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Australonesia

Flag of Australonesia
Motto: God Save the Queen
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Region	Asia Pacific Allied Sphere
Capital	Canberra
Official Language(s)	English (Official), Bahasa Indonesia, Te Reo Maori, Australian Aboriginal Languages, Afrikaans
Leader	Monarch: Queen Elizabeth II Governor General: Lord Sir Allen Smith Prime Minister: Sir Joseph Stephens
Population	7 million
Currency	Australonesian Dollar
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History

The island-continent of Australia was first settled somewhere between 40,000 and 32,000 BC, by hunter-gatheres with spiritual values that acknowledged the sanctity of the Earth, as well as a developed oral culture. These people were the ancestors of the modern day Aboriginal peoples.

Colonization

• In 1606, the Dutch explorer, Willem Janszoon, became the first European to sight the Australian continent. Later during that Century, the Dutch incorporated Northwestern Australia into their Empire, as New Holland. However, they made no attempts to settle up

on the area. In 1770, James Cook, a famed British navigator, mapped the eastern coasts of Australia and established the colony of New South Wales. The establishment of the colony lead to the creation of the first European settlement on the continent, Port Jackson.

The British continued to expand their claims throughout the continent, facing no resistance from other European powers and very little from the native people of the continent. Originally, many of the colonies established by Great Britain were penal colonies. As the British expanded, they came into more and more contact with the Aboriginal people. As the British population of the continent increased with new immigrants and prisoners, the Aboriginal population declined because of contact with European diseases, forced resettlement, and physical mistreatment by a portion of the European settlers.

World Wars and Transition

On the 1st of July, 1901, almost two-hundred thirty years after the original colonization of the continent by Britain, the seperate colonies were federated to create the Commonwealth of Australia, a dominion within the British Empire. By the time World War I erupted, Australia and a nearby dominion of similar standing within the British Empire, New Zealand, voluntarily formed the ANZACs (Australia and New Zealand Army Corps), to aid the Triple Entente throughout the War. Its battle in Gallipoli is considered by many to be a nation-defining moment for Australia. In 1931, the Statute of Westminster seperated Australia further from the British Empire, though still in its sphere of influence.

During World War II, Britain's shocking losses in Asia caused Australia to turn to the United States as its main ally. Australia, the United States, and New Zealand jointly formed a formal military alliance in 195, with the ANZUS Treaty. Australia has since participated, as a US ally, in the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Gulf Wars, and the War in Afghanistan. The Australia Act in the United Kingdom, during the 1980s ended the entirety of Britain's role in the governance of Australia, though the monarch of the United Kingdom is also the monarch of Australia.

Rise as a Pacific Power

In late 2007, a major political crisis occurred in Australia's northern neighbor, Indonesia. Eventually the crisis turned into an ethnic conflict, with massive scales of genocide all over the Indonesian archipelago. Under the auspices of the United Nations, Australia sent in a peacekeeping force to restore order and temporarily govern Indonesia while trying to form a coalition Indonesian government. After two years of being unable to get the various factions of the conflict to come to an agreement, the UN held a referendum in Indonesia, which revealed that an impressive 87 percent of the nation preferred the Australian governance to being controlled by either of the Indonesian factions. Indonesia and Australia were summarily merged in order to form the Commonwealth of Australonesia. Later that year, the New Zealand government opted to sign a Treaty of Free Association with Australonesia, making New Zealand an Australonesian territory, with a distinct cultural identity and limited self-autonomy. In 2011, Australonesia founded the Asia Pacific Allied Sphere, an economic, military, and political alliance under Australonesia's auspices.

Military

Australonesian Defense Force

The Australonesia Defence Force is the military force that is primarily responsible for the security of Australonesia proper and the surrounding immediate area, though components have been known to serve abroad. In the same manner of the old Australian Defence Force, its commander-in-chief is the Governor-General of Australonesia. It is composed of two main branches, the Royal Australonesian Land Force (RALF) and the Royal Australonesian Maritime Force (RAMF), as well as containing the Australonesian military reserve (RADF-R, Royal Australonesian Defense Force Reserve).

