Fuschia
A Little Odd
Certainly a possibility for some of them, but a good number of them stay because they do something very immediate about it(i.e, get the PIA into office, which is heading an alliance that is nearly a third controlled by those same Chinese). They come up with their own reasons for staying.
2019-2034
IN 2019, the PIA gained power in the People's Representative Council. Because of the constitutional reforms in 2002, the balance of power shifted from the President and executive branch very far to the legislative branch and the People's Representative Council. As such, the PIA and its alliance, the AIA, was able to get a number of reforms passed, detailed below.
More regional autonomy. From the success the PIA had in its regional reforms on outlying islands, they created an internal development program based on regionally proposed and supervised projects.
Less reliance on exports. The PIA developed a large number of reforms meant to keep Indonesian resources within Indonesia as much as possible, so as to promote internal industry or foreign investment. However, the influence of the Chinese minority and less reliance on oil/coal as fuel sources convinced them to export a great majority of those resources to China at a low price.
A switch to pollutant-free energy sources. The PIA experimented with geothermal, nuclear fission, and, most successfully, cheap solar power. This allowed it to keep much of its biodiversity while expanding its industrial capabilities.
Securing the nation economically to attract foreign investment. The threat to intellectual property and the bindingness of contracts in Indonesia kept many foreign companies from investing in it; the PIA attempted to change this by thoroughly regulating economic activity, although still allowing for the provision of cheap labor.
And, finally, a mapping of all of Indonesia's untapped resources. This was a massive project to locate areas containing important natural resources, mostly mineral and fossil fuels.
The PIA also started a serious funding of LANA, Indonesia's space program. Many unmanned probes were sent up and, recently, both a manned space mission and two probes to the moon were launched, with plans to follow up with a manned moon flight in 2038.
2034-2038
The PIA keeps up its internal policies. LANA progresses well, sending two more probes to the moon by 2036, and it lands its man on the moon in late 2038. However, foreign policy is the most important part of this section of Indonesian history.
In 2036, a civil war breaks out in Malaysia. Indonesia moves troops in, unsanctioned by the United Nations. Indonesia claims that they are protecting their national integrity, and that the civil war within their neighbors is threatening their own security. A poll is held in 2037 that legitimately integrates Malaysia with Indonesia; as no United Nations troops were stationed there, the decision was contested, but Indonesia remained firm and commenced another poll later that year under UN supervision. The answer remained the same. Brunei was soon to follow in 2038, when their Sultan died rather suddenly of a heart attack.
This addition of territory was a boon to Indonesia, although their long experience with dealing with conflicting interests makes the internal atmosphere little different than it was before.
2039-2053
Islam gains more prevalence within Indonesian culture, a direct result of absorbing Brunei and Malaysia, both Islamic states. The AIA still controls a good portion of the People's Representative Council, but has had a high degree of difficulty getting more reforms passed.
LANA progresses, and has plans to land a man on Mars in 2056. They have sent one other manned mission to the moon(in 2047), but never followed up with a permanent base of any kind, nor do they yet have plans to do so.
2053, one year before elections in Indonesia, finds them with a growing economy, growing population(they are now the world's third most populous nation, America dropping to third), and a very divided political atmosphere. Regional autonomy reforms have provided for great infrastructural improvements on outlying islands, and the use of cheap, efficient solar power has provided electrical energy to most inhabited areas. Geothermal and nuclear fission are a thing of the past, and fossil fuels even more so, at least as far as power plants are concerned. The most important advances have been in agriculture and industry: agriculture has become very modernized, with only a small portion of the population performing the duties, while services and industry have taken over the economy. Exports have diminished, as well as imports, as Indonesia becomes more self-sufficient.
OOC: Stats will go here as well, and maybe a few additional touches to the last history section.
