Australia

Canberra

Democratic, Socialist

Allies

Australia is a British Dominion and member of the British Commonwealth located in Oceania. It comprises the entire Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, the Solomon Islands, eastern New Guinea, and numerous smaller islands. Australia is bordered by The Dutch East Indies, an Integrated Puppet of the Netherlands, in New Guinea (Papua) and is close to New Zealand , United Kingdom in the Christmas Island, France in New Caledonia and Portugal in Portuguese Timor.

Historical background[edit]

Australia was among the first countries to announce it was at war with Germany, on 3 September 1939. However, Australia did not make a separate declaration of war. Prime Minister Robert Menzies considered that the British declaration legally bound Australia, and he announced that a state of war now existed between Australia and Germany as a direct consequence of the British declaration.

More than one million Australian men served in the war out of a total population of around seven million. Although it was ill-prepared for war, the Australian government had soon dispatched Royal Australian Air Force squadrons and personnel to serve with the Royal Air Force. The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) commenced operations against Italy after its entry into the war in June 1940. Later that year the Australian Army entered campaigns against Italy and Germany in North Africa and Greece. German submarines and raiding ships operated in Australian waters throughout the war. The most intensive and numerically largest part of Australia's war effort came after the outbreak of hostilities with Japan in late 1941. The Australian mainland came under direct attack for the first time in 1942, when Japanese aircraft launched a major bombing attack on Darwin in February, and attacked many other towns in northern Australia. Axis covert raiding ships and submarines struck at shipping and shore targets around Australia, including a submarine attack on Sydney Harbour.

Events[edit]

Main article: Australian events

National focus[edit]

Australian national focus tree.

Main article: Australian national focus tree

Australia, along with other nations of the British commonwealth, gets a unique national focus tree as part of the Together for Victory expansion. Without the expansion, Australia utilizes the Generic national focus tree.

Australia's unique focus tree has branches rooted in both history and alt-history:

Additional Militia Training: Focuses on providing research bonuses for Land Doctrines, Infantry equipment, Support Companies and Armour.
Expand the RAAF: Focuses on improving the Air Force, including research bonuses for aircraft and air doctrines.
Cockatoo Island Shipyards: Looks to upgrade the Australian Navy, focusing on ship and naval doctrine bonuses.
Standard Gauge Railway / Industries Assistance Corporation: Form a joint tree focusing on improving infrastructure and industrial capacity.
Establish Advisory War Council: Acts as a domestic politics tree, providing means to lift the country out of the Great Depression, and additional research slots.
Support the Policy of Appeasement: Keeps Australia within the Allies, providing access to Commonwealth technology sharing bonuses.
Never Another Gallipoli: Causes Australia to leave the Allies, giving further options to remain a Democracy, or to realign with either Fascist or Communist ideologies.

Technology[edit]

Australia starts in 1936 with two research slots. It can gain two further slots from the generic National focuses (if the user has not activated the "Together for Victory" expansion) - Extra Research Slot and Extra Research Slot II, or three further slots from its unique Focus Tree (with the "Together for Victory expansion) - Army Inventions Directorate, Research Collaboration and Fund Australian Defense Research. Those last two, the fourth and fifth research slots, can only be taken once Australia is fully independent.

If the "Together for Victory" expansion has been activated, Australia also starts as a part of the Commonwealth Research Technology Sharing group. It remains available even if Australia becomes fully independent.

Army Technology	Naval Technology	Air Technology	Electronics & Industry
Infantry Eq. I Engineer Company I Recon Company I Great War Tank Towed Artillery I	Destroyer I Light Cruiser I Upgraded Sydney Class Heavy Cruiser I Upgraded Canberra Class Submarine I Transport Ship	Interwar Fighter Interwar Carrier Fighter Interwar Bomber Close Air Support I Naval Bomber I Carrier Naval Bomber I	None
Doctrines
Grand Battleplan	Fleet in Being	None

Politics[edit]

National spirits[edit]

If the user has enabled the "Together for Victory" expansion, Australia starts with the following National Spirit. Otherwise, Australia starts with no National Spirits.

Great Depression

Consumer Goods Factories: 20%.
Factory output: -15%
Dockyard Output: -15%
Stability: -10%

This National Spirit can be mitigated or even removed with National Focuses.

Diplomacy[edit]

As a Democratic country, Australia has a positive relationship with other Democratic countries (+20) and a slight negative relationship with everyone else (-10). Australia begins the game in the Allies. If the "Together for Victory" expansion has been activated, Australia starts as a Dominion of the United Kingdom with 200 freedom points on the way to becoming Free.

Political parties[edit]

Australia starts as a Democratic nation. Next elections are in 1937

Political parties, 1936
Party name	Popularity	Leader
Australian Labour Party	86.40%	John Curtin
Communist Party of Australia	1.70%	Richard Dixon
Centre Party	00.00%	Eric Campbell
Australian Country Party	11.70%	Rod Hull

Political parties, 1939
Party name	Popularity	Leader
Australian Labour Party	87.30%	John Curtin
Communist Party of Australia	0.80%	Richard Dixon
Centre Party	00.00%	Eric Campbell
Australian Country Party	11.70%	Rod Hull

Political advisors[edit]

Advisor	Type	Effect	Cost
Alexander Hore-Ruthven	Quartermaster General	+15% Air Base construction speed, +15% Naval base construction speed, +15% Rocket Site construction speed, +15% Radar Station construction speed, +15% Nuclear Reactor construction speed	150
Lance Sharkey	Communist Revolutionary	Daily Communism Support: +0.1, Allows "Communism on the Rise" decisions	150
Ron Law	Fascist Demagogue	Daily Fascism Support: +0.1, Allows "Fascism on the Rise" decisions	150
Ben Chiffley	Smooth-Talking Charmer	+10% Trade deal opinion factor	100
Robert G.Menzies	Backroom Backstabber	+5% Political Power Gain, +15% Ideology drift defense	150
Arthur Calwell	Democratic Reformer	Daily Democracy Support: +0.1, Allows "Move towards Democracy" decisions	150
Herbert V.Evatt	Silent Workhorse	+15% Political Power Gain	100

Economy[edit]

Laws[edit]

The nation starts with the following laws:

Conscription Law	Economy Law	Trade Law
Volunteer Only 1.5% Recruitable population	Civilian Economy 35% Consumer Goods factories –30% Factory construction speed +30% Factory (type) conversion cost	Export Focus 50% Resources to market –5% Research time +10% Factory/Dockyard output +10% Construction speed