Over the end of the century, many great minds had put enormous efforts into federating Australia, uniting its eight colonies. Almost a century had passed since Oceanyka had been subjugated by the British Empire, the influx of new ideas and people from this colonial hegemony helping create a new Oceanykan national consciousness. However, many of the historical events which had helped create this unity had been opposed to the Empire, such as the Eureka Rebellion and Ned's Rebellion, strengthening the federalist camp which advocated for full independence. Eventually, the moderate side managed to sway enough of the opposition, and the Australasian Council was convened in the summer of 1898. They began campaigning for the continent's unification, self-governed but still united to Britain. Throughout March of 1900 a referendum was held by colonial authorities, in which registered voters (the majority of which were British Australians) overwhelmingly chose unification. A new Constitution of Australia was assembled, based on a mixture of the American and British models, and sent to the latter's parliament, which approved it.

On the 1st of January, 1901, the Constitution of Australia went into effect and all eight colonies were unified as the Commonwealth of Australia, its capital in the city of Sydney. This new government made many great strides in the development of society throughout Australia, but was ultimately still an apartheid state ruled by a minority of British Australians, and helplessly tied to the Empire. Such a regime would not be long-lived, as social frustrations from the Aboriginals and Ferozen eventually burst, leading to the Oceanykan War of Independence.

The M1A1 is an American semi-automatic rifle in .30 Carbine. This design's only distinguishing feature from its predecessor is the addition of a folding stock, as it was meant for paratroopers who required an even lighter combat rifle.

In the FCS's correctional facilities, acceptable food and sleep schedules are complemented by high-intensity work shifts lasting no less than 12 hours, with unrealistic production quotas. Understandably, prisoners eventually become physically strong, even after just a few weeks, and extremely eager to break out. Thus the Federation's Correctional Facility Wardens are some of the strongest fighters in the continent by necessity, able to put down prison riots while outnumbered, and sometimes outgunned. Their bodies are usually so accustomed to the stench of tear gas that it does not react anymore, while would-be rioters and unruly prisoners choke and redden.

Since the Dutch Invasion of Australia, it became apparent to all statelets within Oceanyka that modernisation was necessary, giving rise to the Revolutionary Age. This was a period of profound change, particularly in the realm of the sciences, engineering and economics.

• The material needs of the Dutch War had led regional leaderships to realise that an army was going to get nowhere without a reliable source of arms and ammunition in a protracted conflict. Similarly, mass mobilisation as a strategy of war required an amount of military supplies orders of magnitude greater than prior armies had needed. Extraordinary amounts of money were spent in the development of Oceanyka's already existing arms industries, almost always state-owned. Industrial machines (normally water-powered) were sought after to improve production speed and reduce the number of workers needed at manufactories (thus freeing them up for military service).
  
  
• In 1788, the British First Fleet disembarked in the eastern coast of Oceanyka and founded Sydney. As the Revolutionary Wars waged on and the continent became increasingly depopulated, the importance of these colonies for trade and the production of certain goods increased. However, the British Empire gained an increasingly paternal role in continental affairs relating to commerce, eventually becoming the only major European trade partner of most statelets.
  
  
• Women and children began to enter the workforce at unprecedented rates as manpower depleted in the field, thus keeping wartime industries operating. Many of these continued working even beyond the Continental Collapse, though now for a salary rather than as industrial conscripts.

Economy activity in Oceanyka practically stopped as a result of the Continental Collapse, with most survivors returning largely to subsistence farming. However, at the same time British colonies were experiencing an unprecedented economic expansion, leading to the Economy of Colonial Oceanyka in the 1790s.

Sugarbag bees are domesticated insects that have been reared in Oceanyka for thousands of years, fostering an economically and culturally important industry of beekeeping. They are stingless invertebrates up to 8cm in length that live in large hives, each with a queen, workers and drones. Locals use this species to produce honey and beeswax, which are useful as food, medicine and for other purposes. Furthermore, the importance of sugarbag bees as potent pollinators had been suspected for centuries before European colonisation, so apiculture has traditionally been inseparably linked to conventional agricultural estates.