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Transatlantic Cold War

2026-03-04T06:43:11Z

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| name = Transatlantic Cold War
| image = {Caption}
| caption = {Caption}
| date = March 12 - June 27, 2024 (3 months, 15 days)
| location = North America
| beligerent1 = [[File:Flag of Cascadia.png|25px]] '''[[Cascadia]]'''
*[[File:VermontRepublicFlag.webp|25px]] [[Vermont]]
*[[File:USA.png|25px]] [[NAU]]
*[[File:OFN.png|25px]] [[Organization of Free Nations]]
| beligerent2 = [[File:NSR.png|25px]] '''[[North Sea Republic]]:'''
| leaders1 = [[File:Flag of Cascadia.png|25px]] '''[[Raptormm4]]'''
[[File:Flag of Cascadia.png|25px]] '''[[Paper1emur]]''' 
[[File:Flag of Cascadia.png|25px]] '''[[TheSergioCrafter]]'''
*[[File:Flag of Cascadia.png|25px]] [[Milgorn123]]
*[[File:Flag of Cascadia.png|25px]] [[Lovelyfurball]]
*[[File:Flag of Cascadia.png|25px]] [[Akeboun]]
[[File:VermontRepublicFlag.webp|25px]] '''[[Princeling]]''' 
[[File:VermontRepublicFlag.webp|25px]] '''[[Purplepunch]]''' 
[[File:USA.png|25px]] '''[[Ghostyuu]]'''
| leaders2 = [[File:NSR.png|25px]] '''[[Wishful_]]'''
*[[File:NSR.png|25px]] '''Hampbell'''
*[[File:NSR.png|25px]] NFISH
}}The '''Transatlantic Cold War''', also known as the '''Cascadia-NSR Cold War''', was a period of international geopolitical rivalry between the [[Cascadia|Republic of Cascadia]] and the [[Aurora:North Sea Republic|North Sea Republic]] and their respective allies.

== Background ==

=== The Organization of Free Nations ===
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== Events ==

=== WIP ===

== Legacy ==
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== References ==

# Multiple Sources - [VIDEOS] North Paso crashing out after Mexican Empire Negotiations , leading to 50000g stolen. (2024). ''EarthMC Discord Forum''. - 2SCAVA. (2024, September 9). ''Untitled'' [Video]. Discord. <nowiki>https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1251286254990000259/1282563958028374017/Untitled_video_-_Made_with_Clipchamp.mp4?ex=6974f884&is=6973a704&hm=5969741762bb1b15755b64bb5caaacd53dfd4f70a108ad5809168df294cefbae&</nowiki> - 2SCAVA. (2024, September 9). ''paso coke freakout pt 2'' [Video]. Discord. <nowiki>https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1251286254990000259/1282594486928670730/paso_coke_freakout_pt_2.mp4?ex=697514f3&is=6973c373&hm=0492a3cbf1d4a428719190c4a93058eba42e8bb47d14dc33f98c9b9f68232114&</nowiki> - 2SCAVA. (2024, September 9). ''Paso coke freakout 3'' [Video]. Discord. <nowiki>https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1251286254990000259/1282594487482454057/Paso_coke_freakout_3.mp4?ex=697514f3&is=6973c373&hm=e19a149c36aa7c8ba09a960b54cb7f19ea8af79c71e35f8d41ee96ba716b1c4f&</nowiki>

Great American War

2026-03-04T06:28:07Z

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{{BattleTemplate
| name = Great American War
| image = [[File:CascadiaReachesHouston.webp|270px]]
| caption = Cascadian forces arriving in Houston, Circa August 2024
| date = June 24 - September 16, 2024 (2 months, 23 days)
| location = North America
| result = OFN Victory
| changes = Texan withdrawal from California & Mexico; First complete North American borders treaty agreed to (Treaty of Vancouver)
| beligerent1 = [[File:TexasFlag.webp|25px]] '''[[Texas]]'''
| beligerent2 = [[File:OFN.png|25px]] '''[[Organization of Free Nations]]:'''
*[[File:Flag of Cascadia.png|25px]] [[Cascadia]]
*[[File:VermontRepublicFlag.webp|25px]] [[Vermont]]
*[[File:HavaikiFlag2.png|25px]] [[Havaiki]]
*[[File:PilbaraFlagResized.png|25px]] [[Pilbara]]
*[[File:Vinland Flag.png|25px]] [[Laurentia]] (until 7/17)
*[[File:Wollaston.png|25px]] [[Wollaston]]
*[[File:MWU.png|25px]] [[Midwestern Union]]
[[File:1024px-Flag of Mexico.svg.png|25px]] [[Mexican Empire]] 
[[File:Soviet_Union.png|25px]] [[Rossiya]]
| leaders1 = [[File:TexasFlag.webp|25px]] '''[[North_Paso]]'''
*[[File:TexasFlag.webp|25px]] [[Bill 'Rocky' Moor]]
*[[File:TexasFlag.webp|25px]] [[Lukedcool]]
*[[File:TexasFlag.webp|25px]] [[JoeJoe77]]
*[[File:TexasFlag.webp|25px]] [[Samisol]] †
*[[File:TexasFlag.webp|25px]] [[Bonzzil]] †
*[[File:TexasFlag.webp|25px]] [[Karn4]]
*[[File:TexasFlag.webp|25px]] [[Ewhy_]]
*[[File:TexasFlag.webp|25px]] [[LivingHumanBeing]]
*[[File:TexasFlag.webp|25px]] [[TheAmazingMoe]] †
*[[File:TexasFlag.webp|25px]] [[Sometexan]]
| leaders2 = [[File:Flag of Cascadia.png|25px]] '''[[Raptormm4]]'''
[[File:Flag of Cascadia.png|25px]] '''[[Lovelyfurball]]''' (until 7/23) 
[[File:Flag of Cascadia.png|25px]] '''[[Setrus]]''' 
[[File:Flag of Cascadia.png|25px]] '''[[Paradox_1080]]''' (until 8/30) 
[[File:Flag of Cascadia.png|25px]] '''[[Paper1emur]]'''
*[[File:Flag of Cascadia.png|25px]] [[FieryMatter]] (after 7/2)
*[[File:Flag of Cascadia.png|25px]] [[Dracnoian]] (after 7/11)
*[[File:Flag of Cascadia.png|25px]] [[Akeboun]]
*[[File:Flag of Cascadia.png|25px]] [[RAWRyoutube]]
[[File:VermontRepublicFlag.webp|25px]] '''[[SergioTheCrafter]]''' (until 7/5) 
[[File:VermontRepublicFlag.webp|25px]] '''[[Purplepunch]]''' 
[[File:VermontRepublicFlag.webp|25px]] '''[[Mikesworldus]]'''
*[[File:VermontRepublicFlag.webp|25px]] [[Princeling]]
*[[File:VermontRepublicFlag.webp|25px]] [[Xeocas]]
*[[File:VermontRepublicFlag.webp|25px]] [[Farosh_]]
[[File:HavaikiFlag2.png|25px]] '''[[Zqben]]''' 
[[File:HavaikiFlag2.png|25px]] '''[[FoxClient]]''' 
[[File:HavaikiFlag2.png|25px]] '''[[Ahea]]''' 
[[File:PilbaraFlagResized.png|25px]] '''[[Kobikraft]]'''
*[[File:PilbaraFlagResized.png|25px]] [[Panth_r]]
[[File:Vinland Flag.png|25px]] '''[[TylenolEC]]''' 
[[File:1024px-Flag of Mexico.svg.png|25px]] '''[[CMW]]'''
}}The '''Great American War''', also known as the '''Great North American War''', or as the '''Texas War''' in Cascadia, was a large intercontinental conflict between the [[Cascadia|Republic of Cascadia]] and its [[Organization of Free Nations|OFN allies]], and the [[Aurora:The Kingdom of Texas|Kingdom of Texas]]. It is considered a significant part of North America's history.

== Background ==

=== Cascadia-Texas Tensions ===
In November 2023, a player named Hersheylr arrived in Texas, having previously spending time in Cascadia and contributing to the end of the [[RMF Wars]]. While in Texas, Hershey obtained perms to the Texan capital of Houston and Texas at large. He severely damaged the Texan capitol and kicked towns from Texas, which was a considerable loss in materials and power for the nation. On December 18, 2023, Texas declared war on Cascadia, claiming that Cascadia was involved in planning and backing the attack. A Discord announcement by the Texan King, [[North_Paso]], would become infamous due to the way it compared several notable Cascadians to the Christian [[wikipedia:Seven_deadly_sins|seven deadly sins]]. This would mark Texas' entry into the [[Wagner War]], with Texas and other Cascadian enemies, notably [[Chad]] (aka [[Osoyoos (political faction)|Osoyoos]]), planning on using the server's then-new overclaim functionality to take chunks from Cascadian towns and force them to submit to the rule of the Reformed Republic of Cascadia. Ultimately, the war became inactive after [[Wagner]] was able to only take one chunk of Cascadian territory from the town of [[Chaeronea]], and ended de facto in March 2024 after the [[San Francisco Offensive of 2024]]. Notably no official peace treaty was ever signed and the Wagner War is considered by some the start of the later and larger conflict, the Great American War.

During the spring of 2024, the Cascadian government typically treated Texas with reserved resentment, and generally nothing more than a distant threat. Due to Texas being the closest remaining Wagner-aligned nation to Cascadia, it was still treated with particular concern by the Cascadian Department of Defense, and the newly formed [[National Security Agency]]. On May 23, 2024, the NSA received an offer from former Cascadian and [[Michoacán]] leader [[CMW]] to have him spy on Texas in exchange for Cascadian support of a revived Michoacán/Mexico. At the time, Texas controlled a significant area of Northern Texas and the Yucatan. The NSA accepted the offer, and CMW would provide intelligence from the Texan legislature and cabinet until his Cascadia-backed secession on June 16.

On May 28, Cascadian officials were alerted to the beginnings of a chain of Texan towns moving in the direction of California. At the same time, prominent mayors in California alerted defense officials that [[Ewhy]], who now owned the town of Sacramento in Northern California, was attempting to get them to secede with him and join Texas. It was at that point that the Cascadian Department of Defense began to put together war plans in preparation for a Texan invasion. The possibility of Texas using towns meticulously placed within and nearby Cascadian territory to launch another attempt at a mass overclaiming campaign was the primary concern of Cascadian defense officials. North_Paso was banned by 32Andrew on May 29th, 2024 for using forged evidence in a ticket, however he was quickly unbanned.

=== OFN Crises ===
In the [[Organization of Free Nations]], a couple of crises were ongoing amongst the member states. In Cascadia, officials were attempting to negotiate an non-aggression pact and border treaty with the [[Aurora:North Sea Republic|North Sea Republic]] (NSR), who controlled San Francisco. Tensions between the NSR and Cascadia had been high since San Francisco joined the NSR after the Wagner War, to the point that the rivalry between the two has been labelled the [[Cascadia-NSR Cold War]]. Although Cascadian and NSR officials had been somewhat opposed to negotiations for some time, in late May 2024, [[Aurora:Vermont|Vermont]] began to mediate negotiations in an attempt to end the tensions between their two allies. A non-aggression pact was quickly agreed to, though negotiations nearly fell apart as the two sides debated a border agreement. The NSR, pushed by NFISH, desired an agreement where the NSR would be allowed to claim almost any territory in North America outside the Cascadian Metro. Cascadia, in response, pushed for an agreement where the NSR would only be tolerated to claim territory in California and Nevada. During this debate, Cascadian President [[Raptormm4]] would remark that the NSR (whose capital was on the island of Ireland) was a government "From fucking Ireland." This became known as the [[Aurora:"Fucking Ireland" Incident|"Fucking Ireland" incident]]. Negotiations between the two continued for over a month, held together by both sides wishing to please Vermont and not be the first side to break off negotiations. The negotiations would not end until the Treaty of Los Angeles, with NSR settlement limited to the areas south of Nevada's northern border. The final agreement was agreed to by Cascadian officials in order to focus dealing with the increasing threat of Texas.

In [[Aurora:Havaiki|Havaiki]], the [[Zealandia Civil War]] was brewing. The war began on May 29, 2024, when a mayor named Bacon seceded from Havaiki after Havaiki refused to adopt certain amendments to its constitution. Bacon, who was mayor of the north New Zealand town of Port Jason, and a small number of other mayors, declared independence as the nation of [[Zealandia]], and came into open conflict with Havaiki. While Havaiki received strong support from most of its OFN allies, especially Cascadia and Pilbara, Vermont attempted to blame Havaiki for the conflict. [[Princeling]], who at this time was still a major figure in Vermont, would refuse to condemn Zealandia, and would ultimately be one of many voices calling for peace in the region. The war ultimately came to an end with a recognition of Zealandian independence and a ceasefire line on June 15.

In the [[Caucasian Republic]], the OFN came into a crises between one of their member states and the nation of [[Turkey (Aurora)|Turkey]]. The Caucasian Republic joined the OFN on May 11, 2024, having transitioned into a democratic republic in April. However, in late May, the Caucasian Republic's leadership came into a disagreement over their borders with neighboring Turkey. On June 4, Turkey overclaimed the Caucasian Republic's capital of Don Host. The Caucasian Republic's leader and founder, PastaMaster, resigned five days later due to the crisis. In the process, he declared Don Host surrendered to Turkey.

=== Internal Texan Crises ===
During June 2024, Texas entered into a series of internal crises. This began on May 29, when Paso was banned for conspiring to fake evidence in a ticket that led to the banning of former Cascadian [[EstiQT]]. Paso attempted to calm worried citizens in the aftermath of his ban, saying that "I want to reassure people that despite this, I will be unbanned. This is nothing to worry about. If worse comes to worse, [[LivingHumanBeing]] will take over." 8 days later, on June 6, the Texan President, Saddam, resigned in the wake of Paso's ban. Following Saddam's resignation, a power struggle arose in the Texan senate, with Texan Senator Luke declaring that as Saddam's "#2" he should immediately become president. At the same time, [[Bon Kranch]] began pushing for the abolition of the presidential system and for him to become dictator under Paso. In an attempt to gain legitimacy and popular support, CMW, alongside Texas Senator [[Sometexan]], proposed that an immediate nationwide election be held to choose a new President. All 3 of these factions put respective votes before the Texas Senate, with the choice of an election winning with near-unilateral support. Elections would begin later that night, with notable candidates including Sometexan and [[Bill 'Rocky' Moor]], who choose CMW as his Vice President. Rocky was declared the winner on June 9, the same day that North_Paso (and EstiQT) would be unbanned from EMC. Out of fear of leaks to anti-government factions, the Texan cabinet was kept particularly secure, with only 5 members initially having access to it: Bon Kranch, CMW, Rocky, K S, and Sometexan.

On June 8, a number of West Texas towns, upset by Paso's reign as king and seeing his ban as an opportunity for revolution, seceded to form the [[Texan Union]]. The revolutionary nation was based in the large town of Dallas, and took around 3 other towns with it. The revolutionaries demanded that Texas become a democratic republic and do away with the monarchy in the process. Before they officially seceded, the revolution's leaders, Morflux and Violent_Vision, attempted to reach out to the OFN for support. While some OFN members attempted to support the Texan Union, usually through strategic advice, OFN and Cascadian support for the rebellion quickly dwindled as its leaders would discuss their war plans in local chat, quickly leaking it to Texan reconnaissance. Due to the scale of the infighting in the Texas, Cascadian intelligence would remain interested for some time in the prospect of fermenting a larger revolt against Paso, proposing tactics such as spreading propaganda books about Paso's past to Texan mayors and sending propaganda DMs to Texans on Discord. Ultimately, none of these plans would be put into action. The [[Dallas Uprising]] would continue until Morflux's resignation in late June, with the Texan Union's second President, Violent_Vision, surrendering to Texas on June 21.

== Prelude to war ==

=== Events in Mexico ===
Beginning in 2023 with the slow decline of the [[First Mexican Empire]], Texas had gradually increased its own influence over Mexico. This was especially evident in northeast Texas, near the Rio Grande, and in the Yucatan. In an attempt to avoid a conflict, the [[Aurora:North American Union|NAU]]/Mexico agreed that these areas could be under Texan sovereignty, though they were prepared to oppose Texas if they ever decided to threaten the few remaining major towns, notably [[Hermosillo]]. It is generally agreed that Paso's goal in the settlement of Mexico was to conquer most of the country in order to form an empire similar to that of Nova's [[Rio Grande|Rio Grande Empire]]. Paso was, however, hesitant to move too quickly in Mexico, fearing retaliation from the veteran leadership of the NAU. In late May 2024, Paso began to encourage industrial specialization and development in the several districts of Texas, including an upgraded casino at the Texan capitol and new farms in the rapidly developing Yucatan.

By June 9, 2024, CMW had begun to work towards reviving Michoacán in southwestern Mexico, while remaining in Texas. This would briefly cause some tensions with Saph and the remnants of the Mexican Empire, as Michoacán was outside the area Texas had officially claimed up to that point. In order to avoid a conflict, Paso ordered CMW to join Mexico while remaining in the Texas government, since he believed that "Saph only cares about the color on a map." This decision was also apparently made to avoid more problems on top of the internal crises that Texas was facing at the time. Paso's plan was to have CMW secretly recruit Mexican towns while in Mexico to eventually rejoin Texas as the State of Michoacán. While CMW would begin speaking to other Mexican mayors, Paso was not aware that it was to bring them into a stronger, independent Mexican nation, not Texas. Unfortunately for Cascadian intelligence, this plan would greatly speed up the time they had with CMW in Texas, as CMW would now need to declare independence as a set time rather than waiting for Texas to collapse in on itself.

