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Commonwealth of Australia
Timeline: Ascent 1967

OTL equivalent: Commonwealth of Australia
Flag Coat of Arms
Flag Coat of Arms
Anthem "Advanced Australia Fair"
Capital Canberra
Largest city Sydney
Other cities Brisbane, Perth, Melbourne
Language
  official
 
English
  others Greek, Italian, Indigenous languages
Religion Christianity, Islam
Government Federal Parliamentary Constitutional Monarchy
Prime Minister Tony Abbot
Population 22 million 
Established January 1st 1901
Internet TLD .aus
Organizations United Nations, Pacific Space Program

History[]

The Commonwealth of Australia is one of the largest nations in Oceania.The nation was formed in 1901 from a federation of the separate British colonies. The new nation fought alongside the Allied Powers during WWI and WWII, as well as being a founding member of the United Nations, along with one of the founding members of the Pacific Space Program along with New Zealand, The Federated States of Micronesia and Papua New Guinea. During the 1950's, the Soviet Union and China started installing communist governments into some of the nations in South East Asia, the United Nations, led by the United States, along with Australia, the UK and the Allied nations, sent troops into Veitnam and Korea during their respective wars during the 50's, 60's and 70's. The Soviets and Australians enjoyed an uneasy peace for a few years until.

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