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New Guinea is the big island above Australia which is split between Papua New Guinea in the east and Indonesia in the west. It's quite strange that native Papuans own one half of the island and "foreign" Indonesians own the other half, you'd think it would either be Indonesians owning all of it, or PNG owning all of it. Anyway, what would be the best POD for a united New Guinea. I would prefer a colonial POD which is why it's in the pre-1900 category but any POD would be fine.

Also, is it plausible for New Guinea to become a settler colony for Britain (or the Netherlands) like Australia or New Zealand, or is the terrain too rugged.

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