Around June 11, Texas was struggling from even more internal struggles and further difficulties in Mexico. Saph had forced Texas to kick 2 towns in Baja, and the continued game of cat and mouse between Texas and Mexico kept the foreign affairs of the Texan government quite occupied. It should be noted that the events from June 10-14 took place while EMC was down for maintenance. Internally, Texas was also facing yet more division. On June 11, CMW described the situation to Cascadian intelligence with 5 different factions: The Michoacán, led by CMW and Thinkfast in Mexico, the lower senate, consisting of non-government senators growing gradually more opposed to the Rocky Administration, the Rocky Administration, which was backed by Paso, the Rocky opposition, led by Sometexan and possibly backed by LivingHumanBeing, and the Dallas Rebels, who were in the process of being destroyed. By this time, CMW had been replaced as Vice President due to his attempts to side with Sometexan's opposition faction. On June 12, Rocky passed the Diplomatic Regulations Bill, which made it illegal to conduct negotiations without government permission or to discuss Texas foreign policy with foreigners. This was in response to Saph getting a hold of a Texan claim map which violated Mexican sovereignty, though to this date it remains unknown who provided it to her. During this incident, Sometexan was interrogated as a possible suspect, in the process revealing the opposition and its membership, effectively destroying it. This led almost immediately to secession amongst the various opposition members, with Sometexan fleeing to Nebraska where he would shortly thereafter become a Texas state.

On June 15, Michoacán declared independence from Texas, declaring itself completely free of Texan rule and criticizing the policies of both Paso and the Rocky Administration. The secession was backed by Cascadian funding that had been secretly transferred to Michoacán earlier that day. On June 18, Paso proposed a new claim map in Mexico, which had almost all of Mexico within Texas territory. This map was completely rebuked by Mexican officials, though by that point there was little they could do. Critically, the map included the territory of Michoacán as Texan.

=== Communist Oklahoma ===
On June 7, 2024, [[Moxie|Moxiecodone]] began receiving DMs from Ewhy_ recruiting her to join Texas. Not having any interest in joining Texas, Moxie and Cascadian Vice President [[Setrus]] decided to perform a non-government sanctioned private psychological operation (psyop) on Texan leadership. Moxie told Ewhy that her and Setrus were getting tired of Cascadia and were considering leaving, prompting North_Paso to start DMing Setrus. The two decided to tell North_Paso that they were interested in leaving Cascadia, saying that Cascadia "Wasn't gay enough". Setrus and Moxie would then begin to rant about their plans, including the foundation of a gay and socialist nation closer to Texas. This rant eventually led to the pair presenting a map of where they wanted to settle, choosing to settle in a location marked in Oklahoma. Setrus also said he'd be getting upwards of 70 active players from a 580 member discord server he owned, providing the link to said real server to Texas, who by now had talked about the group within their upper government. Texas, seeing that the server was in fact real with some server members playing into the bit, immediately became quite concerned by this possibility.

Thus, Texas officials attempted to organize a voice call to discuss the rebellion and how they could work alongside Texas. Instead, Setrus and Moxie ghosted them until June 9, when they said that they decided for sure to form a nation in Oklahoma, wishing Texas good luck. On June 11, Setrus put together a fake constitution for the fake nation named the Queer Cummunocracy of Oklahoma. Eventually, concerned about the concept of a large, gay, socialist nation popping up on their northern border, Texas began to push for the group to join the Texas meganation and settle further northwest, in Colorado. On June 11, a VC was held between Setrus, his non-EMC friend posed as a co-founder, and Texan President Bill 'Rocky' Moor, with Rocky informing the duo that "If you settle somewhere else, or you are not under Texas, we will have a problem. And I have no reservations about going to war after the fact, if you decide to violate this agreement. Now under the Texas government you would be able to have an N-spawn, but every other town must be under Texas...." After Setrus agreed to speak to his people on Rocky's proposal of settling further northwest, Rocky gave the [["I Do Not Give A Shit"|now-infamous response]], "Good, and if it don't work with your people I do not give a shit. If it's a democracy, whip the Goddamn votes. Call a vote, call another one, and call another one, until it passes. And if it don't pass, don't come to me with that as an excuse." On June 18, another VC was held, with Setrus trying to gain more information on what was happening in Texas before they would supposedly join. After this call, Paso broke off the negotiations, saying "We're done here." Cascadian intelligence would find that the psyop was treated completely seriously by the Texan government, and was one of the many crises (alongside the events in Mexico and internal divisions in Texas) that kept Texas from going forth with their invasion plans during early June. The psyop would continue to be used to spread paranoia in Texas until it finally began to wither out in early July.

=== Invasion of California ===
By June 2024, Ewhy was the owner of the town of Sacramento, holding the California nation name. The town and nation had long been a problem in northern California for Jefferson and Cascadia. On June 7, 2024, Ewhy began trying to poach both Jeffersonian and Cascadian mayors in California, including Moxie, telling her: "Moxie why don't you guys just join Texas? If you don't like Cascadia government. Texas is good." These early attempts at poaching were not successful, but did make it clear to Cascadian officials the intention of Texas to begin making their way into California, especially with a line of Texas towns quickly expanding west. On June 18, Sacramento officially joined the Texas nation, marking the first time that Texas had undisputedly invaded Cascadian territory. Almost immediately following this, the Cascadian government began to make final preparations for war to begin, and issued warnings to the OFN that the security situation in California was rapidly devolving, and for other OFN members to make preparations. Havaiki, Cascadia's closest ally at this point in time, was specifically informed that a war with Texas was imminent, and to take proper preparations.

On June 22, Raptor ordered Secretary of State [[Milgorn123]] to issue to Texas a diplomatic complaint regarding their actions in California and demand a conversation with them. This would be the last attempt at a peaceful resolution to the conflict. On June 23, Milgorn issued the complaint, and shortly thereafter a GC was created for negotiations between Raptor, Milgorn, North_Paso, and President Rocky. Cascadian officials directly informed Rocky of the attempts at poaching Cascadian mayors and the direct violations of the Cascadian claim map. The demand was made that Texas respect Cascadia's territorial sovereignty. The ultimatum was given a deadline of 9:00 AM PT (11:00 AM CT). The next morning, at 9:24 AM PT, Rocky refused to "cede Texan towns against the will of said towns without just compensation." Raptor would request an authorization of military force against Texas from the House of Representatives 6 minutes later. The resolution passed at 8:07 PM PT, June 24, 2024, officially marking the beginning of the war. Before news reached of the Cascadian declaration, Texas unilaterally declared war on Cascadia on their own accord, at 9:16 PM PT (11:16 PM CT). Technically, Texas never considered themselves at peace with Cascadia after the de facto end of the Wagner War, but made an announcement nonetheless. The OFN was informed shortly after the AUMF was issued that Cascadia had activated Article 5 of the OFN Charter, declaring that they were being invaded by Texas and activating the mutual defense clause of the OFN. Havaiki, Vermont, Pilbara, and Laurentia would thus declare war on Texas shortly thereafter. Vermont, notably, declared war through an executive order issued by President [[SergioTheCrafter]], as there was no set war powers in their constitution at the time. Rocky would raise the argument in his war speech that they had been contacted by towns in California seeking to escape the "tyranny and injustice that lays within Cascadian Walls" and join a "True Republic." Texas would continue to maintain that Cascadia were the aggressors in the conflict until the end of the war.

== Course of the war ==
The Cascadian plan at the outset of the Great American War was to invade Texas from all possible fronts until eventually winning an outright victory, forcing Texas to withdraw from the lands west of the Rockies. On a large scale, Cascadian planners intended to use Cascadia's many allies to surround Texas. From the west, Cascadia would hold their ground in California and move towards Texas. In the east, Vermont would be amongst the first to arrive in Texas proper. In the south, Mexico would begin to combat Texan claims in south of the Rio Grande and hunt Texans outside claims. And in the north, Cascadian Intelligence intended to use a propaganda campaign to revive a pro-democracy rebellion in Texas who could apply more pressure on Paso. At the onset of the war, Cascadian officials also attempted to convince the NAU to enter the war against Texas, citing that Texas would likely come for them next. The NAU declined. While Cascadia had set in motion many of these initial war plans, it declined to inform the OFN of them, making the assumption that such actions would have either been common sense or would come into being shortly.

The first war plan attempted by Cascadian was Operation John Brown, a plan to overclaim a significant portion of Sacramento. This plan was originally going to be put into place on June 24, but was delayed as Raptor and Cascadian diplomats awaited the passing of the AUMF. Once the AUMF was passed, the operation faced further delays as no one was able to withdraw gold and get it to an online holder to undergo the overclaiming. Ultimately, the operation would be cancelled the next day, after Sacramento realized their weakness and enabled overclaim shield. The second plan worked out by Cascadian leadership came to be known as Operation Alamo, and focused on the invasion of Texas proper. The plan, put into place on June 26, was to place 3 towns in the core of Texas' territory: San_Antonio, in Central Texas, USS_Lexington, off the coast of Houston, and an unnamed town in northeast Texas. The goal was to use these towns as an outpost to hunt Texans, impress Cascadia's ability to wage war upon Texans, and to eventually overclaim underpopulated Texan towns, notably Port Lavaca and eventually Houston. Ultimately, Operation Alamo would also be cancelled as Cascadia lacked the holders at the time to properly organize the plan. Milgorn, a Texas native who volunteered to provide a holder for USS_Lexington, would be asked about the issue until mid-July, when the plan was effectively abandoned.

=== The Texas Western Offensive ===
At the onset of the war Texas would launch two major offensives, both focuses on poaching and overclaiming enemy towns. In the west, this effort was focused on Cascadia, especially in California and the Cascadian Metro. On all fronts, most of these efforts were commanded by [[Samisol]], the mayor of Rio Grande. Samisol was noted for his ability to sway and control others, especially younger and more easily convinced players. He was also noted on the Eastern Front for his PvP abilities and using them to extort mayors into joining Texas. Across the Western Front, Texas saw very little success poaching Cascadian towns, with Cascadian mayors long adjusted and prepared for the threats of poachers. In California, Texas instead succeeded in poaching towns which were already hostile to Cascadia. Sometime after July 17, 2024, the Norcallian towns of Silicon Valley, San Diego, and California (town) joined Texas. Eventually, a break-up in the friend group of [[Ghostyuu]] and Bonzzil would lead to the towns formerly beloning to the New California Republic in Nevada would also join Texas at Bonzzil's suggestion. On July 18, the town of South Lost Coast was poached by Samisol, who then used it to overclaim and hold at ransom the historic district of Lost Coast proper. In an attempt to get back his items and historic buildings, [[Rocksthunder]] and many other [[Jeffcadians]] would join Texas.

Further north, Samisol raised town holders to place claimblock towns across the Cascadian Metro. This included OBLOCKFENTGANG, which claimblocked [[Oceanside]] (now Astoria) on June 25. The former RMF towns of Catalina, Bakhmut, I_WANT_GOLD, and Astoria (Bon_Kraunch) also joined Texas shortly thereafter. Texas' Western Offensive reached its furthest point on June 30, when Mackenzie_CFOB was founded just north of [[Corgo's Pass]]. The towns of SodaGang and TK_ville would also be founded near the northern border of Vancouver on July 13 and 15.

Although the Western Offensive was successful in penetrating the Cascadian homeland, it ultimately failed to significantly dent Cascadia's morale or ability to respond. The most significant incidents from the Western Offensive were the successful claimblockings of Oceanside (which continues to the present), Corgo's Pass, and Vancouver. In Corgo's Pass, a large lesbian pride flag was built to overshadow Mackenzie_CFOB. The Western Front during this phase of the war also saw the beginnings of the invasion of Texas proper, with Cascadia successfully reaching the gates of Houston on July 6. A chain of towns which had begun to be set up shortly before the war would culminate in the establishment of Texas (town), and the Pilbaran siege town of Weezer2 outside Houston and Port Lavaca. These towns were originally designed to be the beginning of the larger Operation Alamo counteroffensive, but would instead be the only OFN towns in Texas proper until the Cascadian Summer Offensive. Until then, Cascadian efforts on the Western Front would be focused on securing unclaimed areas in Cascadian territory through homestead grants.

=== The Texas Eastern Offensive ===
On the Eastern Front, Samisol saw much greater success with poaching, hunting, and placing towns. The initial Cascadian plan for the Eastern Front was for Vermont to provide general assistance, mostly through funds and gear, to the war effort, before eventually mobilizing their large population to lead their own invasion of the Texas homeland from the east. Cascadian officials were not aware at that time that Vermont was relatively poor, and their citizens unprepared for any kind of conflict. Texas launched the Eastern Offensive around the beginning of July, creating a chain of towns approaching the Vermont Metro. Alongside this, Texas had already begun a large-spread campaign of hunting and threatening Vermont mayors (especially those in the American South). By July 3, Vermont Assemblyman LyoshaFury pushed the government into the first of many rounds of negotiations with Texas leadership. The threat of hunting and overclaim was already considered too much by many Vermonters, and anti-war sentiments had begun to worsen across the nation. These sentiments were only worsened by the opinions of Vermont's pacifist founder Princeling. During the first round of negotiations, Texas demanded Vermont's unconditional surrender, aiming to take them out of the war quickly and focus on Cascadia. Vermont refused this offer, insisting on a negotiated peace that returned towns Texas had poached from them in the American South. The first round of negotiations went no further. Princeling insisted that the Vermont government should assist Cascadia without actually being at war itself, viewing the compromise as a way to both support its allies while also keeping Vermont out of harm's way from a war many felt wasn't their's to fight. Others, notably Vice President PurplePunch, wanted to accept Texas' offers for peace and become allies. President SergioTheCrafter, themselves a former Cascadian president, continued their support for the war. In the evening of July 3, the Vermont General Assembly voted to overturn the president's declaration of war. Texas declined to accept this withdraw, saying their war with Vermont would not conclude until a treaty was agreed to.

On July 4, Samisol used a loophole in the rules and Vermont's nation spawnpoint to have their name removed under Rule 2.1 (Nation named after inappropriate location). Evidently, the Vermont nation spawn was not in the U.S. state of Vermont, despite most of the capital town being in Vermont. With Vermont's name removed, Samisol created the nation of Vermont himself, declaring it to be the true Vermont, and joining Texas as a state. Shortly after this move, Texas proposed a treaty with Vermont which would have all of southern Vermont annexed into Texas, with Vermont itself contained into New England and Canada. Texas also demanded 1.2k in gold from Vermont to make up for Texas' expenditures in their Eastern Offensive. Both Sergio and Prince rejected this deal, despite LyoshaFury's increasingly desperate cries for peace. LyoshaFury would also claim in OFN channels that Vermont had no part in the war, and that Cascadia had "done nothing." This was quickly rebutted by Cascadian leadership, who stated they had already begun placing towns in Texas and were actively trying to help Vermont get its nation name back. When asked what they could do to help Vermont more, Princeling requested gold, and on July 9 the Cascadian Legislature issued a loan of 750g to be given to Vermont so long as they remained in the war. Vermont never accepted the gold due to their ongoing peace negotiations. On July 5, with anti-war sentiments mounting, the General Assembly voted to impeach Sergio, making PurplePunch president. With Sergio gone, Vermont entered into a 3rd round of peace negotiations. Texas demanded good relations with Vermont, that Vermont explicitly say they had surrendered, and the border agreement and gold payment from the previous round of negotiations. These terms were seemingly agreed to at first by President PurplePunch, though less supported by Princeling and others. Samisol then added that they could not "let Cascadia fuck this up" and that "The town of Weezer2 needs to be kicked from the nation tonight or the price of surrender goes up." Weezer2 was still in Cascadia at this time. On July 6, Vermont's nation name was returned to them by EMC mods and PurplePunch proposed a bill to surrender to Texas and agree to terms. The bill failed, likely due to lobbying from Princeling and others.

Outside peace negotiations, Texas continued its offensive into Vermont territory by capturing more towns, notably the anti-war town of Philadelphia. By July 17, nearly all of the American South was predominantly under Texan control, with Vermont pushed back to New England. On July 14, Princeling (who by this time was considered by many to be the de-facto leader of Vermont) published an OP-ED regarding the war to [[TBI]], which he used to justify Vermont's actions in the war thus far, including the anti-war sentiments in Vermont, his feelings regarding Texan aggression, and his thoughts on Vermont's new alliances with the NSR. Notably, the OP-ED criticized Cascadia and directly referred to them as a bad ally, going so far as to suggest that the war was entirely Cascadia's fault and that Vermont was beholden to their treaty agreements with Cascadia. On July 22, Vermont agreed to a ceasefire with Texas, with both sides promising not to place more siege towns, many towns poached from Vermont being given permanently to Texas, and Vermont paying 200g. Neither of these developments were taken lightly by Cascadia and other OFN allies, notably Laurentia and Havaiki (the latter of which still recalled Vermont's actions during the Zealandia Civil War). Vermont's actions leading up to this point even led Laurentian founder and former Cascadian President [[TylenolEC]] to post a vote to expel Vermont from the OFN on July 14. According to Tylenol and [[MasterEWild]], Vermont had not only been attempting to escape OFN obligations, but also their treaty obligations with their former nation of Laurentia. The vote would fail as most OFN members agreed it was better to keep working with Vermont even as they tried to leave the war. After the July 22 ceasefire, activity on the Eastern Front would mostly slow to a halt by late July, though sporadic Texan hunting against Vermonters would continue to keep Vermont engaged until the end of the war.

