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Throughout the history of Australasia's development, population has always been an omnipresent topic that Australasia has never been able to avoid.
Lacking people, lacking Europeans, and especially lacking British immigrants has always been a major issue for Australasia in terms of population.
Although Australasia made significant efforts for this cause, the overall population of British descendants limited the number of immigrants to Australasia, which, in turn, limited Australasia's development.
This is also why Arthur wanted to maintain good relations with the United Kingdom, not just because the British Empire was the current world superpower, able to provide Australasia with a vast amount of aid, but also because the population immigrating to Australasia from the British Empire each year was something Arthur valued.
