A New World

A New World is a 2005 British-American-Australian-New Zealand action-adventure film produced and directed by Peter Jackson, and written by James Wilson. The plot is about the governments of the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand claiming the territory of unclaimed land in the North Pacific Ocean, unaware that the Soviet Union wants a new communist government in shape there. It was released by Universal Pictures on 18 September, 2005 under a PG rating from the MPAA and received mixed reviews from critics.

Plot
In 1949, the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand head on a government voyage to explore the unclaimed territory of Mooland located in the Pacific Ocean. The United States argues that it should have a claim of land, but the United Nations refuses to make any demands. Upon arriving, they discover a valley of mountains and hills with rainforests and vegetation. After seeing this, they vow to never disrupt the growing life on Mooland. They split the island into three sections, a British section, an Australian section, and a New Zealand section. Thirty years later in 1979, the Soviet Union attempt an attack on the island so they can make it communist, however, the Australians fight back. The inhabitants of Mooland live in small villages in the rainforests, many people are enthusiastic about the plant life and so make their life to bring justice to those who damage the vegetation.

Head solider for the British Army, General Jack R. Benn, reaches an agreement with the Australian and New Zealand army to help protect Mooland by giving it military support to fend off the Soviets. In the United States, Mooland has become a popular travel destination for the elderly as the US army wants to help support the new Mooland army. Two months later, Canadian prime minister Robert Sinclair visits Mooland to establish diplomatic relations with the country. The prime minister calls the vegetation “the New World” and then tells the Canadian government to set up an embassy in Ottawa. General Julian Norris for the Australian Army notices a distinct sound of chanting coming from a Mooland forest and concludes that there are tribes living in the forest. The British, Australian, and New Zealand form the Commonwealth Powers and meet in London to discuss the tribe. Benn recommends no power given to them, whilst Michael Hales for the New Zealand army and Norris want to talk to the tribe to calm things down.

One month later, several soldiers are sent to the forest where Norris last heard the chanting from. The soldiers meet the tribesmen, but they violently attack them, forcing them to retreat. They agree to leave them alone as it is too much risk to allow for. They put a fence around the forest soon after. In the capital of Mooland, Morales, the people want independence now that they have a powerful military. The Commonwealth Powers agree to form a Mooland government so they can remove CP occupation of the islands. Ryan Jacobson from Mooland agrees to become the country’s new prime minister, while Ronald Carroll from the Mooland Rights Party (MRP) in Morales becomes the country’s president. Mooland’s first act of independence is to set out exploring the New World located in the middle western part of the island. By 1983, the army of Mooland is ready to explore the forests so they can determine where not to build buildings.

The head of the operation is General Jacob Hopkins who wants to make sure that there aren’t any more tribes living in the forest. They use Australian-built army cars to travel on dirt roads so they can reach the outskirts of the inhabited Mooland border. They are, however, unaware of a powerful Soviet ship heading towards the northern tip of Mooland with intentions to destroy the capitalist culture. The British dispatch hundreds of soldiers to stop the Soviet army from invading and manage to slightly damage the ship. They get help from the Mooland military and manage to destroy the ship, allowing the Australians to continue their expedition. The United Nations slams the Soviet Union for failing to comply with international treaties. That night, New Zealand ships are attacked by the Soviet military but get help by the British who destroy the Soviet ships. In response, the Soviet Union send KGB spies to look out on the island in hopes of seeing a failing government.

In the following months, the Russians find an uninhabited island off the coast of Mooland and claim it, renaming it Moshchnyy in the process. The United States quickly sends a boat full of soldiers to stop the spread of communism to the island, following this, Mooland builds an embassy to the United States in Hawaii. The Russians state that they will not leave, wanting a piece of land so that everyone is fair towards the new nation. Canada sends more military to help the Moolanders fend off the Russians, who don’t attack the country despite threatening to after the Second World War. The Soviets set up more missiles in Kamchatka in hopes that Mooland will join the Soviet Union’s Warsaw Pact but to no avail. The tension between the Soviet Union and the United States reaches a boiling point as US troops are sent to Kamchatka to attack the Russians, this leads to a massive war between the Soviet Union, the United States, and the latter’s allies. The war rages on into 1987 when the economic crisis has turned the tables for the Soviet Union and they pull out of Kamchatka, leading to a United States victory.

Four years later in 1991, the Soviet Union is dissolved and Mooland remains an independent country with embassies for the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, United States, and the Russian Federation in Morales. But a North Korean army boat lands on the beaches of Mooland and sets up camp as a man watches on behind some trees.