=== The 7/23 Nuking ===
On July 21, 2024, Raptor's term as President of Cascadia came to a close, and Lovelyfurball succeeded him. Furball had been Raptor's preferred choice, due to his involvement in the war up to that point, his recruiting skills, and his experience fighting wars in the Middle East as King of [[Aurora:Israel|Israel]]. Around 10:05 PM PT (12:05 AM CT; 1:05 AM EST) on July 22, Furball was attempting to add the "cesspool" role to Samisol shortly before going to bed. By accident, he instead gave Samisol the "admin" role, giving Samisol complete access to the Cascadian discord. Samisol then alerted a GC of high-ranking Texans and allied leaders. A plan of action was quickly formulated in-call: first, channels deemed 'noteworthy' would be downloaded via Samisol's modified discord client and packaged into a .rar file for later review. Samisol himself, alongside a younger Texan named jp.f, would complete the nuking. Nearly 300 Cascadians were banned or kicked, almost all roles were deleted, and all but 2 channels were deleted. To the amazement of Cascadian officials, these were the passed-laws and passed-resolution channels, the only channels needed to keep the institutions of the nation intact. The total 'active time' in the nuke was around 30min, and Cascadian response was delayed due to it being extremely early in the morning. Among the final changes was the name and icon of the server changed to "Total Texan Victory". As Cascadian leadership scrambled to figure out what had happened, Furball was removed from many government channels for fear of him being a Texan spy, and the government began to discuss how to reassure confidence amongst Cascadians after the nuking of the Discord. [[Arcadian]] and experienced Discord admin [[Dracnoian]] was given admin powers in the immediate aftermath of this incident, in order to help rebuild the discord from scratch. By morning on July 23, most channels and roles had been restored.

The personal security threat of the Texan nuking was also deemed extreme by many. Texas at this time was still harboring a number of known doxxers, most notably Bonzzil. Cascadian leaders were advised to change passwords on their accounts and check their personal internet footprints for leaks. The fact that Furball, who up to this point was still a major suspect in the nuking, had access to the casual GC with personal information of Cascadian leadership was also concerning. Rocksthunder, in an attempt to protect his personal information from being doxxed, would leave the GC and swear further fealty to Texas. At 11:03 PM PT, July 22, the cabinet declared Furball (who was asleep by that time) inable to exercise his powers as president, making Vice President Setrus Acting President. Furball, embarrassed by the incident and recognizing it would be difficult to recover from, officially resigned from the presidency at 10:41 AM PT on July 23. Texas would declare victory over Cascadia at 11:15 PM PT (1:15 AM CT; 2:15 AM EST), July 22, citing the nuking of the Cascadian discord and the capture of most of California. Cascadia immediately rejected the declaration of victory that same day, with Milgorn stating that "Cascadia firmly rejects the declaration of victory by Texas. The Texan bastards will pay for their action. We will never surrender, even if it is us against the world." An additional Cascadian response would be issued on July 26, making note of recent Texan bans (including some for doxxing), and promising the continue the war.

The nuking drew widespread reactions from across the international community. Nunavik, who effectively succeeded Laurentia around July 17, condemned Texas and demanded that they return the download of the Cascadian discord to Cascadia. Pilbara, whose involvement was limited to the placement of Weezer2, effectively withdrew their active involvement from the conflict due to Vermont's ceasefire and the nuking. In the aftermath of the 7/23 Nuking, the war would enter into a period of relative inactivity. Many in Texas believed that the war was effectively over, and that they had won it. Samisol's activity would begin to dwindle after the nuking, until he eventually quit and never returned in early August. The wartime presidencies of Rocky and Lukedcool (the latter of whom presided over the nuking) would fade into the activity and economic-focused presidency of JoeJoe77. For Cascadia, the 7/23 Nuking was a major milestone in both the war and the nation's history. It is considered by many to have been the most significant attack against Cascadia in the nation's history. It wouldn't be until several weeks later that Cascadia began to operate normally again, and counteroffensives returned as an option. Despite the loss of nearly 2 years of national history in the nuking, the event would eventually become a symbol of Cascadian resilience, often compared to the [[Battle of Oceanside]]. The 7/23 Nuking is also considered to have been the turning point of the war. As Raptor would say of the attack, quoting Winston Churchil, "The darkest hour is just before dawn."

=== The Cascadian Summer Offensive ===
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=== The Fall of Texas ===
Throughout the Summer of 2024, many significant Texan figures and close friends of North_Paso were banned including LivingHumanBeing, BonZZil, and TheAmazingMoe. Ghostyuu, then leader of the nation [[Aurora:USA|USA]], was responsible for these bans and notably utilized knowledge of doxx lists and other illegal behavior for the bans.

In early September 2024, a Discord call occurred between KARN4, 911saph, North_Paso, 2SCAVA (aka ChildMineWorker, CMW), and a furry known as Nephi affiliated with KARN4. The call acted as a conference between the Mexican Empire and Texas with the goal of sorting out border conflicts and other disagreements. 2SCAVA secretly recorded the call and posted them to the EarthMC Discord forums as three videos.[https://discord.com/channels/219863747248914433/1282883893116010496/1282883893116010496 <nowiki>[1]</nowiki>] Things quickly heated up between KARN4 and North_Paso, who was particularly frustrated about the failures of Texas forming the Rio Grande Empire, something that required parts of Northern Mexico, the Yucatan, and California. After 1 minute and 3 seconds into the third video, North_Paso stormed out of the call yelling, "Now I'm off my fucking rocker ... I gotta [5x] fucking leave I gotta- gotta fucking leave the VC so that I can fucking calm down. Lets talk again tomorrow, okay? I am fucking open to negotiations, I'm just a little upset, okay? I'll let you go and-see ya."[https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1251286254990000259/1282594487482454057/Paso_coke_freakout_3.mp4?ex=697514f3&is=6973c373&hm=e19a149c36aa7c8ba09a960b54cb7f19ea8af79c71e35f8d41ee96ba716b1c4f& <nowiki>[1]</nowiki>] A little afterwards this call, KARN4 would end up stealing the entirety of the I WANT GOLD casino profits, over 50,000 gold, which North_Paso had access to however kountr (friend of Ghostyuu) technically owned.

By the end, North_Paso stepped down from his title as king and quit EarthMC, although he later returned in 2025.

=== Negotiations & Peace ===
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== Aftermath ==
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== References ==

# Multiple Sources - [VIDEOS] North Paso crashing out after Mexican Empire Negotiations , leading to 50000g stolen. (2024). ''EarthMC Discord Forum''. - 2SCAVA. (2024, September 9). ''Untitled'' [Video]. Discord. <nowiki>https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1251286254990000259/1282563958028374017/Untitled_video_-_Made_with_Clipchamp.mp4?ex=6974f884&is=6973a704&hm=5969741762bb1b15755b64bb5caaacd53dfd4f70a108ad5809168df294cefbae&</nowiki> - 2SCAVA. (2024, September 9). ''paso coke freakout pt 2'' [Video]. Discord. <nowiki>https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1251286254990000259/1282594486928670730/paso_coke_freakout_pt_2.mp4?ex=697514f3&is=6973c373&hm=0492a3cbf1d4a428719190c4a93058eba42e8bb47d14dc33f98c9b9f68232114&</nowiki> - 2SCAVA. (2024, September 9). ''Paso coke freakout 3'' [Video]. Discord. <nowiki>https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1251286254990000259/1282594487482454057/Paso_coke_freakout_3.mp4?ex=697514f3&is=6973c373&hm=e19a149c36aa7c8ba09a960b54cb7f19ea8af79c71e35f8d41ee96ba716b1c4f&</nowiki>

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{{BattleTemplate
| name = Great American War
| image = [[File:CascadiaReachesHouston.webp|270px]]
| caption = Cascadian forces arriving in Houston, Circa August 2024
| date = June 24 - September 16, 2024 (2 months, 23 days)
| location = North America
| result = OFN Victory
| changes = Texan withdrawal from California & Mexico; First complete North American borders treaty agreed to (Treaty of Vancouver)
| beligerent1 = [[File:TexasFlag.webp|25px]] '''[[Texas]]'''
| beligerent2 = [[File:OFN.png|25px]] '''[[Organization of Free Nations]]:'''
*[[File:Flag of Cascadia.png|25px]] [[Cascadia]]
*[[File:VermontRepublicFlag.webp|25px]] [[Vermont]]
*[[File:HavaikiFlag2.png|25px]] [[Havaiki]]
*[[File:PilbaraFlagResized.png|25px]] [[Pilbara]]
*[[File:Vinland Flag.png|25px]] [[Laurentia]] (until 7/17)
*[[File:Wollaston.png|25px]] [[Wollaston]]
*[[File:MWU.png|25px]] [[Midwestern Union]]
[[File:1024px-Flag of Mexico.svg.png|25px]] [[Mexican Empire]] 
[[File:Soviet_Union.png|25px]] [[Rossiya]]
| leaders1 = [[File:TexasFlag.webp|25px]] '''[[North_Paso]]'''
*[[File:TexasFlag.webp|25px]] [[Bill 'Rocky' Moor]]
*[[File:TexasFlag.webp|25px]] [[Lukedcool]]
*[[File:TexasFlag.webp|25px]] [[JoeJoe77]]
*[[File:TexasFlag.webp|25px]] [[Samisol]] †
*[[File:TexasFlag.webp|25px]] [[Bonzzil]] †
*[[File:TexasFlag.webp|25px]] [[Karn4]]
*[[File:TexasFlag.webp|25px]] [[Ewhy_]]
*[[File:TexasFlag.webp|25px]] [[LivingHumanBeing]]
*[[File:TexasFlag.webp|25px]] [[TheAmazingMoe]] †
*[[File:TexasFlag.webp|25px]] [[Sometexan]]
| leaders2 = [[File:Flag of Cascadia.png|25px]] '''[[Raptormm4]]'''
[[File:Flag of Cascadia.png|25px]] '''[[Lovelyfurball]]''' (until 7/23) 
[[File:Flag of Cascadia.png|25px]] '''[[Setrus]]''' 
[[File:Flag of Cascadia.png|25px]] '''[[Paradox_1080]]''' (until 8/30) 
[[File:Flag of Cascadia.png|25px]] '''[[Paper1emur]]'''
*[[File:Flag of Cascadia.png|25px]] [[FieryMatter]] (after 7/2)
*[[File:Flag of Cascadia.png|25px]] [[Dracnoian]] (after 7/11)
*[[File:Flag of Cascadia.png|25px]] [[Akeboun]]
*[[File:Flag of Cascadia.png|25px]] [[RAWRyoutube]]
[[File:VermontRepublicFlag.webp|25px]] '''[[SergioTheCrafter]]''' (until 7/5) 
[[File:VermontRepublicFlag.webp|25px]] '''[[Purplepunch]]''' 
[[File:VermontRepublicFlag.webp|25px]] '''[[Mikesworldus]]'''
*[[File:VermontRepublicFlag.webp|25px]] [[Princeling]]
*[[File:VermontRepublicFlag.webp|25px]] [[Xeocas]]
*[[File:VermontRepublicFlag.webp|25px]] [[Farosh_]]
[[File:HavaikiFlag2.png|25px]] '''[[Zqben]]''' 
[[File:HavaikiFlag2.png|25px]] '''[[FoxClient]]''' 
[[File:HavaikiFlag2.png|25px]] '''[[Ahea]]''' 
[[File:PilbaraFlagResized.png|25px]] '''[[Kobikraft]]'''
*[[File:PilbaraFlagResized.png|25px]] [[Panth_r]]
[[File:Vinland Flag.png|25px]] '''[[TylenolEC]]''' 
[[File:1024px-Flag of Mexico.svg.png|25px]] '''[[CMW]]'''
}}The '''Great American War''', also known as the '''Great North American War''', or as the '''Texas War''' in Cascadia, was a large intercontinental conflict between the [[Cascadia|Republic of Cascadia]] and its [[Organization of Free Nations|OFN allies]], and the [[Aurora:The Kingdom of Texas|Kingdom of Texas]]. It is considered a significant part of North America's history.

== Background ==

=== Cascadia-Texas Tensions ===
In November 2023, a player named Hersheylr arrived in Texas, having previously spending time in Cascadia and contributing to the end of the [[RMF Wars]]. While in Texas, Hershey obtained perms to the Texan capital of Houston and Texas at large. He severely damaged the Texan capitol and kicked towns from Texas, which was a considerable loss in materials and power for the nation. On December 18, 2023, Texas declared war on Cascadia, claiming that Cascadia was involved in planning and backing the attack. A Discord announcement by the Texan King, [[North_Paso]], would become infamous due to the way it compared several notable Cascadians to the Christian [[wikipedia:Seven_deadly_sins|seven deadly sins]]. This would mark Texas' entry into the [[Wagner War]], with Texas and other Cascadian enemies, notably [[Chad]] (aka [[Osoyoos (political faction)|Osoyoos]]), planning on using the server's then-new overclaim functionality to take chunks from Cascadian towns and force them to submit to the rule of the Reformed Republic of Cascadia. Ultimately, the war became inactive after [[Wagner]] was able to only take one chunk of Cascadian territory from the town of [[Chaeronea]], and ended de facto in March 2024 after the [[San Francisco Offensive of 2024]]. Notably no official peace treaty was ever signed and the Wagner War is considered by some the start of the later and larger conflict, the Great American War.

During the spring of 2024, the Cascadian government typically treated Texas with reserved resentment, and generally nothing more than a distant threat. Due to Texas being the closest remaining Wagner-aligned nation to Cascadia, it was still treated with particular concern by the Cascadian Department of Defense, and the newly formed [[National Security Agency]]. On May 23, 2024, the NSA received an offer from former Cascadian and [[Michoacán]] leader [[CMW]] to have him spy on Texas in exchange for Cascadian support of a revived Michoacán/Mexico. At the time, Texas controlled a significant area of Northern Texas and the Yucatan. The NSA accepted the offer, and CMW would provide intelligence from the Texan legislature and cabinet until his Cascadia-backed secession on June 16.

On May 28, Cascadian officials were alerted to the beginnings of a chain of Texan towns moving in the direction of California. At the same time, prominent mayors in California alerted defense officials that [[Ewhy]], who now owned the town of Sacramento in Northern California, was attempting to get them to secede with him and join Texas. It was at that point that the Cascadian Department of Defense began to put together war plans in preparation for a Texan invasion. The possibility of Texas using towns meticulously placed within and nearby Cascadian territory to launch another attempt at a mass overclaiming campaign was the primary concern of Cascadian defense officials. North_Paso was banned by 32Andrew on May 29th, 2024 for using forged evidence in a ticket, however he was quickly unbanned.

=== OFN Crises ===
In the [[Organization of Free Nations]], a couple of crises were ongoing amongst the member states. In Cascadia, officials were attempting to negotiate an non-aggression pact and border treaty with the [[Aurora:North Sea Republic|North Sea Republic]] (NSR), who controlled San Francisco. Tensions between the NSR and Cascadia had been high since San Francisco joined the NSR after the Wagner War, to the point that the rivalry between the two has been labelled the [[Cascadia-NSR Cold War]]. Although Cascadian and NSR officials had been somewhat opposed to negotiations for some time, in late May 2024, [[Aurora:Vermont|Vermont]] began to mediate negotiations in an attempt to end the tensions between their two allies. A non-aggression pact was quickly agreed to, though negotiations nearly fell apart as the two sides debated a border agreement. The NSR, pushed by NFISH, desired an agreement where the NSR would be allowed to claim almost any territory in North America outside the Cascadian Metro. Cascadia, in response, pushed for an agreement where the NSR would only be tolerated to claim territory in California and Nevada. During this debate, Cascadian President [[Raptormm4]] would remark that the NSR (whose capital was on the island of Ireland) was a government "From fucking Ireland." This became known as the [[Aurora:"Fucking Ireland" Incident|"Fucking Ireland" incident]]. Negotiations between the two continued for over a month, held together by both sides wishing to please Vermont and not be the first side to break off negotiations. The negotiations would not end until the Treaty of Los Angeles, with NSR settlement limited to the areas south of Nevada's northern border. The final agreement was agreed to by Cascadian officials in order to focus dealing with the increasing threat of Texas.

In [[Aurora:Havaiki|Havaiki]], the [[Zealandia Civil War]] was brewing. The war began on May 29, 2024, when a mayor named Bacon seceded from Havaiki after Havaiki refused to adopt certain amendments to its constitution. Bacon, who was mayor of the north New Zealand town of Port Jason, and a small number of other mayors, declared independence as the nation of [[Zealandia]], and came into open conflict with Havaiki. While Havaiki received strong support from most of its OFN allies, especially Cascadia and Pilbara, Vermont attempted to blame Havaiki for the conflict. [[Princeling]], who at this time was still a major figure in Vermont, would refuse to condemn Zealandia, and would ultimately be one of many voices calling for peace in the region. The war ultimately came to an end with a recognition of Zealandian independence and a ceasefire line on June 15.

In the [[Caucasian Republic]], the OFN came into a crises between one of their member states and the nation of [[Turkey (Aurora)|Turkey]]. The Caucasian Republic joined the OFN on May 11, 2024, having transitioned into a democratic republic in April. However, in late May, the Caucasian Republic's leadership came into a disagreement over their borders with neighboring Turkey. On June 4, Turkey overclaimed the Caucasian Republic's capital of Don Host. The Caucasian Republic's leader and founder, PastaMaster, resigned five days later due to the crisis. In the process, he declared Don Host surrendered to Turkey.

=== Internal Texan Crises ===
During June 2024, Texas entered into a series of internal crises. This began on May 29, when Paso was banned for conspiring to fake evidence in a ticket that led to the banning of former Cascadian [[EstiQT]]. Paso attempted to calm worried citizens in the aftermath of his ban, saying that "I want to reassure people that despite this, I will be unbanned. This is nothing to worry about. If worse comes to worse, [[LivingHumanBeing]] will take over." 8 days later, on June 6, the Texan President, Saddam, resigned in the wake of Paso's ban. Following Saddam's resignation, a power struggle arose in the Texan senate, with Texan Senator Luke declaring that as Saddam's "#2" he should immediately become president. At the same time, [[Bon Kranch]] began pushing for the abolition of the presidential system and for him to become dictator under Paso. In an attempt to gain legitimacy and popular support, CMW, alongside Texas Senator [[Sometexan]], proposed that an immediate nationwide election be held to choose a new President. All 3 of these factions put respective votes before the Texas Senate, with the choice of an election winning with near-unilateral support. Elections would begin later that night, with notable candidates including Sometexan and [[Bill 'Rocky' Moor]], who choose CMW as his Vice President. Rocky was declared the winner on June 9, the same day that North_Paso (and EstiQT) would be unbanned from EMC. Out of fear of leaks to anti-government factions, the Texan cabinet was kept particularly secure, with only 5 members initially having access to it: Bon Kranch, CMW, Rocky, K S, and Sometexan.

