certain materials with these reparations, including the food to be imported from Australasia.

Arthur was still very happy to see Russia's food purchase. It happened that the agricultural department planned to increase food production in the next few years. Isn't the Russian a ready-made food market?

After the meeting with Nicholas II, two big news instantly caused heated discussions among the European people.

These two news came from France. The content of the news is that two republics were established in succession on the south coast of the United States.

The Lone Star Republic was established in Texas before, but the remaining areas agreed to be divided into two countries.

In the end, the French established the South Coast Federal Republic in Oklahoma, Arkansas, Mississippi and Louisiana, with its capital in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

The other country is the Florida Confederation Republic composed of Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Tennessee and Kenta, with its capital in Tallahassee, the capital of Florida.

In terms of national population, the population of the South Coast Federal Republic is about 8 million, and the total area is about 560,000 square kilometers.

The total area of ​​the Florida Confederation is about 640,000 square kilometers, and the total population is about 11.5 million.

From the population, it can be seen that the area occupied by Britain has the largest population, followed by France, and Australasia is the last.

This is also unavoidable. After all, the population on the west coast of the United States is indeed very small, and most of the population is concentrated on the east coast.

But the west coast is only separated from Australasia by the Pacific Ocean, and the east coast is separated by the entire United States.

It is precisely because of this that the actual area controlled by Australasia is larger than the actual area controlled by Britain and France.

However, this is also in line with Arthur's expectations. After the rich areas on the east coast were divided by Britain and France, more intense conflicts would naturally break out between Britain and France.

Coupled with the help of Russia, France will inevitably try every means to restrict Britain, which is also helping Australasia.

Although the land of the United States has been divided, it is natural that France will act the fastest.

Because France wants to establish a republic, which is consistent with the original political system of the United States. To put it simply, France only needs to support the forces close to it and then announce the establishment of the country.

But Britain and Australasia are different. After all, it is impossible to turn a region that originally belonged to the republic into a monarchy without certain advance arrangements.

Although the Kingdom of California and another kingdom are already in preparation, they will not be announced until the end of the year at the earliest.

Before that, these areas will be under military control, and some Americans will be strictly controlled.

Of course, there is still an exception within the control of Australasia, that is, the Dakota Confederation Republic that Patton is about to establish.

Although the order of the Federation and the Confederation is just reversed, the meaning has changed significantly.

Like the previous system of the United States, it is actually a federation in the true sense. The federation is a country formed by multiple administrative regions. Except for the certain sovereignty between administrative regions, there is almost no difference between the other and a unified country.

The Confederation is different. First the state and then the federation, which actually determines that each state has greater administrative sovereignty.

To put it simply, the national government under the federal system has higher power, and the states under the confederation system have higher power.

The reason why Patton established the Confederation Republic is actually Arthur's defense against Patton to a certain extent.

Although the combined population of these regions just exceeds 3 million, who can guarantee that the Dakota Republic will not become stronger in the future?

Only by forcibly creating a few loopholes for this uncertainty factor can Arthur let Patton rule the Dakota Republic with confidence.

It is worth mentioning that the two republics established by the French are not a unified federation, one is a federal republic and the other is a confederation.

There is actually a reason for this. Most of the areas of the South Coast Federal Republic have been controlled by the French, and the French naturally want to establish a more powerful federal republic to make it their own helper in North America.

The French did not occupy the area of ​​the Florida Confederation, which also led to considerable strength between these states.

The population of these states is generally around 2 million, and the number of national guards in each state is also tens of thousands.

Forcibly merging these states into one country, unless the French are willing to send troops to suppress these states again, otherwise, forming a confederation will become a matter of course.

After all, the population, area and strength between the states are similar, and each state naturally wants to have greater rights.

In fact, this is also a headache for the British. The population of the eastern states is still quite large, and the challenges of integrating them into a kingdom are huge.

In the area controlled by Australasia, although California has a crushing population lead, it is precisely because of this that California and Nevada, which has a very small population, will form the Kingdom of California, which is completely dominated by California.

The population of the remaining areas is around hundreds of thousands, and it is natural that Washington State, which has a population of more than 1.5 million, is the main one.

After the establishment of the two republics on the south coast of the United States, only about a week later, Patton announced the establishment of the Dakota Confederation Republic in South Dakota.

It is worth mentioning that the Dakota Confederation Republic has a total of five states, and the population of North and South Dakota is just over 600,000, which is theoretically not as good as the population of Nebraska and Colorado, which has a population of more than one million.

Logically speaking, the capital of the republic should be established in the more prosperous Nebraska, not in South Dakota where Patton is located.

However, because his army was in South and North Dakota, Patton was very tactful to establish the capital in the capital of South Dakota, a small city on the east bank of the Missouri River.

The establishment of several republics also means that the United States has really become history. This country, which has been independent since the 18th century, has only a short history of more than 100 years and has disappeared in the long river of history.

Although the United States was once extremely glorious and had the world's first industry and economy, it could not cover up the poor current situation of the United States' military strength.

As the saying goes, a man is innocent, but he is guilty of holding a treasure. For a country, while having sufficient industrial and economic strength, it should also develop its own military strength to ensure the country's territorial security.

Under the urging of many small and medium-sized countries in the World Alliance, the World Alliance soon announced the establishment of a co-managed republic in the Great Lakes region of the United States, headed by Illinois, also known as the Great Lakes Republic.

Everything in this country is managed by the World Alliance, and most of the tax revenue will be handed over to the World Alliance as compensation, and then divided by all the participating countries.

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