Australia Forms Pan-Oceanic Empire

Australia "Thunder Down Under" attack boat
chases fleeing Micronesian Pirate

March 25, 1992 - Australia's quest for peace and economic prosperity in its sphere of influence brought Australian naval forces into the Indonesian archipelago and other islands of the South Pacific this month to quell Micronesian piracy. The Australian Navy was able to quickly hunt and shut down all pockets of pirate resistance. All nations previously besieged by these pirates hailed the Aussies as liberators, and asked to be taken under the protection of the Regency of Australia. Prime Minister Theo Russell Cooper signed a lasting treaty with the governments of these island states, creating the Pan-Oceanic Empire, ruled by the Australian government.