On June 8, a number of West Texas towns, upset by Paso's reign as king and seeing his ban as an opportunity for revolution, seceded to form the [[Texan Union]]. The revolutionary nation was based in the large town of Dallas, and took around 3 other towns with it. The revolutionaries demanded that Texas become a democratic republic and do away with the monarchy in the process. Before they officially seceded, the revolution's leaders, Morflux and Violent_Vision, attempted to reach out to the OFN for support. While some OFN members attempted to support the Texan Union, usually through strategic advice, OFN and Cascadian support for the rebellion quickly dwindled as its leaders would discuss their war plans in local chat, quickly leaking it to Texan reconnaissance. Due to the scale of the infighting in the Texas, Cascadian intelligence would remain interested for some time in the prospect of fermenting a larger revolt against Paso, proposing tactics such as spreading propaganda books about Paso's past to Texan mayors and sending propaganda DMs to Texans on Discord. Ultimately, none of these plans would be put into action. The [[Dallas Uprising]] would continue until Morflux's resignation in late June, with the Texan Union's second President, Violent_Vision, surrendering to Texas on June 21.

== Prelude to war ==

=== Events in Mexico ===
Beginning in 2023 with the slow decline of the [[First Mexican Empire]], Texas had gradually increased its own influence over Mexico. This was especially evident in northeast Texas, near the Rio Grande, and in the Yucatan. In an attempt to avoid a conflict, the [[Aurora:North American Union|NAU]]/Mexico agreed that these areas could be under Texan sovereignty, though they were prepared to oppose Texas if they ever decided to threaten the few remaining major towns, notably [[Hermosillo]]. It is generally agreed that Paso's goal in the settlement of Mexico was to conquer most of the country in order to form an empire similar to that of Nova's [[Rio Grande|Rio Grande Empire]]. Paso was, however, hesitant to move too quickly in Mexico, fearing retaliation from the veteran leadership of the NAU. In late May 2024, Paso began to encourage industrial specialization and development in the several districts of Texas, including an upgraded casino at the Texan capitol and new farms in the rapidly developing Yucatan.

By June 9, 2024, CMW had begun to work towards reviving Michoacán in southwestern Mexico, while remaining in Texas. This would briefly cause some tensions with Saph and the remnants of the Mexican Empire, as Michoacán was outside the area Texas had officially claimed up to that point. In order to avoid a conflict, Paso ordered CMW to join Mexico while remaining in the Texas government, since he believed that "Saph only cares about the color on a map." This decision was also apparently made to avoid more problems on top of the internal crises that Texas was facing at the time. Paso's plan was to have CMW secretly recruit Mexican towns while in Mexico to eventually rejoin Texas as the State of Michoacán. While CMW would begin speaking to other Mexican mayors, Paso was not aware that it was to bring them into a stronger, independent Mexican nation, not Texas. Unfortunately for Cascadian intelligence, this plan would greatly speed up the time they had with CMW in Texas, as CMW would now need to declare independence as a set time rather than waiting for Texas to collapse in on itself.

Around June 11, Texas was struggling from even more internal struggles and further difficulties in Mexico. Saph had forced Texas to kick 2 towns in Baja, and the continued game of cat and mouse between Texas and Mexico kept the foreign affairs of the Texan government quite occupied. It should be noted that the events from June 10-14 took place while EMC was down for maintenance. Internally, Texas was also facing yet more division. On June 11, CMW described the situation to Cascadian intelligence with 5 different factions: The Michoacán, led by CMW and Thinkfast in Mexico, the lower senate, consisting of non-government senators growing gradually more opposed to the Rocky Administration, the Rocky Administration, which was backed by Paso, the Rocky opposition, led by Sometexan and possibly backed by LivingHumanBeing, and the Dallas Rebels, who were in the process of being destroyed. By this time, CMW had been replaced as Vice President due to his attempts to side with Sometexan's opposition faction. On June 12, Rocky passed the Diplomatic Regulations Bill, which made it illegal to conduct negotiations without government permission or to discuss Texas foreign policy with foreigners. This was in response to Saph getting a hold of a Texan claim map which violated Mexican sovereignty, though to this date it remains unknown who provided it to her. During this incident, Sometexan was interrogated as a possible suspect, in the process revealing the opposition and its membership, effectively destroying it. This led almost immediately to secession amongst the various opposition members, with Sometexan fleeing to Nebraska where he would shortly thereafter become a Texas state.

On June 15, Michoacán declared independence from Texas, declaring itself completely free of Texan rule and criticizing the policies of both Paso and the Rocky Administration. The secession was backed by Cascadian funding that had been secretly transferred to Michoacán earlier that day. On June 18, Paso proposed a new claim map in Mexico, which had almost all of Mexico within Texas territory. This map was completely rebuked by Mexican officials, though by that point there was little they could do. Critically, the map included the territory of Michoacán as Texan.

=== Communist Oklahoma ===
On June 7, 2024, [[Moxie|Moxiecodone]] began receiving DMs from Ewhy_ recruiting her to join Texas. Not having any interest in joining Texas, Moxie and Cascadian Vice President [[Setrus]] decided to perform a non-government sanctioned private psychological operation (psyop) on Texan leadership. Moxie told Ewhy that her and Setrus were getting tired of Cascadia and were considering leaving, prompting North_Paso to start DMing Setrus. The two decided to tell North_Paso that they were interested in leaving Cascadia, saying that Cascadia "Wasn't gay enough". Setrus and Moxie would then begin to rant about their plans, including the foundation of a gay and socialist nation closer to Texas. This rant eventually led to the pair presenting a map of where they wanted to settle, choosing to settle in a location marked in Oklahoma. Setrus also said he'd be getting upwards of 70 active players from a 580 member discord server he owned, providing the link to said real server to Texas, who by now had talked about the group within their upper government. Texas, seeing that the server was in fact real with some server members playing into the bit, immediately became quite concerned by this possibility.

Thus, Texas officials attempted to organize a voice call to discuss the rebellion and how they could work alongside Texas. Instead, Setrus and Moxie ghosted them until June 9, when they said that they decided for sure to form a nation in Oklahoma, wishing Texas good luck. On June 11, Setrus put together a fake constitution for the fake nation named the Queer Cummunocracy of Oklahoma. Eventually, concerned about the concept of a large, gay, socialist nation popping up on their northern border, Texas began to push for the group to join the Texas meganation and settle further northwest, in Colorado. On June 11, a VC was held between Setrus, his non-EMC friend posed as a co-founder, and Texan President Bill 'Rocky' Moor, with Rocky informing the duo that "If you settle somewhere else, or you are not under Texas, we will have a problem. And I have no reservations about going to war after the fact, if you decide to violate this agreement. Now under the Texas government you would be able to have an N-spawn, but every other town must be under Texas...." After Setrus agreed to speak to his people on Rocky's proposal of settling further northwest, Rocky gave the [["I Do Not Give A Shit"|now-infamous response]], "Good, and if it don't work with your people I do not give a shit. If it's a democracy, whip the Goddamn votes. Call a vote, call another one, and call another one, until it passes. And if it don't pass, don't come to me with that as an excuse." On June 18, another VC was held, with Setrus trying to gain more information on what was happening in Texas before they would supposedly join. After this call, Paso broke off the negotiations, saying "We're done here." Cascadian intelligence would find that the psyop was treated completely seriously by the Texan government, and was one of the many crises (alongside the events in Mexico and internal divisions in Texas) that kept Texas from going forth with their invasion plans during early June. The psyop would continue to be used to spread paranoia in Texas until it finally began to wither out in early July.

=== Invasion of California ===
By June 2024, Ewhy was the owner of the town of Sacramento, holding the California nation name. The town and nation had long been a problem in northern California for Jefferson and Cascadia. On June 7, 2024, Ewhy began trying to poach both Jeffersonian and Cascadian mayors in California, including Moxie, telling her: "Moxie why don't you guys just join Texas? If you don't like Cascadia government. Texas is good." These early attempts at poaching were not successful, but did make it clear to Cascadian officials the intention of Texas to begin making their way into California, especially with a line of Texas towns quickly expanding west. On June 18, Sacramento officially joined the Texas nation, marking the first time that Texas had undisputedly invaded Cascadian territory. Almost immediately following this, the Cascadian government began to make final preparations for war to begin, and issued warnings to the OFN that the security situation in California was rapidly devolving, and for other OFN members to make preparations. Havaiki, Cascadia's closest ally at this point in time, was specifically informed that a war with Texas was imminent, and to take proper preparations.

On June 22, Raptor ordered Secretary of State [[Milgorn123]] to issue to Texas a diplomatic complaint regarding their actions in California and demand a conversation with them. This would be the last attempt at a peaceful resolution to the conflict. On June 23, Milgorn issued the complaint, and shortly thereafter a GC was created for negotiations between Raptor, Milgorn, North_Paso, and President Rocky. Cascadian officials directly informed Rocky of the attempts at poaching Cascadian mayors and the direct violations of the Cascadian claim map. The demand was made that Texas respect Cascadia's territorial sovereignty. The ultimatum was given a deadline of 9:00 AM PT (11:00 AM CT). The next morning, at 9:24 AM PT, Rocky refused to "cede Texan towns against the will of said towns without just compensation." Raptor would request an authorization of military force against Texas from the House of Representatives 6 minutes later. The resolution passed at 8:07 PM PT, June 24, 2024, officially marking the beginning of the war. Before news reached of the Cascadian declaration, Texas unilaterally declared war on Cascadia on their own accord, at 9:16 PM PT (11:16 PM CT). Technically, Texas never considered themselves at peace with Cascadia after the de facto end of the Wagner War, but made an announcement nonetheless. The OFN was informed shortly after the AUMF was issued that Cascadia had activated Article 5 of the OFN Charter, declaring that they were being invaded by Texas and activating the mutual defense clause of the OFN. Havaiki, Vermont, Pilbara, and Laurentia would thus declare war on Texas shortly thereafter. Vermont, notably, declared war through an executive order issued by President [[SergioTheCrafter]], as there was no set war powers in their constitution at the time. Rocky would raise the argument in his war speech that they had been contacted by towns in California seeking to escape the "tyranny and injustice that lays within Cascadian Walls" and join a "True Republic." Texas would continue to maintain that Cascadia were the aggressors in the conflict until the end of the war.

== Course of the war ==
The Cascadian plan at the outset of the Great American War was to invade Texas from all possible fronts until eventually winning an outright victory, forcing Texas to withdraw from the lands west of the Rockies. On a large scale, Cascadian planners intended to use Cascadia's many allies to surround Texas. From the west, Cascadia would hold their ground in California and move towards Texas. In the east, Vermont would be amongst the first to arrive in Texas proper. In the south, Mexico would begin to combat Texan claims in south of the Rio Grande and hunt Texans outside claims. And in the north, Cascadian Intelligence intended to use a propaganda campaign to revive a pro-democracy rebellion in Texas who could apply more pressure on Paso. At the onset of the war, Cascadian officials also attempted to convince the NAU to enter the war against Texas, citing that Texas would likely come for them next. The NAU declined. While Cascadia had set in motion many of these initial war plans, it declined to inform the OFN of them, making the assumption that such actions would have either been common sense or would come into being shortly.

The first war plan attempted by Cascadian was Operation John Brown, a plan to overclaim a significant portion of Sacramento. This plan was originally going to be put into place on June 24, but was delayed as Raptor and Cascadian diplomats awaited the passing of the AUMF. Once the AUMF was passed, the operation faced further delays as no one was able to withdraw gold and get it to an online holder to undergo the overclaiming. Ultimately, the operation would be cancelled the next day, after Sacramento realized their weakness and enabled overclaim shield. The second plan worked out by Cascadian leadership came to be known as Operation Alamo, and focused on the invasion of Texas proper. The plan, put into place on June 26, was to place 3 towns in the core of Texas' territory: San_Antonio, in Central Texas, USS_Lexington, off the coast of Houston, and an unnamed town in northeast Texas. The goal was to use these towns as an outpost to hunt Texans, impress Cascadia's ability to wage war upon Texans, and to eventually overclaim underpopulated Texan towns, notably Port Lavaca and eventually Houston. Ultimately, Operation Alamo would also be cancelled as Cascadia lacked the holders at the time to properly organize the plan. Milgorn, a Texas native who volunteered to provide a holder for USS_Lexington, would be asked about the issue until mid-July, when the plan was effectively abandoned.

=== The Texas Western Offensive ===
At the onset of the war Texas would launch two major offensives, both focuses on poaching and overclaiming enemy towns. In the west, this effort was focused on Cascadia, especially in California and the Cascadian Metro. On all fronts, most of these efforts were commanded by [[Samisol]], the mayor of Rio Grande. Samisol was noted for his ability to sway and control others, especially younger and more easily convinced players. He was also noted on the Eastern Front for his PvP abilities and using them to extort mayors into joining Texas. Across the Western Front, Texas saw very little success poaching Cascadian towns, with Cascadian mayors long adjusted and prepared for the threats of poachers. In California, Texas instead succeeded in poaching towns which were already hostile to Cascadia. Sometime after July 17, 2024, the Norcallian towns of Silicon Valley, San Diego, and California (town) joined Texas. Eventually, a break-up in the friend group of [[Ghostyuu]] and Bonzzil would lead to the towns formerly beloning to the New California Republic in Nevada would also join Texas at Bonzzil's suggestion. On July 18, the town of South Lost Coast was poached by Samisol, who then used it to overclaim and hold at ransom the historic district of Lost Coast proper. In an attempt to get back his items and historic buildings, [[Rocksthunder]] and many other [[Jeffcadians]] would join Texas.

Further north, Samisol raised town holders to place claimblock towns across the Cascadian Metro. This included OBLOCKFENTGANG, which claimblocked [[Oceanside]] (now Astoria) on June 25. The former RMF towns of Catalina, Bakhmut, I_WANT_GOLD, and Astoria (Bon_Kraunch) also joined Texas shortly thereafter. Texas' Western Offensive reached its furthest point on June 30, when Mackenzie_CFOB was founded just north of [[Corgo's Pass]]. The towns of SodaGang and TK_ville would also be founded near the northern border of Vancouver on July 13 and 15.

Although the Western Offensive was successful in penetrating the Cascadian homeland, it ultimately failed to significantly dent Cascadia's morale or ability to respond. The most significant incidents from the Western Offensive were the successful claimblockings of Oceanside (which continues to the present), Corgo's Pass, and Vancouver. In Corgo's Pass, a large lesbian pride flag was built to overshadow Mackenzie_CFOB. The Western Front during this phase of the war also saw the beginnings of the invasion of Texas proper, with Cascadia successfully reaching the gates of Houston on July 6. A chain of towns which had begun to be set up shortly before the war would culminate in the establishment of Texas (town), and the Pilbaran siege town of Weezer2 outside Houston and Port Lavaca. These towns were originally designed to be the beginning of the larger Operation Alamo counteroffensive, but would instead be the only OFN towns in Texas proper until the Cascadian Summer Offensive. Until then, Cascadian efforts on the Western Front would be focused on securing unclaimed areas in Cascadian territory through homestead grants.

=== The Texas Eastern Offensive ===
On the Eastern Front, Samisol saw much greater success with poaching, hunting, and placing towns. The initial Cascadian plan for the Eastern Front was for Vermont to provide general assistance, mostly through funds and gear, to the war effort, before eventually mobilizing their large population to lead their own invasion of the Texas homeland from the east. Cascadian officials were not aware at that time that Vermont was relatively poor, and their citizens unprepared for any kind of conflict. Texas launched the Eastern Offensive around the beginning of July, creating a chain of towns approaching the Vermont Metro. Alongside this, Texas had already begun a large-spread campaign of hunting and threatening Vermont mayors (especially those in the American South). By July 3, Vermont Assemblyman LyoshaFury pushed the government into the first of many rounds of negotiations with Texas leadership. The threat of hunting and overclaim was already considered too much by many Vermonters, and anti-war sentiments had begun to worsen across the nation. These sentiments were only worsened by the opinions of Vermont's pacifist founder Princeling. During the first round of negotiations, Texas demanded Vermont's unconditional surrender, aiming to take them out of the war quickly and focus on Cascadia. Vermont refused this offer, insisting on a negotiated peace that returned towns Texas had poached from them in the American South. The first round of negotiations went no further. Princeling insisted that the Vermont government should assist Cascadia without actually being at war itself, viewing the compromise as a way to both support its allies while also keeping Vermont out of harm's way from a war many felt wasn't their's to fight. Others, notably Vice President PurplePunch, wanted to accept Texas' offers for peace and become allies. President SergioTheCrafter, themselves a former Cascadian president, continued their support for the war. In the evening of July 3, the Vermont General Assembly voted to overturn the president's declaration of war. Texas declined to accept this withdraw, saying their war with Vermont would not conclude until a treaty was agreed to.

