Empire Act

The Empire Act was an Act of Parliament passed in 2002 that officially organised what has become known as the Oceanian Empire.

Crafted by then Prime Minister Alistair Tetley, the bill oversaw the revision of the cumbersome relations between the United Kingdom and the country's overseas territories it had acquired in the previous decades. It was the various means of acquiring those territories that had led to the inequities in their status that subsequently prompted aid and subsidies to be distributed unevenly and often without addressing the need of such aid.

While successful in streamlining relations with the colonies, the most noticeable and recognisable change in the structure of the United Kingdom was the inclusion of the Indian Islands as a full-fledged home country, despite its low population and small geographic area. Many consider this an attempt to cement ties between the native population and the UK, which saw increasing need for maintaining a large military presence on the strategically valuable island chains.