I think Illstealya isn’t totally a puppet, obviously beholden to the much larger anglo + NATO economies but compared to a South Korea or South Vietnam they’ve got orders more latitude. Mostly due to intrinsic racism and persistent feelings in the anglosphere.

Those issues are pretty funny though, like even the gay Aussie I knew long enough had a story about fuckin with and subsequently “getting chased by” a “buncha <shorthand for Aboriginals>”