RALF

The Royal Australonesian Land Force is the army of the Australonesia Defence Force, which is comprised mainly of units of the old Royal Australian Army and Air Force, and bulked up by the remnants of the New Zealand Army. Land Force doctrine emphasizes quick movement and guerrilla tactics, so the core of the Land Force is light and motorized infantry, though armored and artillery support have been built up as well. Besides several special autonomous units, the Land Force is broken up into four Land Battle Groups. Land Battle Groups are further broken down into three Commands each. Every Command has two airborne light infantry regiments, one motorized infantry regiment, supported by armored battalions, artillery units, helicopter wings, and fighter wings. Additionally attached are logistics brigades, military police companies, military intelligence companies, engineer companies, and logistical plane wings.

The Current Status of the Royal Australonesian Land Force is as follows:

Other Units, outside the normal chain of command are:

• Special Air Service Regiment
• Bush Ranger Regiment
• Special Operations Aviation Wing

RAMF

The Royal Australonesian Maritime Force is the naval branch of the Defence Force. Its primary components are the former Royal New Zealand Navy, the old Australian Volunteer Coast Guard and a small element of former Australian navy ships. The RAMF is generally considered a green-water navy, in that its capabilities are mainly defensive and its primary objective is to secure national waters, leaving the imperial forces to exhert power projection and other blue-water capabilities. As well as guarding the nation's exclusive economic and territorial waters, the Maritime Force also has a law enforcement role whilst at sea. RAMF is comprised of three fleets (Coral Fleet, Indian Fleet, South China Fleet), and the Australonesian Antarctic Maritime Group.In addition to the ships that they employ, each fleet has a compliment of naval commandos.

Coral Fleet:

• 4x Anzac Class Frigates
• 100x Moa Class Patrol Boats
• 500x Rigid-hulled inflatable boat
• 10x UH-1 Iroquois
• 5x SH-60 Seahawk

South China Fleet:

• 5x Huon Class Minehunters
• 2x Collins Class Submarines
• 2x Anzax Class Frigates
• 70x Moa Class Patrol Boats
• 200x Rigid-hulled inflatable boat
• 10x UH-1 Iroquois
• 5x SH-60 Seahawk

Indian Fleet:

• 3x Collins Class Submarines
• 2x Huon Class Minehunters
• 2x Anzac Class Frigates
• 10x Moa Class Patrol Boats
• 100x Rigid-hulled Inflatable Boats
• 3x UH-1 Iroquois
• 12x SH-60 Seahawk

Australonesian Antarctic Maritime Group:

• 2x Collins Class Submarines
• 1x Anzac Class Frigate
• 10x Armidale Class Patrol Boat
• 10x Rigid-hulled Inflatable Boats
• 3x SH-60 Seahawk

Royal Naval Special Warfare Command:

• Maritime Tactical Team One (AUSMTT ONE) - Attached to Indian Fleet
• Maritime Tactical Team Two (AUSMTT TWO) - Attached to Coral Fleet
• Maritime Tactical Team Three (AUSMTT THREE) - Attached to South China Fleet
• Maritime Tactical Team Four (AUSMTT FOUR) - Ready Reaction Force
• Maritime Tactical Team Five (AUSMTT FIVE) - Attached to Australonesian Antarctic Maritime Group

RADF-R

The Royal Australonesian Defence Force Reserve is the body of the Defence Force that houses the reserves of both the RAMF and the RALF. Additionally, the Reserve is the official designation for all training courses and schools within the DefenCe Forces, so cadre would technically be part of the Reserve. The Reserve is divided first in terms of geography, then in service branch.

The skeleton of the reserve consists of the following:

• Reserve Command Australia East
• Reserve Command Australia West
• Reserve Command Indonesia North
• Reserve Command Indonesia South
• Reserve Command New Zealand
• Reserve Command Training Force

Imperial Military of Australonesia

Military Installations

• Campbell Barrracks
• Derwent Barracks
• Dochra Airfield
• Enoggera Barracks
• Harman Joint Forces Base
• Holsworthy Base
• Blamey Barracks
• Lavarack Barracks
• Fort Oakey
• Robertson Barracks
• Puckapunyal Base
• Williamson Airfield
• Tindal Base
• Simpson Barracks
• Fleet Base Sydney
• Garden Island Base
• Cairns Depot
• Cerberus Facility
• Penguin Depot
• Waterhen Complex
• Antarctic Base
• Dili Military Complex
• Fort Siloso
• Java Base
• Bintan Forces Depot
• Bali Barracks
• Camp Trentham
• Burnham Military Camp
• Defense Forces Auckland
• Devonport Naval Base
• Linton Camp