On July 4, Samisol used a loophole in the rules and Vermont's nation spawnpoint to have their name removed under Rule 2.1 (Nation named after inappropriate location). Evidently, the Vermont nation spawn was not in the U.S. state of Vermont, despite most of the capital town being in Vermont. With Vermont's name removed, Samisol created the nation of Vermont himself, declaring it to be the true Vermont, and joining Texas as a state. Shortly after this move, Texas proposed a treaty with Vermont which would have all of southern Vermont annexed into Texas, with Vermont itself contained into New England and Canada. Texas also demanded 1.2k in gold from Vermont to make up for Texas' expenditures in their Eastern Offensive. Both Sergio and Prince rejected this deal, despite LyoshaFury's increasingly desperate cries for peace. LyoshaFury would also claim in OFN channels that Vermont had no part in the war, and that Cascadia had "done nothing." This was quickly rebutted by Cascadian leadership, who stated they had already begun placing towns in Texas and were actively trying to help Vermont get its nation name back. When asked what they could do to help Vermont more, Princeling requested gold, and on July 9 the Cascadian Legislature issued a loan of 750g to be given to Vermont so long as they remained in the war. Vermont never accepted the gold due to their ongoing peace negotiations. On July 5, with anti-war sentiments mounting, the General Assembly voted to impeach Sergio, making PurplePunch president. With Sergio gone, Vermont entered into a 3rd round of peace negotiations. Texas demanded good relations with Vermont, that Vermont explicitly say they had surrendered, and the border agreement and gold payment from the previous round of negotiations. These terms were seemingly agreed to at first by President PurplePunch, though less supported by Princeling and others. Samisol then added that they could not "let Cascadia fuck this up" and that "The town of Weezer2 needs to be kicked from the nation tonight or the price of surrender goes up." Weezer2 was still in Cascadia at this time. On July 6, Vermont's nation name was returned to them by EMC mods and PurplePunch proposed a bill to surrender to Texas and agree to terms. The bill failed, likely due to lobbying from Princeling and others.

Outside peace negotiations, Texas continued its offensive into Vermont territory by capturing more towns, notably the anti-war town of Philadelphia. By July 17, nearly all of the American South was predominantly under Texan control, with Vermont pushed back to New England. On July 14, Princeling (who by this time was considered by many to be the de-facto leader of Vermont) published an OP-ED regarding the war to [[TBI]], which he used to justify Vermont's actions in the war thus far, including the anti-war sentiments in Vermont, his feelings regarding Texan aggression, and his thoughts on Vermont's new alliances with the NSR. Notably, the OP-ED criticized Cascadia and directly referred to them as a bad ally, going so far as to suggest that the war was entirely Cascadia's fault and that Vermont was beholden to their treaty agreements with Cascadia. On July 22, Vermont agreed to a ceasefire with Texas, with both sides promising not to place more siege towns, many towns poached from Vermont being given permanently to Texas, and Vermont paying 200g. Neither of these developments were taken lightly by Cascadia and other OFN allies, notably Laurentia and Havaiki (the latter of which still recalled Vermont's actions during the Zealandia Civil War). Vermont's actions leading up to this point even led Laurentian founder and former Cascadian President [[TylenolEC]] to post a vote to expel Vermont from the OFN on July 14. According to Tylenol and [[MasterEWild]], Vermont had not only been attempting to escape OFN obligations, but also their treaty obligations with their former nation of Laurentia. The vote would fail as most OFN members agreed it was better to keep working with Vermont even as they tried to leave the war. After the July 22 ceasefire, activity on the Eastern Front would mostly slow to a halt by late July, though sporadic Texan hunting against Vermonters would continue to keep Vermont engaged until the end of the war.

=== The 7/23 Nuking ===
On July 21, 2024, Raptor's term as President of Cascadia came to a close, and Lovelyfurball succeeded him. Furball had been Raptor's preferred choice, due to his involvement in the war up to that point, his recruiting skills, and his experience fighting wars in the Middle East as King of [[Aurora:Israel|Israel]]. Around 10:05 PM PT (12:05 AM CT; 1:05 AM EST) on July 22, Furball was attempting to add the "cesspool" role to Samisol shortly before going to bed. By accident, he instead gave Samisol the "admin" role, giving Samisol complete access to the Cascadian discord. Samisol then alerted a GC of high-ranking Texans and allied leaders. A plan of action was quickly formulated in-call: first, channels deemed 'noteworthy' would be downloaded via Samisol's modified discord client and packaged into a .rar file for later review. Samisol himself, alongside a younger Texan named jp.f, would complete the nuking. Nearly 300 Cascadians were banned or kicked, almost all roles were deleted, and all but 2 channels were deleted. To the amazement of Cascadian officials, these were the passed-laws and passed-resolution channels, the only channels needed to keep the institutions of the nation intact. The total 'active time' in the nuke was around 30min, and Cascadian response was delayed due to it being extremely early in the morning. Among the final changes was the name and icon of the server changed to "Total Texan Victory". As Cascadian leadership scrambled to figure out what had happened, Furball was removed from many government channels for fear of him being a Texan spy, and the government began to discuss how to reassure confidence amongst Cascadians after the nuking of the Discord. [[Arcadian]] and experienced Discord admin [[Dracnoian]] was given admin powers in the immediate aftermath of this incident, in order to help rebuild the discord from scratch. By morning on July 23, most channels and roles had been restored.

The personal security threat of the Texan nuking was also deemed extreme by many. Texas at this time was still harboring a number of known doxxers, most notably Bonzzil. Cascadian leaders were advised to change passwords on their accounts and check their personal internet footprints for leaks. The fact that Furball, who up to this point was still a major suspect in the nuking, had access to the casual GC with personal information of Cascadian leadership was also concerning. Rocksthunder, in an attempt to protect his personal information from being doxxed, would leave the GC and swear further fealty to Texas. At 11:03 PM PT, July 22, the cabinet declared Furball (who was asleep by that time) inable to exercise his powers as president, making Vice President Setrus Acting President. Furball, embarrassed by the incident and recognizing it would be difficult to recover from, officially resigned from the presidency at 10:41 AM PT on July 23. Texas would declare victory over Cascadia at 11:15 PM PT (1:15 AM CT; 2:15 AM EST), July 22, citing the nuking of the Cascadian discord and the capture of most of California. Cascadia immediately rejected the declaration of victory that same day, with Milgorn stating that "Cascadia firmly rejects the declaration of victory by Texas. The Texan bastards will pay for their action. We will never surrender, even if it is us against the world." An additional Cascadian response would be issued on July 26, making note of recent Texan bans (including some for doxxing), and promising the continue the war.

The nuking drew widespread reactions from across the international community. Nunavik, who effectively succeeded Laurentia around July 17, condemned Texas and demanded that they return the download of the Cascadian discord to Cascadia. Pilbara, whose involvement was limited to the placement of Weezer2, effectively withdrew their active involvement from the conflict due to Vermont's ceasefire and the nuking. In the aftermath of the 7/23 Nuking, the war would enter into a period of relative inactivity. Many in Texas believed that the war was effectively over, and that they had won it. Samisol's activity would begin to dwindle after the nuking, until he eventually quit and never returned in early August. The wartime presidencies of Rocky and Lukedcool (the latter of whom presided over the nuking) would fade into the activity and economic-focused presidency of JoeJoe77. For Cascadia, the 7/23 Nuking was a major milestone in both the war and the nation's history. It is considered by many to have been the most significant attack against Cascadia in the nation's history. It wouldn't be until several weeks later that Cascadia began to operate normally again, and counteroffensives returned as an option. Despite the loss of nearly 2 years of national history in the nuking, the event would eventually become a symbol of Cascadian resilience, often compared to the [[Battle of Oceanside]]. The 7/23 Nuking is also considered to have been the turning point of the war. As Raptor would say of the attack, quoting Winston Churchil, "The darkest hour is just before dawn."

=== The Cascadian Summer Offensive ===
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=== The Fall of Texas ===
Throughout the Summer of 2024, many significant Texan figures and close friends of North_Paso were banned including LivingHumanBeing, BonZZil, and TheAmazingMoe. Ghostyuu, then leader of the nation [[Aurora:USA|USA]], was responsible for these bans and notably utilized knowledge of doxx lists and other illegal behavior for the bans.

In early September 2024, a Discord call occurred between KARN4, 911saph, North_Paso, 2SCAVA (aka ChildMineWorker, CMW), and a furry known as Nephi affiliated with KARN4. The call acted as a conference between the Mexican Empire and Texas with the goal of sorting out border conflicts and other disagreements. 2SCAVA secretly recorded the call and posted them to the EarthMC Discord forums as three videos.[https://discord.com/channels/219863747248914433/1282883893116010496/1282883893116010496 <nowiki>[1]</nowiki>] Things quickly heated up between KARN4 and North_Paso, who was particularly frustrated about the failures of Texas forming the Rio Grande Empire, something that required parts of Northern Mexico, the Yucatan, and California. After 1 minute and 3 seconds into the third video, North_Paso stormed out of the call yelling, "Now I'm off my fucking rocker ... I gotta [5x] fucking leave I gotta- gotta fucking leave the VC so that I can fucking calm down. Lets talk again tomorrow, okay? I am fucking open to negotiations, I'm just a little upset, okay? I'll let you go and-see ya."[https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1251286254990000259/1282594487482454057/Paso_coke_freakout_3.mp4?ex=697514f3&is=6973c373&hm=e19a149c36aa7c8ba09a960b54cb7f19ea8af79c71e35f8d41ee96ba716b1c4f& <nowiki>[1]</nowiki>] A little afterwards this call, KARN4 would end up stealing the entirety of the I WANT GOLD casino profits, over 50,000 gold, which North_Paso had access to however kountr (friend of Ghostyuu) technically owned.

By the end, North_Paso stepped down from his title as king and quit EarthMC, although he later returned in 2025.

=== Negotiations & Peace ===
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== Aftermath ==
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== References ==

# Multiple Sources - [VIDEOS] North Paso crashing out after Mexican Empire Negotiations , leading to 50000g stolen. (2024). ''EarthMC Discord Forum''. - 2SCAVA. (2024, September 9). ''Untitled'' [Video]. Discord. <nowiki>https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1251286254990000259/1282563958028374017/Untitled_video_-_Made_with_Clipchamp.mp4?ex=6974f884&is=6973a704&hm=5969741762bb1b15755b64bb5caaacd53dfd4f70a108ad5809168df294cefbae&</nowiki> - 2SCAVA. (2024, September 9). ''paso coke freakout pt 2'' [Video]. Discord. <nowiki>https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1251286254990000259/1282594486928670730/paso_coke_freakout_pt_2.mp4?ex=697514f3&is=6973c373&hm=0492a3cbf1d4a428719190c4a93058eba42e8bb47d14dc33f98c9b9f68232114&</nowiki> - 2SCAVA. (2024, September 9). ''Paso coke freakout 3'' [Video]. Discord. <nowiki>https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1251286254990000259/1282594487482454057/Paso_coke_freakout_3.mp4?ex=697514f3&is=6973c373&hm=e19a149c36aa7c8ba09a960b54cb7f19ea8af79c71e35f8d41ee96ba716b1c4f&</nowiki>

Transatlantic Cold War

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| caption = Cascadian forces arriving in Houston, Circa August 2024
| date = June 24 - September 16, 2024 (2 months, 23 days)
| location = North America
| result = OFN Victory
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[[File:Flag of Cascadia.png|25px]] '''[[Paper1emur]]'''
*[[File:Flag of Cascadia.png|25px]] [[FieryMatter]] (after 7/2)
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[[File:VermontRepublicFlag.webp|25px]] '''[[Mikesworldus]]'''
*[[File:VermontRepublicFlag.webp|25px]] [[Princeling]]
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[[File:1024px-Flag of Mexico.svg.png|25px]] '''[[CMW]]'''
}}The '''Great American War''', also known as the '''Great North American War''', or as the '''Texas War''' in Cascadia, was a large intercontinental conflict between the [[Cascadia|Republic of Cascadia]] and its [[Organization of Free Nations|OFN allies]], and the [[Aurora:The Kingdom of Texas|Kingdom of Texas]]. It is considered a significant part of North America's history.

== Background ==

=== Cascadia-Texas Tensions ===
In November 2023, a player named Hersheylr arrived in Texas, having previously spending time in Cascadia and contributing to the end of the [[RMF Wars]]. While in Texas, Hershey obtained perms to the Texan capital of Houston and Texas at large. He severely damaged the Texan capitol and kicked towns from Texas, which was a considerable loss in materials and power for the nation. On December 18, 2023, Texas declared war on Cascadia, claiming that Cascadia was involved in planning and backing the attack. A Discord announcement by the Texan King, [[North_Paso]], would become infamous due to the way it compared several notable Cascadians to the Christian [[wikipedia:Seven_deadly_sins|seven deadly sins]]. This would mark Texas' entry into the [[Wagner War]], with Texas and other Cascadian enemies, notably [[Chad]] (aka [[Osoyoos (political faction)|Osoyoos]]), planning on using the server's then-new overclaim functionality to take chunks from Cascadian towns and force them to submit to the rule of the Reformed Republic of Cascadia. Ultimately, the war became inactive after [[Wagner]] was able to only take one chunk of Cascadian territory from the town of [[Chaeronea]], and ended de facto in March 2024 after the [[San Francisco Offensive of 2024]]. Notably no official peace treaty was ever signed and the Wagner War is considered by some the start of the later and larger conflict, the Great American War.

During the spring of 2024, the Cascadian government typically treated Texas with reserved resentment, and generally nothing more than a distant threat. Due to Texas being the closest remaining Wagner-aligned nation to Cascadia, it was still treated with particular concern by the Cascadian Department of Defense, and the newly formed [[National Security Agency]]. On May 23, 2024, the NSA received an offer from former Cascadian and [[Michoacán]] leader [[CMW]] to have him spy on Texas in exchange for Cascadian support of a revived Michoacán/Mexico. At the time, Texas controlled a significant area of Northern Texas and the Yucatan. The NSA accepted the offer, and CMW would provide intelligence from the Texan legislature and cabinet until his Cascadia-backed secession on June 16.

On May 28, Cascadian officials were alerted to the beginnings of a chain of Texan towns moving in the direction of California. At the same time, prominent mayors in California alerted defense officials that [[Ewhy]], who now owned the town of Sacramento in Northern California, was attempting to get them to secede with him and join Texas. It was at that point that the Cascadian Department of Defense began to put together war plans in preparation for a Texan invasion. The possibility of Texas using towns meticulously placed within and nearby Cascadian territory to launch another attempt at a mass overclaiming campaign was the primary concern of Cascadian defense officials. North_Paso was banned by 32Andrew on May 29th, 2024 for using forged evidence in a ticket, however he was quickly unbanned.

=== OFN Crises ===
In the [[Organization of Free Nations]], a couple of crises were ongoing amongst the member states. In Cascadia, officials were attempting to negotiate an non-aggression pact and border treaty with the [[Aurora:North Sea Republic|North Sea Republic]] (NSR), who controlled San Francisco. Tensions between the NSR and Cascadia had been high since San Francisco joined the NSR after the Wagner War, to the point that the rivalry between the two has been labelled the [[Cascadia-NSR Cold War]]. Although Cascadian and NSR officials had been somewhat opposed to negotiations for some time, in late May 2024, [[Aurora:Vermont|Vermont]] began to mediate negotiations in an attempt to end the tensions between their two allies. A non-aggression pact was quickly agreed to, though negotiations nearly fell apart as the two sides debated a border agreement. The NSR, pushed by NFISH, desired an agreement where the NSR would be allowed to claim almost any territory in North America outside the Cascadian Metro. Cascadia, in response, pushed for an agreement where the NSR would only be tolerated to claim territory in California and Nevada. During this debate, Cascadian President [[Raptormm4]] would remark that the NSR (whose capital was on the island of Ireland) was a government "From fucking Ireland." This became known as the [[Aurora:"Fucking Ireland" Incident|"Fucking Ireland" incident]]. Negotiations between the two continued for over a month, held together by both sides wishing to please Vermont and not be the first side to break off negotiations. The negotiations would not end until the Treaty of Los Angeles, with NSR settlement limited to the areas south of Nevada's northern border. The final agreement was agreed to by Cascadian officials in order to focus dealing with the increasing threat of Texas.

In [[Aurora:Havaiki|Havaiki]], the [[Zealandia Civil War]] was brewing. The war began on May 29, 2024, when a mayor named Bacon seceded from Havaiki after Havaiki refused to adopt certain amendments to its constitution. Bacon, who was mayor of the north New Zealand town of Port Jason, and a small number of other mayors, declared independence as the nation of [[Zealandia]], and came into open conflict with Havaiki. While Havaiki received strong support from most of its OFN allies, especially Cascadia and Pilbara, Vermont attempted to blame Havaiki for the conflict. [[Princeling]], who at this time was still a major figure in Vermont, would refuse to condemn Zealandia, and would ultimately be one of many voices calling for peace in the region. The war ultimately came to an end with a recognition of Zealandian independence and a ceasefire line on June 15.

In the [[Caucasian Republic]], the OFN came into a crises between one of their member states and the nation of [[Turkey (Aurora)|Turkey]]. The Caucasian Republic joined the OFN on May 11, 2024, having transitioned into a democratic republic in April. However, in late May, the Caucasian Republic's leadership came into a disagreement over their borders with neighboring Turkey. On June 4, Turkey overclaimed the Caucasian Republic's capital of Don Host. The Caucasian Republic's leader and founder, PastaMaster, resigned five days later due to the crisis. In the process, he declared Don Host surrendered to Turkey.

=== Internal Texan Crises ===
During June 2024, Texas entered into a series of internal crises. This began on May 29, when Paso was banned for conspiring to fake evidence in a ticket that led to the banning of former Cascadian [[EstiQT]]. Paso attempted to calm worried citizens in the aftermath of his ban, saying that "I want to reassure people that despite this, I will be unbanned. This is nothing to worry about. If worse comes to worse, [[LivingHumanBeing]] will take over." 8 days later, on June 6, the Texan President, Saddam, resigned in the wake of Paso's ban. Following Saddam's resignation, a power struggle arose in the Texan senate, with Texan Senator Luke declaring that as Saddam's "#2" he should immediately become president. At the same time, [[Bon Kranch]] began pushing for the abolition of the presidential system and for him to become dictator under Paso. In an attempt to gain legitimacy and popular support, CMW, alongside Texas Senator [[Sometexan]], proposed that an immediate nationwide election be held to choose a new President. All 3 of these factions put respective votes before the Texas Senate, with the choice of an election winning with near-unilateral support. Elections would begin later that night, with notable candidates including Sometexan and [[Bill 'Rocky' Moor]], who choose CMW as his Vice President. Rocky was declared the winner on June 9, the same day that North_Paso (and EstiQT) would be unbanned from EMC. Out of fear of leaks to anti-government factions, the Texan cabinet was kept particularly secure, with only 5 members initially having access to it: Bon Kranch, CMW, Rocky, K S, and Sometexan.

