Settling for LessWhy countries colonise the lands of indigenous people Over the past few centuries, vast areas of the world have been violently colonised by settlers. But why did states like Australia and the United States stop settling frontier lands during the twentieth century? At the same time, why did states loudly committed to decolonisation like Indonesia and China start settling the lands of such minorities as the West Papuans and Uyghurs? Settling for Less