[GZG] The Indonesian Commonwealth

Somebody asked about the status of the Indonesian Commonwealth (IC). A few
ideas:

The IC borders both the OU & the ESU. It sounds like, from the official

timeline, that the IC & the OU have had pretty bad relations, including a few
major shooting wars. The IC may be somewhere in the ESU's sphere of

influence, but not firmily in it's 'bloc'. The overrun of India may have
convinved the IC that the ESU is not all that well intentioned towards
their neighbors.  If the OU & the NAC are firendly (an assumption - I
Could Be Wrong), then the reasons for the IC & the ESU to at least be
co-operative is even greater.  The OU has some level of indigenous ship
design & construction, and the IC may want to match that, either with
hone-growns, or by buying a lot of ESU stuff.  They would probably be
courted by the ESU (a la Islamic Federation), but may not want to be too

close. They'd be feeling the pich between the OU to the south, the NAC
&
Japanese to the east & north, & the ESU from the north & west (India). They'd
also be afraid that if fighting ever broke out on Terra, they'd be
smack in the middle - even possibly a flashpoint.

All of this would contribute to a feeling of necessary independence, but a
worrisome one just the same.

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> The IC borders both the OU & the ESU.

> If the OU & the NAC are firendly (an assumption - I Could Be

A repeating trend throughout history has been for nations to hate their
neighbours but to be friendly with the countries beyond their neighbours.

The OU use FSE designed APCs. The FSE and ESU are often allies.

So perhaps the OU and ESU are co-operative (they both dislike the IC,
they're both friendly towards the FSE). Maybe the IC are forced
towards the NAC/NSL by necessity.