On June 8, a number of West Texas towns, upset by Paso's reign as king and seeing his ban as an opportunity for revolution, seceded to form the [[Texan Union]]. The revolutionary nation was based in the large town of Dallas, and took around 3 other towns with it. The revolutionaries demanded that Texas become a democratic republic and do away with the monarchy in the process. Before they officially seceded, the revolution's leaders, Morflux and Violent_Vision, attempted to reach out to the OFN for support. While some OFN members attempted to support the Texan Union, usually through strategic advice, OFN and Cascadian support for the rebellion quickly dwindled as its leaders would discuss their war plans in local chat, quickly leaking it to Texan reconnaissance. Due to the scale of the infighting in the Texas, Cascadian intelligence would remain interested for some time in the prospect of fermenting a larger revolt against Paso, proposing tactics such as spreading propaganda books about Paso's past to Texan mayors and sending propaganda DMs to Texans on Discord. Ultimately, none of these plans would be put into action. The [[Dallas Uprising]] would continue until Morflux's resignation in late June, with the Texan Union's second President, Violent_Vision, surrendering to Texas on June 21.

== Prelude to war ==

=== Events in Mexico ===
Beginning in 2023 with the slow decline of the [[First Mexican Empire]], Texas had gradually increased its own influence over Mexico. This was especially evident in northeast Texas, near the Rio Grande, and in the Yucatan. In an attempt to avoid a conflict, the [[Aurora:North American Union|NAU]]/Mexico agreed that these areas could be under Texan sovereignty, though they were prepared to oppose Texas if they ever decided to threaten the few remaining major towns, notably [[Hermosillo]]. It is generally agreed that Paso's goal in the settlement of Mexico was to conquer most of the country in order to form an empire similar to that of Nova's [[Rio Grande|Rio Grande Empire]]. Paso was, however, hesitant to move too quickly in Mexico, fearing retaliation from the veteran leadership of the NAU. In late May 2024, Paso began to encourage industrial specialization and development in the several districts of Texas, including an upgraded casino at the Texan capitol and new farms in the rapidly developing Yucatan.

By June 9, 2024, CMW had begun to work towards reviving Michoacán in southwestern Mexico, while remaining in Texas. This would briefly cause some tensions with Saph and the remnants of the Mexican Empire, as Michoacán was outside the area Texas had officially claimed up to that point. In order to avoid a conflict, Paso ordered CMW to join Mexico while remaining in the Texas government, since he believed that "Saph only cares about the color on a map." This decision was also apparently made to avoid more problems on top of the internal crises that Texas was facing at the time. Paso's plan was to have CMW secretly recruit Mexican towns while in Mexico to eventually rejoin Texas as the State of Michoacán. While CMW would begin speaking to other Mexican mayors, Paso was not aware that it was to bring them into a stronger, independent Mexican nation, not Texas. Unfortunately for Cascadian intelligence, this plan would greatly speed up the time they had with CMW in Texas, as CMW would now need to declare independence as a set time rather than waiting for Texas to collapse in on itself.

Around June 11, Texas was struggling from even more internal struggles and further difficulties in Mexico. Saph had forced Texas to kick 2 towns in Baja, and the continued game of cat and mouse between Texas and Mexico kept the foreign affairs of the Texan government quite occupied. It should be noted that the events from June 10-14 took place while EMC was down for maintenance. Internally, Texas was also facing yet more division. On June 11, CMW described the situation to Cascadian intelligence with 5 different factions: The Michoacán, led by CMW and Thinkfast in Mexico, the lower senate, consisting of non-government senators growing gradually more opposed to the Rocky Administration, the Rocky Administration, which was backed by Paso, the Rocky opposition, led by Sometexan and possibly backed by LivingHumanBeing, and the Dallas Rebels, who were in the process of being destroyed. By this time, CMW had been replaced as Vice President due to his attempts to side with Sometexan's opposition faction. On June 12, Rocky passed the Diplomatic Regulations Bill, which made it illegal to conduct negotiations without government permission or to discuss Texas foreign policy with foreigners. This was in response to Saph getting a hold of a Texan claim map which violated Mexican sovereignty, though to this date it remains unknown who provided it to her. During this incident, Sometexan was interrogated as a possible suspect, in the process revealing the opposition and its membership, effectively destroying it. This led almost immediately to secession amongst the various opposition members, with Sometexan fleeing to Nebraska where he would shortly thereafter become a Texas state.

On June 15, Michoacán declared independence from Texas, declaring itself completely free of Texan rule and criticizing the policies of both Paso and the Rocky Administration. The secession was backed by Cascadian funding that had been secretly transferred to Michoacán earlier that day. On June 18, Paso proposed a new claim map in Mexico, which had almost all of Mexico within Texas territory. This map was completely rebuked by Mexican officials, though by that point there was little they could do. Critically, the map included the territory of Michoacán as Texan.

=== Communist Oklahoma ===
On June 7, 2024, [[Moxie|Moxiecodone]] began receiving DMs from Ewhy_ recruiting her to join Texas. Not having any interest in joining Texas, Moxie and Cascadian Vice President [[Setrus]] decided to perform a non-government sanctioned private psychological operation (psyop) on Texan leadership. Moxie told Ewhy that her and Setrus were getting tired of Cascadia and were considering leaving, prompting North_Paso to start DMing Setrus. The two decided to tell North_Paso that they were interested in leaving Cascadia, saying that Cascadia "Wasn't gay enough". Setrus and Moxie would then begin to rant about their plans, including the foundation of a gay and socialist nation closer to Texas. This rant eventually led to the pair presenting a map of where they wanted to settle, choosing to settle in a location marked in Oklahoma. Setrus also said he'd be getting upwards of 70 active players from a 580 member discord server he owned, providing the link to said real server to Texas, who by now had talked about the group within their upper government. Texas, seeing that the server was in fact real with some server members playing into the bit, immediately became quite concerned by this possibility.

Thus, Texas officials attempted to organize a voice call to discuss the rebellion and how they could work alongside Texas. Instead, Setrus and Moxie ghosted them until June 9, when they said that they decided for sure to form a nation in Oklahoma, wishing Texas good luck. On June 11, Setrus put together a fake constitution for the fake nation named the Queer Cummunocracy of Oklahoma. Eventually, concerned about the concept of a large, gay, socialist nation popping up on their northern border, Texas began to push for the group to join the Texas meganation and settle further northwest, in Colorado. On June 11, a VC was held between Setrus, his non-EMC friend posed as a co-founder, and Texan President Bill 'Rocky' Moor, with Rocky informing the duo that "If you settle somewhere else, or you are not under Texas, we will have a problem. And I have no reservations about going to war after the fact, if you decide to violate this agreement. Now under the Texas government you would be able to have an N-spawn, but every other town must be under Texas...." After Setrus agreed to speak to his people on Rocky's proposal of settling further northwest, Rocky gave the [["I Do Not Give A Shit"|now-infamous response]], "Good, and if it don't work with your people I do not give a shit. If it's a democracy, whip the Goddamn votes. Call a vote, call another one, and call another one, until it passes. And if it don't pass, don't come to me with that as an excuse." On June 18, another VC was held, with Setrus trying to gain more information on what was happening in Texas before they would supposedly join. After this call, Paso broke off the negotiations, saying "We're done here." Cascadian intelligence would find that the psyop was treated completely seriously by the Texan government, and was one of the many crises (alongside the events in Mexico and internal divisions in Texas) that kept Texas from going forth with their invasion plans during early June. The psyop would continue to be used to spread paranoia in Texas until it finally began to wither out in early July.

=== Invasion of California ===
By June 2024, Ewhy was the owner of the town of Sacramento, holding the California nation name. The town and nation had long been a problem in northern California for Jefferson and Cascadia. On June 7, 2024, Ewhy began trying to poach both Jeffersonian and Cascadian mayors in California, including Moxie, telling her: "Moxie why don't you guys just join Texas? If you don't like Cascadia government. Texas is good." These early attempts at poaching were not successful, but did make it clear to Cascadian officials the intention of Texas to begin making their way into California, especially with a line of Texas towns quickly expanding west. On June 18, Sacramento officially joined the Texas nation, marking the first time that Texas had undisputedly invaded Cascadian territory. Almost immediately following this, the Cascadian government began to make final preparations for war to begin, and issued warnings to the OFN that the security situation in California was rapidly devolving, and for other OFN members to make preparations. Havaiki, Cascadia's closest ally at this point in time, was specifically informed that a war with Texas was imminent, and to take proper preparations.

On June 22, Raptor ordered Secretary of State [[Milgorn123]] to issue to Texas a diplomatic complaint regarding their actions in California and demand a conversation with them. This would be the last attempt at a peaceful resolution to the conflict. On June 23, Milgorn issued the complaint, and shortly thereafter a GC was created for negotiations between Raptor, Milgorn, North_Paso, and President Rocky. Cascadian officials directly informed Rocky of the attempts at poaching Cascadian mayors and the direct violations of the Cascadian claim map. The demand was made that Texas respect Cascadia's territorial sovereignty. The ultimatum was given a deadline of 9:00 AM PT (11:00 AM CT). The next morning, at 9:24 AM PT, Rocky refused to "cede Texan towns against the will of said towns without just compensation." Raptor would request an authorization of military force against Texas from the House of Representatives 6 minutes later. The resolution passed at 8:07 PM PT, June 24, 2024, officially marking the beginning of the war. Before news reached of the Cascadian declaration, Texas unilaterally declared war on Cascadia on their own accord, at 9:16 PM PT (11:16 PM CT). Technically, Texas never considered themselves at peace with Cascadia after the de facto end of the Wagner War, but made an announcement nonetheless. The OFN was informed shortly after the AUMF was issued that Cascadia had activated Article 5 of the OFN Charter, declaring that they were being invaded by Texas and activating the mutual defense clause of the OFN. Havaiki, Vermont, Pilbara, and Laurentia would thus declare war on Texas shortly thereafter. Vermont, notably, declared war through an executive order issued by President [[SergioTheCrafter]], as there was no set war powers in their constitution at the time. Rocky would raise the argument in his war speech that they had been contacted by towns in California seeking to escape the "tyranny and injustice that lays within Cascadian Walls" and join a "True Republic." Texas would continue to maintain that Cascadia were the aggressors in the conflict until the end of the war.

== Course of the war ==
The Cascadian plan at the outset of the Great American War was to invade Texas from all possible fronts until eventually winning an outright victory, forcing Texas to withdraw from the lands west of the Rockies. On a large scale, Cascadian planners intended to use Cascadia's many allies to surround Texas. From the west, Cascadia would hold their ground in California and move towards Texas. In the east, Vermont would be amongst the first to arrive in Texas proper. In the south, Mexico would begin to combat Texan claims in south of the Rio Grande and hunt Texans outside claims. And in the north, Cascadian Intelligence intended to use a propaganda campaign to revive a pro-democracy rebellion in Texas who could apply more pressure on Paso. At the onset of the war, Cascadian officials also attempted to convince the NAU to enter the war against Texas, citing that Texas would likely come for them next. The NAU declined. While Cascadia had set in motion many of these initial war plans, it declined to inform the OFN of them, making the assumption that such actions would have either been common sense or would come into being shortly.

The first war plan attempted by Cascadian was Operation John Brown, a plan to overclaim a significant portion of Sacramento. This plan was originally going to be put into place on June 24, but was delayed as Raptor and Cascadian diplomats awaited the passing of the AUMF. Once the AUMF was passed, the operation faced further delays as no one was able to withdraw gold and get it to an online holder to undergo the overclaiming. Ultimately, the operation would be cancelled the next day, after Sacramento realized their weakness and enabled overclaim shield. The second plan worked out by Cascadian leadership came to be known as Operation Alamo, and focused on the invasion of Texas proper. The plan, put into place on June 26, was to place 3 towns in the core of Texas' territory: San_Antonio, in Central Texas, USS_Lexington, off the coast of Houston, and an unnamed town in northeast Texas. The goal was to use these towns as an outpost to hunt Texans, impress Cascadia's ability to wage war upon Texans, and to eventually overclaim underpopulated Texan towns, notably Port Lavaca and eventually Houston. Ultimately, Operation Alamo would also be cancelled as Cascadia lacked the holders at the time to properly organize the plan. Milgorn, a Texas native who volunteered to provide a holder for USS_Lexington, would be asked about the issue until mid-July, when the plan was effectively abandoned.

=== The Texas Western Offensive ===
At the onset of the war Texas would launch two major offensives, both focuses on poaching and overclaiming enemy towns. In the west, this effort was focused on Cascadia, especially in California and the Cascadian Metro. On all fronts, most of these efforts were commanded by [[Samisol]], the mayor of Rio Grande. Samisol was noted for his ability to sway and control others, especially younger and more easily convinced players. He was also noted on the Eastern Front for his PvP abilities and using them to extort mayors into joining Texas. Across the Western Front, Texas saw very little success poaching Cascadian towns, with Cascadian mayors long adjusted and prepared for the threats of poachers. In California, Texas instead succeeded in poaching towns which were already hostile to Cascadia. Sometime after July 17, 2024, the Norcallian towns of Silicon Valley, San Diego, and California (town) joined Texas. Eventually, a break-up in the friend group of [[Ghostyuu]] and Bonzzil would lead to the towns formerly beloning to the New California Republic in Nevada would also join Texas at Bonzzil's suggestion. On July 18, the town of South Lost Coast was poached by Samisol, who then used it to overclaim and hold at ransom the historic district of Lost Coast proper. In an attempt to get back his items and historic buildings, [[Rocksthunder]] and many other [[Jeffcadians]] would join Texas.

Further north, Samisol raised town holders to place claimblock towns across the Cascadian Metro. This included OBLOCKFENTGANG, which claimblocked [[Oceanside]] (now Astoria) on June 25. The former RMF towns of Catalina, Bakhmut, I_WANT_GOLD, and Astoria (Bon_Kraunch) also joined Texas shortly thereafter. Texas' Western Offensive reached its furthest point on June 30, when Mackenzie_CFOB was founded just north of [[Corgo's Pass]]. The towns of SodaGang and TK_ville would also be founded near the northern border of Vancouver on July 13 and 15.

Although the Western Offensive was successful in penetrating the Cascadian homeland, it ultimately failed to significantly dent Cascadia's morale or ability to respond. The most significant incidents from the Western Offensive were the successful claimblockings of Oceanside (which continues to the present), Corgo's Pass, and Vancouver. In Corgo's Pass, a large lesbian pride flag was built to overshadow Mackenzie_CFOB. The Western Front during this phase of the war also saw the beginnings of the invasion of Texas proper, with Cascadia successfully reaching the gates of Houston on July 6. A chain of towns which had begun to be set up shortly before the war would culminate in the establishment of Texas (town), and the Pilbaran siege town of Weezer2 outside Houston and Port Lavaca. These towns were originally designed to be the beginning of the larger Operation Alamo counteroffensive, but would instead be the only OFN towns in Texas proper until the Cascadian Summer Offensive. Until then, Cascadian efforts on the Western Front would be focused on securing unclaimed areas in Cascadian territory through homestead grants.

=== The Texas Eastern Offensive ===
On the Eastern Front, Samisol saw much greater success with poaching, hunting, and placing towns. The initial Cascadian plan for the Eastern Front was for Vermont to provide general assistance, mostly through funds and gear, to the war effort, before eventually mobilizing their large population to lead their own invasion of the Texas homeland from the east. Cascadian officials were not aware at that time that Vermont was relatively poor, and their citizens unprepared for any kind of conflict. Texas launched the Eastern Offensive around the beginning of July, creating a chain of towns approaching the Vermont Metro. Alongside this, Texas had already begun a large-spread campaign of hunting and threatening Vermont mayors (especially those in the American South). By July 3, Vermont Assemblyman LyoshaFury pushed the government into the first of many rounds of negotiations with Texas leadership. The threat of hunting and overclaim was already considered too much by many Vermonters, and anti-war sentiments had begun to worsen across the nation. These sentiments were only worsened by the opinions of Vermont's pacifist founder Princeling. During the first round of negotiations, Texas demanded Vermont's unconditional surrender, aiming to take them out of the war quickly and focus on Cascadia. Vermont refused this offer, insisting on a negotiated peace that returned towns Texas had poached from them in the American South. The first round of negotiations went no further. Princeling insisted that the Vermont government should assist Cascadia without actually being at war itself, viewing the compromise as a way to both support its allies while also keeping Vermont out of harm's way from a war many felt wasn't their's to fight. Others, notably Vice President PurplePunch, wanted to accept Texas' offers for peace and become allies. President SergioTheCrafter, themselves a former Cascadian president, continued their support for the war. In the evening of July 3, the Vermont General Assembly voted to overturn the president's declaration of war. Texas declined to accept this withdraw, saying their war with Vermont would not conclude until a treaty was agreed to.

