this is fiction and an alternate timeline Some lore: Like in normal history the dutch colonised indonesia and named it the east indies. Also the malaysians are in the philipines instead. In 1929, Indonesian nationalists declared a independent East Indies would be named Indonesia. However in 1930 a war for independence would begin due to attempted indigenous supression by the dutch. It'd last around 4 years, until only then the state was recognised and gained independence.