Australasian Confederation

Australasian Confederation's flag

The **Australasian Confederation** is a nation located in Oceania and is an independent confederation of Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, East Timor and Fiji. It has since become Oceania's sole major nation and a major power on the world stage. Its capital is Canberra but each state have their own state capital as well as their own laws, police force and state paramilitary. Its economy runs on primarily Anglo Saxon model of Capitalism although some members of the confederation began experimenting with the Scandinavian model of capitalism.

## History

Most of its founding nations (except for East Timor) share a common link to its mother country, Great Britain, a nation today ruled by corporate autocrats following the downfall of the British Monarchy and its exile to Australia as they faded from relevance. The influence of the monarchy have declined in Australia ever since, result in Australia planning to create an independent confederation as they see the Commonwealth ever declining on the world stage.

### **Canberra Accords**

The Canberra Accords marks the beginning of a superstate located in Oceania. The Canberra Accords declares "The establishment of a free, independent, confederation between five countries, Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, East Timor and Fiji, alongside its dependencies and territories under its parent country's jurisdiction." The accords were signed in 28th of January 2220, Australia Day (which is now Australasia Day)

### **Today**

The Australasian Confederation is a major power on the world, whose economy relies primarily on Mining, Manufacturing, And Agriculture Industries, the top export being iron ore, a raw material. It also relies primarily on tourism, its attractive destinations maintained over the years, such as Uluru and the Sydney Opera House, as well as the Auckland Sky Tower in New Zealand, Mount Wilhelm in Papua New Guinea and many more.

## Conflicts

### **Moroccan Proxy War**

It was involved in the proxy between Morocco and the RMC (along with allies, Austrian State and the UFS). It supported Morocco by supplying its armed forces with small arms and other weapons. It even went as far as sending an expeditionary forces, which is responsible for stalling Joint Austrian-Italian-Spanish forces for as long as possible, before withdrawing, leaving Morocco to be annexed.

## Military

The United Confederal Defence Forces (UCDF) has 4 major branches, United Confederal Ground Defence Forces, United Confederal Naval Forces, United Confederal Air Forces, United Confederal Space Forces.

### **United Confederal Ground Defence Forces**

The Ground Forces main battle doctrine focuses on high mobility, superior firepower and versatility in close quarters combat. Its Main Battle Tank is the Paladin MkII-C.

Vehicles in use:

* Paladin Mk2-C
* Paladin Mk2-C/P
* Paladin Mk2-B/SPAAG
* Paladin Mk2-B/SAM
* Paladin Mk2-B/SPG
* Koala Mk1-A
* Koala Mk1-A/VAA
* Koala Mk1-A/I
* Koala Mk1-A/II
* Koala Mk1-A/SPAAG
* Koala Mk1-A/C
* Koala Mk1-A/M
* Koala Mk1-A/TD
* UBM Mk XV "Pacific Rim" Battle Mech

### **United Confederal Naval Forces**

A Major Branch in the UCDF, it boasts a naval tradition model from the old Royal Navy. It's main flagship is the supercarrier UCS James Cook

Ship classes of the UCNF:

* Billabong-class Frigate

* Darwin-class Destroyer
* Port Moresby-class Cruiser
* James Cook-class Supercarrier

### **United Confederal Air Forces**

The United Confederal Air Forces is the main aerial force supporting the two branches, the UCGDF and the UCNF.

### **United Confederal Space Forces**

The UCSF is the stellar arm of the UCDF. It have Six main starbases across the solar system, Starbase-01 "Canberra", Starbase-02 "Moresby", Starbase-03 "Wellington" , Starbase-04 "Auckland", Starbase-05 "Melbourne" and Starbase-06 "Sydney". It also runs multiple auxiliary stations across the solar system and its about to cement its foothold in Alpha Centauri.

## Foreign Relations

It has close relations with the two Arabic States: the United Arab Republic and the Arabian Gulf Council.

Its main allies are Canada and the Philippines

It is currently the leader of APTO (Asian Pacific Treaty Organisation)