On July 4, Samisol used a loophole in the rules and Vermont's nation spawnpoint to have their name removed under Rule 2.1 (Nation named after inappropriate location). Evidently, the Vermont nation spawn was not in the U.S. state of Vermont, despite most of the capital town being in Vermont. With Vermont's name removed, Samisol created the nation of Vermont himself, declaring it to be the true Vermont, and joining Texas as a state. Shortly after this move, Texas proposed a treaty with Vermont which would have all of southern Vermont annexed into Texas, with Vermont itself contained into New England and Canada. Texas also demanded 1.2k in gold from Vermont to make up for Texas' expenditures in their Eastern Offensive. Both Sergio and Prince rejected this deal, despite LyoshaFury's increasingly desperate cries for peace. LyoshaFury would also claim in OFN channels that Vermont had no part in the war, and that Cascadia had "done nothing." This was quickly rebutted by Cascadian leadership, who stated they had already begun placing towns in Texas and were actively trying to help Vermont get its nation name back. When asked what they could do to help Vermont more, Princeling requested gold, and on July 9 the Cascadian Legislature issued a loan of 750g to be given to Vermont so long as they remained in the war. Vermont never accepted the gold due to their ongoing peace negotiations. On July 5, with anti-war sentiments mounting, the General Assembly voted to impeach Sergio, making PurplePunch president. With Sergio gone, Vermont entered into a 3rd round of peace negotiations. Texas demanded good relations with Vermont, that Vermont explicitly say they had surrendered, and the border agreement and gold payment from the previous round of negotiations. These terms were seemingly agreed to at first by President PurplePunch, though less supported by Princeling and others. Samisol then added that they could not "let Cascadia fuck this up" and that "The town of Weezer2 needs to be kicked from the nation tonight or the price of surrender goes up." Weezer2 was still in Cascadia at this time. On July 6, Vermont's nation name was returned to them by EMC mods and PurplePunch proposed a bill to surrender to Texas and agree to terms. The bill failed, likely due to lobbying from Princeling and others.

Outside peace negotiations, Texas continued its offensive into Vermont territory by capturing more towns, notably the anti-war town of Philadelphia. By July 17, nearly all of the American South was predominantly under Texan control, with Vermont pushed back to New England. On July 14, Princeling (who by this time was considered by many to be the de-facto leader of Vermont) published an OP-ED regarding the war to [[TBI]], which he used to justify Vermont's actions in the war thus far, including the anti-war sentiments in Vermont, his feelings regarding Texan aggression, and his thoughts on Vermont's new alliances with the NSR. Notably, the OP-ED criticized Cascadia and directly referred to them as a bad ally, going so far as to suggest that the war was entirely Cascadia's fault and that Vermont was beholden to their treaty agreements with Cascadia. On July 22, Vermont agreed to a ceasefire with Texas, with both sides promising not to place more siege towns, many towns poached from Vermont being given permanently to Texas, and Vermont paying 200g. Neither of these developments were taken lightly by Cascadia and other OFN allies, notably Laurentia and Havaiki (the latter of which still recalled Vermont's actions during the Zealandia Civil War). Vermont's actions leading up to this point even led Laurentian founder and former Cascadian President [[TylenolEC]] to post a vote to expel Vermont from the OFN on July 14. According to Tylenol and [[MasterEWild]], Vermont had not only been attempting to escape OFN obligations, but also their treaty obligations with their former nation of Laurentia. The vote would fail as most OFN members agreed it was better to keep working with Vermont even as they tried to leave the war. After the July 22 ceasefire, activity on the Eastern Front would mostly slow to a halt by late July, though sporadic Texan hunting against Vermonters would continue to keep Vermont engaged until the end of the war.

=== The 7/23 Nuking ===
On July 21, 2024, Raptor's term as President of Cascadia came to a close, and Lovelyfurball succeeded him. Furball had been Raptor's preferred choice, due to his involvement in the war up to that point, his recruiting skills, and his experience fighting wars in the Middle East as King of [[Aurora:Israel|Israel]]. Around 10:05 PM PT (12:05 AM CT; 1:05 AM EST) on July 22, Furball was attempting to add the "cesspool" role to Samisol shortly before going to bed. By accident, he instead gave Samisol the "admin" role, giving Samisol complete access to the Cascadian discord. Samisol then alerted a GC of high-ranking Texans and allied leaders. A plan of action was quickly formulated in-call: first, channels deemed 'noteworthy' would be downloaded via Samisol's modified discord client and packaged into a .rar file for later review. Samisol himself, alongside a younger Texan named jp.f, would complete the nuking. Nearly 300 Cascadians were banned or kicked, almost all roles were deleted, and all but 2 channels were deleted. To the amazement of Cascadian officials, these were the passed-laws and passed-resolution channels, the only channels needed to keep the institutions of the nation intact. The total 'active time' in the nuke was around 30min, and Cascadian response was delayed due to it being extremely early in the morning. Among the final changes was the name and icon of the server changed to "Total Texan Victory". As Cascadian leadership scrambled to figure out what had happened, Furball was removed from many government channels for fear of him being a Texan spy, and the government began to discuss how to reassure confidence amongst Cascadians after the nuking of the Discord. [[Arcadian]] and experienced Discord admin [[Dracnoian]] was given admin powers in the immediate aftermath of this incident, in order to help rebuild the discord from scratch. By morning on July 23, most channels and roles had been restored.

The personal security threat of the Texan nuking was also deemed extreme by many. Texas at this time was still harboring a number of known doxxers, most notably Bonzzil. Cascadian leaders were advised to change passwords on their accounts and check their personal internet footprints for leaks. The fact that Furball, who up to this point was still a major suspect in the nuking, had access to the casual GC with personal information of Cascadian leadership was also concerning. Rocksthunder, in an attempt to protect his personal information from being doxxed, would leave the GC and swear further fealty to Texas. At 11:03 PM PT, July 22, the cabinet declared Furball (who was asleep by that time) inable to exercise his powers as president, making Vice President Setrus Acting President. Furball, embarrassed by the incident and recognizing it would be difficult to recover from, officially resigned from the presidency at 10:41 AM PT on July 23. Texas would declare victory over Cascadia at 11:15 PM PT (1:15 AM CT; 2:15 AM EST), July 22, citing the nuking of the Cascadian discord and the capture of most of California. Cascadia immediately rejected the declaration of victory that same day, with Milgorn stating that "Cascadia firmly rejects the declaration of victory by Texas. The Texan bastards will pay for their action. We will never surrender, even if it is us against the world." An additional Cascadian response would be issued on July 26, making note of recent Texan bans (including some for doxxing), and promising the continue the war.

The nuking drew widespread reactions from across the international community. Nunavik, who effectively succeeded Laurentia around July 17, condemned Texas and demanded that they return the download of the Cascadian discord to Cascadia. Pilbara, whose involvement was limited to the placement of Weezer2, effectively withdrew their active involvement from the conflict due to Vermont's ceasefire and the nuking. In the aftermath of the 7/23 Nuking, the war would enter into a period of relative inactivity. Many in Texas believed that the war was effectively over, and that they had won it. Samisol's activity would begin to dwindle after the nuking, until he eventually quit and never returned in early August. The wartime presidencies of Rocky and Lukedcool (the latter of whom presided over the nuking) would fade into the activity and economic-focused presidency of JoeJoe77. For Cascadia, the 7/23 Nuking was a major milestone in both the war and the nation's history. It is considered by many to have been the most significant attack against Cascadia in the nation's history. It wouldn't be until several weeks later that Cascadia began to operate normally again, and counteroffensives returned as an option. Despite the loss of nearly 2 years of national history in the nuking, the event would eventually become a symbol of Cascadian resilience, often compared to the [[Battle of Oceanside]]. The 7/23 Nuking is also considered to have been the turning point of the war. As Raptor would say of the attack, quoting Winston Churchil, "The darkest hour is just before dawn."

=== The Cascadian Summer Offensive ===
WIP

=== The Fall of Texas ===
Throughout the Summer of 2024, many significant Texan figures and close friends of North_Paso were banned including LivingHumanBeing, BonZZil, and TheAmazingMoe. Ghostyuu, then leader of the nation [[Aurora:USA|USA]], was responsible for these bans and notably utilized knowledge of doxx lists and other illegal behavior for the bans.

In early September 2024, a Discord call occurred between KARN4, 911saph, North_Paso, 2SCAVA (aka ChildMineWorker, CMW), and a furry known as Nephi affiliated with KARN4. The call acted as a conference between the Mexican Empire and Texas with the goal of sorting out border conflicts and other disagreements. 2SCAVA secretly recorded the call and posted them to the EarthMC Discord forums as three videos.[https://discord.com/channels/219863747248914433/1282883893116010496/1282883893116010496 <nowiki>[1]</nowiki>] Things quickly heated up between KARN4 and North_Paso, who was particularly frustrated about the failures of Texas forming the Rio Grande Empire, something that required parts of Northern Mexico, the Yucatan, and California. After 1 minute and 3 seconds into the third video, North_Paso stormed out of the call yelling, "Now I'm off my fucking rocker ... I gotta [5x] fucking leave I gotta- gotta fucking leave the VC so that I can fucking calm down. Lets talk again tomorrow, okay? I am fucking open to negotiations, I'm just a little upset, okay? I'll let you go and-see ya."[https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1251286254990000259/1282594487482454057/Paso_coke_freakout_3.mp4?ex=697514f3&is=6973c373&hm=e19a149c36aa7c8ba09a960b54cb7f19ea8af79c71e35f8d41ee96ba716b1c4f& <nowiki>[1]</nowiki>] A little afterwards this call, KARN4 would end up stealing the entirety of the I WANT GOLD casino profits, over 50,000 gold, which North_Paso had access to however kountr (friend of Ghostyuu) technically owned.

By the end, North_Paso stepped down from his title as king and quit EarthMC, although he later returned in 2025.

=== Negotiations & Peace ===
WIP

== Aftermath ==
WIP

== References ==

# Multiple Sources - [VIDEOS] North Paso crashing out after Mexican Empire Negotiations , leading to 50000g stolen. (2024). ''EarthMC Discord Forum''. - 2SCAVA. (2024, September 9). ''Untitled'' [Video]. Discord. <nowiki>https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1251286254990000259/1282563958028374017/Untitled_video_-_Made_with_Clipchamp.mp4?ex=6974f884&is=6973a704&hm=5969741762bb1b15755b64bb5caaacd53dfd4f70a108ad5809168df294cefbae&</nowiki> - 2SCAVA. (2024, September 9). ''paso coke freakout pt 2'' [Video]. Discord. <nowiki>https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1251286254990000259/1282594486928670730/paso_coke_freakout_pt_2.mp4?ex=697514f3&is=6973c373&hm=0492a3cbf1d4a428719190c4a93058eba42e8bb47d14dc33f98c9b9f68232114&</nowiki> - 2SCAVA. (2024, September 9). ''Paso coke freakout 3'' [Video]. Discord. <nowiki>https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1251286254990000259/1282594487482454057/Paso_coke_freakout_3.mp4?ex=697514f3&is=6973c373&hm=e19a149c36aa7c8ba09a960b54cb7f19ea8af79c71e35f8d41ee96ba716b1c4f&</nowiki>

Wasteland Crisis

2026-03-04T06:25:50Z

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{{BattleTemplate
| name = The Wasteland Crisis
| image = [[File:Vault15Nevada.webp|270px]]
| caption = Vault 15, Shady Sands; Circa 4/22/24
| date = April 18 - April 30, 2024 (12 days)
| location = [[Jefferson County]], [[Cascadia|Republic of Cascadia]]
| result = - Cascadian Department of Defense improves defenses in the Great Basin
- Mistrust between Cascadia and NAU settled
| beligerent1 = [[File:Flag of Cascadia.png|25px]] '''[[Cascadia]]'''
| beligerent2 = [[File:NewCaliforniaRepublicFlag.webp|25px]] '''New California Republic'''
'''Supported by:''' 
[[File:USA.png|25px]] [[NAU]] 
| leaders1 = [[File:Flag of Cascadia.png|25px]] '''[[Paper1emur]]'''
[[File:Flag of Cascadia.png|25px]] '''[[SergioTheCrafter]]'''
*[[File:Flag of Cascadia.png|25px]] [[Raptormm4]]
*[[File:Flag of Cascadia.png|25px]] [[Milgorn123]]
| leaders2 = [[File:NewCaliforniaRepublicFlag.webp|25px]] '''[[Ghostyuu]]'''
*[[File:NewCaliforniaRepublicFlag.webp|25px]] [[Kounter]]
[[File:USA.png|25px]] '''Prongs''' 
[[File:WagnerGroupFlag.webp|25px]] '''[[Bonzzil]]''' (Allegedly) 
}}The '''Wasteland Crisis''', also sometimes known as the '''NCR Affair,''' was a period of heightened tensions between the [[Cascadia|Republic of Cascadia]] and the short-lived New California Republic during April 2024. It began in mid-April, when citizens of the [[Aurora:North American Union|North American Union]] founded the New California Republic in [[Jefferson County|Nevada]], near Cascadian territory. Over the next week and half, Cascadian diplomats worked to secure a peace deal while Cascadian defense leaders prepared for any possibility of a conflict due to anti-NAU paranoia present in the Cascadian government. The crisis would end near the end of April 2024 with an NAP and negotiated border agreement, with the NCR fading into obscurity shortly thereafter. Despite the lack of direct action during the crisis, it was a critical moment in [[relations between Cascadia and the NAU]], and was one of the events preceding the [[Great American War]].

== Background ==
During 2023 and the early months of 2024, a simmering mistrust existed between high-ranking officials in Cascadia and the neighboring North American Union. Amongst the most skeptical of Cascadians were [[Moxie|Moxicodone]], the Secretary of Interior during the Second Setrus Administration, and [[EmpressCorgo]], the Treasurer during the same time period. Others, including Secretary of State Milgorn123, were generally more trusting of the NAU's intentions. The leading issue for skeptical Cascadians was the NAU's leadership's strong connections to the Prince Rupert friend group, which was had grown an reputation for racism, edginess, and doxxing. The group's connections to [[Bonzzil]], who was considered a terrorist in Cascadia, also hurt its reputation.

== The Crisis ==
On April 10, 2024, the [[wikipedia:Fallout_(American_TV_series)|Fallout TV Series]], inspired by the video games of the same name, was released to Amazon Prime Video. The show was a major success amongst Fallout fans, which happened to include several citizens of the NAU. Due to a combination of boredom and inspiration from the show, a handful of NAU citizens, led by [[Ghostyuu]], founded the New California Republic on April 18, 2024. The nation's capital was built over the ruins of a previous Fallout build in the Nevada desert, Vault 15, and the capital was named Shady Sands.
[[File:NCRMap.webp|left|thumb|420x420px|Cascadian map of the New California Republic; Circa 4/25/24]]

The unanticipated NAU expansion into Nevada sounded alarm bells in Cascadia. The paranoia surrounding the new nation grew stronger when Vault 13 was established in the Sierra Mountains, leading Corgo to warn that this may be the beginnings of an invasion. At this point, Milgorn would begin to open diplomatic channels with Ghostyuu in an attempt to calm tensions, with Ghostyuu insisting that they were only doing Fallout larp and would not be a threat towards Cascadia.

At the same time, another town, "Sahara Base", which was unrelated to the NAU, had joined the New California Republic. The town was placed directly next to the Cascadian town of Death Valley (in present-day [[Nevada County]]), and was associated with former Death Valley residents who moved to [[Aurora:Mali|Mali]] after a dispute with the mayor. In an attempt at revenge, Sahara Base was founded with the goal of harassing and hunting Death Valley residents. On April 15, the Department of Defense, then led by [[Raptormm4]], was notified of the hunting activity occurring around Death Valley. It was at this time that the Department of Defense began to investigate the matter, and would offer strategic advise to the President.

On April 19, negotiations between Cascadian and NCR officials proposed a border treaty delineated by a three straight borders around the Great Basin, and extending East. Within Cascadia, the deal was supported by Milgorn and received light support from other cabinet members, though it was opposed by Raptor, who didn't believe it was in Cascadia's interest to "surrender" the American Southwest to the NCR.
[[File:BonzzilTunnelBlockage.webp|thumb|375x375px|Cascadian icerail in Spokane, blocked by "Order of Bonzzil"; Circa 4/22/24]]
The deal was nearly killed entirely on April 21, when [[Kounterowo|Kounter]] purchased the Cascadian town of [[Spokane (Aurora)|Spokane]] after its mayor 42ed. This sparked major alarm bells in Cascadia, with many in cabinet declaring it to be an obvious invasion of Cascadia's sovereign territory. These fears were only heightened when it was found that [[Cascadian icerails]] going through the city had been blocked off "By order of Bonzzil". With Spokane captured, officials in the Cascadian Treasury began to prepare for a shift to a war economy. When Milgorn asked for updates on what had happened, Attorney General [[Akeboun]] commented that the NCR was "poking a sleeping giant". While there was confidence amongst the military advisors in the cabinet that they were prepared to fight a war, many members, including Vice President [[Setrus]], were less confident, citing Cascadia's declining activity and population during recent months.

The threat of war quickly passed when Kounter reached out to Cascadian officials the next day to confirm that he was willing to transfer the town back to Cascadia at no cost in exchange for a negotiated deal between the NCR and Cascadia. Milgorn agreed, and after several days of negotiations, a deal was agreed to. Both nations agreed to a non-aggression pact, and a border generally surrounding the Great Basin and going straight East, though both sides understood that it would be loosely enforced, especially by the NCR. At the pushing of the Department of Defense, the NCR also quietly agreed to kick the town of Sahara Base. Sahara Base would fall into inactivity regardless around the same time. The treaty with the NCR was proposed to the Cascadian House of Representatives in the evening of April 30, and was passed by a vote of 11-2-1, with [[Paradox1080]] and NotMakarov voting no and Akeboun abstaining.

== Legacy ==
Due to the lack of direct action and focus on diplomacy and backroom dealings, the Wasteland Crisis is often considered a side note in the months leading up to the Great American War. Though many of the NCR's towns, including Shady Sands, would align themselves with Bonzzil during the war, and laid the groundwork for the Texan offensive to the [[Cascadian metro]]. It played a larger role in the context of the [[Transatlantic Cold War]] between the [[Aurora:North Sea Republic|NSR]] and Cascadia, since the opening of more regular diplomatic relations between Cascadia and the NAU would help lead to the creation of the North American Protective Pact in June 2024.

