South East Continent

The Aiel Waste, formerly known as the South East Continent and called Australia in most versions of Risk, is considered by most Risk analysts to be key to the game. It has only four territories, making it tied for the smallest continent with the South West Continent. Also like the South West Continent it provides two bonus reinforcements. However, unlike the South West Continent, the South East Continent normally has only one access point, between Southeast Asia in the North East Continent, and Indonesia. This positioning makes it extremely defensible, allowing players to maximize the effectiveness of their resources. The vastness of the neighboring North East Continent also serves to create a sort of no man's land around the South East Continent, further strengthening its position. The South East Continent itself has little in the way of wealth; only Western Australia sports more than a single coin. Likewise, the South East Continent has no population to speak of. Regardless of these apparent weaknesses the South East Continent remains valuable and a much sought after prize.

The Great Prize
The South East Continent was the key to at least one player's strategy for all three wars in the First Age. Unfortunately the players involved in the conflicts are all too aware of the importance of the continent and the first two plans were foiled. However, in the 3rd Legacy War JP was able to make his strategy work and assert some dominance of the region in the long term by founding the major city of Bang Cock in the territory of Southeast Asia, effectively handicaping or blocking any other player's attempt to capture the continent. In fact, JP nearly named the entire continent "JP Gets 3" at the end of the 3rd Legacy War. Such was the fear that JP would be able to perpetually capitalize on this win that Andy, Dana, and Martinplotted to use the 4th Legacy War to hamstring the entire continent. To achieve this Andy named the continent "The Aiel Waste" at the end of the war, and during the Invasion Martin placed Alien Island so as to bridge Western Australia and Middle East, opening up a second path into the continent. In response to Martin, JP founded the minor city of Fuck Martin in Western Australia, but promptly destroyed it himself during the War of the Breaking.