The crisis also played a major role in the evolving domestic affairs of Cascadia during the period. The approach of military readiness and "power through strength", supported by the Raptor Doctrine, came to prominence during the crisis and continued in almost every diplomatic affair after until the start of the Great American War. It was also one of the first diplomatic crises that future [[President of Cascadia|President]] Raptormm4 would be involved in at a high level of decision-making. In the towns of the Great Basin, the crisis left a scar which can still be seen today in the ruins of Sahara Base, Shady Sands, and Death Valley.{{Republic of Cascadia (Aurora)}}
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Wasteland Crisis

2026-03-02T22:48:00Z

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Tooele Crisis

2026-03-02T20:54:22Z

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{{BattleTemplate
| name = The Tooele Crisis
| image = [[File:SLCSkeleBuilding.webp|270px]]
| caption = Governor House, Salt Lake City; Circa 2/23/2026
| date = May 12 - May 14, 2024 (2 days)
| location = [[Owyhee County]], [[Cascadia|Republic of Cascadia]]
| beligerent1 = [[File:Flag of Cascadia.png|25px]] '''[[Cascadia]]'''
'''Supported by:''' 
[[File:USA.png|25px]] [[NAU]] 
| beligerent2 = [[File:UtahFlag.webp|25px]] '''Utah'''
| leaders1 = [[File:Flag of Cascadia.png|25px]] '''[[SergioTheCrafter]]'''
*[[File:Flag of Cascadia.png|25px]] [[Milgorn123]]
[[File:USA.png|25px]] '''[[Kounter]]'''
*[[File:USA.png|25px]] [[Ghostyuu]]
*[[File:USA.png|25px]] Prongs
| leaders2 = [[File:UtahFlag.webp|25px]] '''SwetMC'''
|result=- Utah purchased by NAU}}The '''Tooele Crisis''' was a diplomatic crisis between the [[Cascadia|Republic of Cascadia]] and [[Utah]] which lasted from May 12 to 14, 2024. The crisis was focused on the ownership of a large building, Governor House, in northern Salt Lake City, which was disputed between Utah and the neighboring Cascadian town of Tooele. While preparations were made for the use of force to retake the land, the crisis was eventually resolved peacefully through the efforts of Cascadia and [[Aurora:North American Union|North American Union]] (NAU) diplomats.

== Background ==

=== Utah Historically ===
The iteration of Utah as would become relevant during the Tooele Crisis has its origins with [[Aurora:Jefferson|Jefferson]] and the work of then-former-Cascadian [[Moxie|Moxiecodone]]. After fleeing Cascadia during the [[Battle of Oceanside]], Moxie and a number of other mostly trans-women established the Basin Union, commonly known simply as "Basin", in Salt Lake City. The nation was primarily focused on being a place for Moxie and her friends to build, and had little activity in foreign affairs. On July 29, 2023, Basin and Jefferson formed the Western Democratic Union meganation, and on August 10, they become further united through the Sequoia Union meganation.

After Moxie temporarily quit the server in August 2023, Basin would be sold and transferred between a number of owners. On October 21, 2023, it was sold to Ewisawesome and renamed to Utah. On December 11, it was sold to CodeData and became a part of the NAU. 2 days later, it left the NAU and joined the [[USA (Olsar)]]. On January 29, 2024, it again switched between the USA and NAU. On March 27, Gramassis bought Utah, left all previous alliances, and joined the ETRA. It is possible that other transfers existed in between this changes that were reported on as well, but at the bare minimum Utah traded hands at least 4 times before being bought by SwetMC in May 2024.

=== Cascadian Foreign Policy ===
During the Spring of 2024, Cascadia had developed a new foreign policy that met the demands of the [[Transatlantic Cold War]] and the fall in relevance of their previous international adversaries. At the time, this policy was coined as "The Raptor Doctrine", since it was spearheaded by Secretary of Defense [[Raptormm4]]. The policy focused on adopting a [[wikipedia:Big_stick_ideology|"speak softly, and carry a big stick"]] mentality to increase Cascadia's influence across North America. The policy was also concerned with rising colonial influences from European powers across the Western Hemisphere, especially the [[Aurora:North Sea Republic|North Sea Republic]], which contained the nations of Illinois and Norcallia (San Fransisco).

=== Settlement of Tooele ===
The town of Tooele was originally settled by Skeletonous during in early 2024 while CodeData was the ruler of Utah. In addition to the construction of several buildings in the small suburban settlement, Skeletonous also built a number of buildings in Salt Lake City, including a medieval building that he owned not far from the town limits. During the ownership of Gramassis, this building became known as Governor House. However, after Salt Lake City traded hands again, new owners were less interested in positive relations with Skeletonous, removing his trust and access to his buildings. This, combined with other complications, led to Skeletonous taking a break from EMC, returning shortly before Utah was purchased by another new owner in May 2024. According to Skeletonous, one of his friends had attempted to purchase Utah around this time, but was scammed and the nation instead went to SwetMC.

== The Crisis ==
The crisis began on May 12, 2024, when Utah was transferred for at least the fifth time, this time to SwetMC. Amongst the first actions SwetMC took was to leave all previous meganations and become a colony of his home nation of [[Edesse]], in the Middle East. He also explicitly left the [[Wagner War|Wagner Group]] alliance, which Utah joined as part of the USA in December 2023. He stated in a press release that this was because he learned that Wagner was an anti-Cascadia alliance, and he was hoping to avoid making unnecessary enemies.

The same day that SwetMC arrived in Utah, Skeletonous reached out to Cascadian Secretary of State [[Milgorn123]], requesting that Utah be enemied so he could [[overclaim]] Salt Lake City, who overclaim shield at just run out. The previous evening, Skeletonous, [[President of Cascadia|President]] [[SergioTheCrafter]], and Treasurer [[RAWRyoutube]] had developed a plan to receive funding from Cascadia for the operation, focused on the return of Governor House. Coincidentally, around this same time, SwetMC also opened diplomatic channels with Cascadia and requested a Non-Aggression Pact. Under the direction of Milgorn and Sergio, Cascadia refused to accept any deal unless Skeletonous was returned his property. More interested in a peace agreement than the building, SwetMC offered to sell the land for 128g. As would be pointed out by Skeletonous, this was roughly half the gold which would be required for Tooele to claim the land overclaim or not (240g). Skeletonous declined this offer, since it was going to cost him the same amount of gold to claim the land anyways and he was interested in revenge against Utah.

With Skeletonous opposed to the trade offer, Cascadia instead began to weight the options of a conflict. Most of the Cascadian government supported Skeletonous, since he had been scammed out of Utah and Governor House. Cascadian leadership also felt that the crisis was an opportune moment to flex their diplomatic muscle. In case of a military conflict, the Department of Defense began to construct small defended positions along the mountain ranges between Salt Lake City and [[Cascadia National Parks Service|Yellowstone]].

Unbeknownst to Cascadian officials, SwetMC had also been in contact with diplomats from the NAU who were attempting to return Utah to their meganation. On May 13, SwetMC agreed to join the NAU as a member state, after being kicked from Edesse for his diplomatic problems with his American neighbors. The NAU then learned that Utah was on the verge of a war with Cascadia, something that Ghostyuu and other NAU leaders had very little interest in dealing with. SwetMC was told to find a solution and end the crisis. When a solution was not found by the evening of May 13, [[Kounterowo|Kounter]] offered to buy Utah out and deal with the problem themselves. SwetMC agreed, and on May 14, Prongs became leader of Utah.

After the transaction was made, [[Ghostyuu]] informed Cascadia that they would be interested in seeking a deal to give Tooele the land they were after free of charge. Since Skeletonous happy with the proposal, and Cascadia had little interest pushing for a conflict with the NAU, Cascadian leadership considered the issue closed. However, no deal was ever reached, and Tooele was never returned the land.

== Aftermath ==
A rivalry would persist between Tooele and Salt Lake City up until both towns fell into inactivity in late-2024. In early July 2024, Skeletonous would sell Tooele to Prongs for 1300g after a campaign of resident sniping and hunting. At the time, Cascadia was in the midst of the [[Great American War]], and thus the fresh fighting in Utah wasn't considered a relevant concern. Skeletonous would later take Tooele back in August 2024, after Prongs fell into inactivity and his holder in Tooele 42ed. After Prongs retired from EMC and left Utah to successive residents, the rivalry continued, ultimately culminating in more fighting over the ownership of Tooele until 2 high-ranking Utah leaders were banned, with Utah's leader quitting the server soon thereafter.

Eventually, Skeletonous would move to his own nation, [[Newfoundland (Aurora)|Newfoundland]], where he stayed for the remainder of Terra Aurora. Tooele continued to be held by Skeletonous-aligned holders until collapsing entirely in May 2025. The latest version of Tooele was founded by Cascadian Melvinm04 on May 7, 2025, and remained in Cascadia until the end of Terra Aurora. It is now the county seat of [[Owyhee County]]. Utah would continue to trade hands until eventually being bought by [[Sometexan]] around June 9, 2025. It was ultimately annexed into the [[Texas|Republic of Texas]] on July 31, 2025, where it remains today. Governor House continues to stand as a significant structure in the northern part of the city.

The crisis remains an excellent historical example of Cascadian foreign policy during the Transatlantic Cold War, as well as the practicality of the Raptor Doctrine, as Cascadia successfully used diplomatic soft power and the threat of using force to achieve its goals. It is also a prime example used in criticisms of the Raptor Doctrine, as even Milgorn said at the time "I feel kinda bad I’m basically manipulating this kid that owns Utah." Ultimately, the Tooele Crisis was a relatively brief but quintessential diplomatic incident for the period.{{Republic of Cascadia (Aurora)}}
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Tooele Crisis

2026-02-24T03:57:55Z

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{{BattleTemplate
| name = The Tooele Crisis
| image = [[File:SLCSkeleBuilding.webp|300px]]
| caption = Governor House, Salt Lake City; Circa 2/23/2026
| date = May 12 - May 14, 2024 (2 days)
| location = [[Owyhee County]], [[Cascadia|Republic of Cascadia]]
| beligerent1 = [[File:Flag of Cascadia.png|25px]] '''[[Cascadia]]'''
'''Supported by:''' 
[[File:USA.png|25px]] [[NAU]] 
| beligerent2 = [[File:UtahFlag.webp|25px]] '''Utah'''
| leaders1 = [[File:Flag of Cascadia.png|25px]] '''[[SergioTheCrafter]]'''
*[[File:Flag of Cascadia.png|25px]] [[Milgorn123]]
[[File:USA.png|25px]] '''[[Kounter]]'''
*[[File:USA.png|25px]] [[Ghostyuu]]
*[[File:USA.png|25px]] Prongs
| leaders2 = [[File:UtahFlag.webp|25px]] '''SwetMC'''
|result=- Utah purchased by NAU}}The '''Tooele Crisis''' was a diplomatic crisis between the [[Cascadia|Republic of Cascadia]] and [[Utah]] which lasted from May 12 to 14, 2024. The crisis was focused on the ownership of a large building, Governor House, in northern Salt Lake City, which was disputed between Utah and the neighboring Cascadian town of Tooele. While preparations were made for the use of force to retake the land, the crisis was eventually resolved peacefully through the efforts of Cascadia and [[Aurora:North American Union|North American Union]] (NAU) diplomats.

== Background ==

=== Utah Historically ===
The iteration of Utah as would become relevant during the Tooele Crisis has its origins with [[Aurora:Jefferson|Jefferson]] and the work of then-former-Cascadian [[Moxie|Moxiecodone]]. After fleeing Cascadia during the [[Battle of Oceanside]], Moxie and a number of other mostly trans-women established the Basin Union, commonly known simply as "Basin", in Salt Lake City. The nation was primarily focused on being a place for Moxie and her friends to build, and had little activity in foreign affairs. On July 29, 2023, Basin and Jefferson formed the Western Democratic Union meganation, and on August 10, they become further united through the Sequoia Union meganation.

After Moxie temporarily quit the server in August 2023, Basin would be sold and transferred between a number of owners. On October 21, 2023, it was sold to Ewisawesome and renamed to Utah. On December 11, it was sold to CodeData and became a part of the NAU. 2 days later, it left the NAU and joined the [[USA (Olsar)]]. On January 29, 2024, it again switched between the USA and NAU. On March 27, Gramassis bought Utah, left all previous alliances, and joined the ETRA. It is possible that other transfers existed in between this changes that were reported on as well, but at the bare minimum Utah traded hands at least 4 times before being bought by SwetMC in May 2024.

=== Cascadian Foreign Policy ===
During the Spring of 2024, Cascadia had developed a new foreign policy that met the demands of the [[Transatlantic Cold War]] and the fall in relevance of their previous international adversaries. At the time, this policy was coined as "The Raptor Doctrine", since it was spearheaded by Secretary of Defense [[Raptormm4]]. The policy focused on adopting a [[wikipedia:Big_stick_ideology|"speak softly, and carry a big stick"]] mentality to increase Cascadia's influence across North America. The policy was also concerned with rising colonial influences from European powers across the Western Hemisphere, especially the [[Aurora:North Sea Republic|North Sea Republic]], which contained the nations of Illinois and Norcallia (San Fransisco).

=== Settlement of Tooele ===
The town of Tooele was originally settled by Skeletonous during in early 2024 while CodeData was the ruler of Utah. In addition to the construction of several buildings in the small suburban settlement, Skeletonous also built a number of buildings in Salt Lake City, including a medieval building that he owned not far from the town limits. During the ownership of Gramassis, this building became known as Governor House. However, after Salt Lake City traded hands again, new owners were less interested in positive relations with Skeletonous, removing his trust and access to his buildings. This, combined with other complications, led to Skeletonous taking a break from EMC, returning shortly before Utah was purchased by another new owner in May 2024. According to Skeletonous, one of his friends had attempted to purchase Utah around this time, but was scammed and the nation instead went to SwetMC.

== The Crisis ==
The crisis began on May 12, 2024, when Utah was transferred for at least the fifth time, this time to SwetMC. Amongst the first actions SwetMC took was to leave all previous meganations and become a colony of his home nation of [[Edesse]], in the Middle East. He also explicitly left the [[Wagner War|Wagner Group]] alliance, which Utah joined as part of the USA in December 2023. He stated in a press release that this was because he learned that Wagner was an anti-Cascadia alliance, and he was hoping to avoid making unnecessary enemies.

The same day that SwetMC arrived in Utah, Skeletonous reached out to Cascadian Secretary of State [[Milgorn123]], requesting that Utah be enemied so he could [[overclaim]] Salt Lake City, who overclaim shield at just run out. The previous evening, Skeletonous, [[President of Cascadia|President]] [[SergioTheCrafter]], and Treasurer [[RAWRyoutube]] had developed a plan to receive funding from Cascadia for the operation, focused on the return of Governor House. Coincidentally, around this same time, SwetMC also opened diplomatic channels with Cascadia and requested a Non-Aggression Pact. Under the direction of Milgorn and Sergio, Cascadia refused to accept any deal unless Skeletonous was returned his property. More interested in a peace agreement than the building, SwetMC offered to sell the land for 128g. As would be pointed out by Skeletonous, this was roughly half the gold which would be required for Tooele to claim the land overclaim or not (240g). Skeletonous declined this offer, since it was going to cost him the same amount of gold to claim the land anyways and he was interested in revenge against Utah.

With Skeletonous opposed to the trade offer, Cascadia instead began to weight the options of a conflict. Most of the Cascadian government supported Skeletonous, since he had been scammed out of Utah and Governor House. Cascadian leadership also felt that the crisis was an opportune moment to flex their diplomatic muscle. In case of a military conflict, the Department of Defense began to construct small defended positions along the mountain ranges between Salt Lake City and [[Cascadia National Parks Service|Yellowstone]].

Unbeknownst to Cascadian officials, SwetMC had also been in contact with diplomats from the NAU who were attempting to return Utah to their meganation. On May 13, SwetMC agreed to join the NAU as a member state, after being kicked from Edesse for his diplomatic problems with his American neighbors. The NAU then learned that Utah was on the verge of a war with Cascadia, something that Ghostyuu and other NAU leaders had very little interest in dealing with. SwetMC was told to find a solution and end the crisis. When a solution was not found by the evening of May 13, [[Kounterowo|Kounter]] offered to buy Utah out and deal with the problem themselves. SwetMC agreed, and on May 14, Prongs became leader of Utah.

After the transaction was made, [[Ghostyuu]] informed Cascadia that they would be interested in seeking a deal to give Tooele the land they were after free of charge. Since Skeletonous happy with the proposal, and Cascadia had little interest pushing for a conflict with the NAU, Cascadian leadership considered the issue closed. However, no deal was ever reached, and Tooele was never returned the land.

== Aftermath ==
A rivalry would persist between Tooele and Salt Lake City up until both towns fell into inactivity in late-2024. In early July 2024, Skeletonous would sell Tooele to Prongs for 1300g after a campaign of resident sniping and hunting. At the time, Cascadia was in the midst of the [[Great American War]], and thus the fresh fighting in Utah wasn't considered a relevant concern. Skeletonous would later take Tooele back in August 2024, after Prongs fell into inactivity and his holder in Tooele 42ed. After Prongs retired from EMC and left Utah to successive residents, the rivalry continued, ultimately culminating in more fighting over the ownership of Tooele until 2 high-ranking Utah leaders were banned, with Utah's leader quitting the server soon thereafter.

Eventually, Skeletonous would move to his own nation, [[Newfoundland (Aurora)|Newfoundland]], where he stayed for the remainder of Terra Aurora. Tooele continued to be held by Skeletonous-aligned holders until collapsing entirely in May 2025. The latest version of Tooele was founded by Cascadian Melvinm04 on May 7, 2025, and remained in Cascadia until the end of Terra Aurora. It is now the county seat of [[Owyhee County]]. Utah would continue to trade hands until eventually being bought by [[Sometexan]] around June 9, 2025. It was ultimately annexed into the [[Texas|Republic of Texas]] on July 31, 2025, where it remains today. Governor House continues to stand as a significant structure in the northern part of the city.

The crisis remains an excellent historical example of Cascadian foreign policy during the Transatlantic Cold War, as well as the practicality of the Raptor Doctrine, as Cascadia successfully used diplomatic soft power and the threat of using force to achieve its goals. It is also a prime example used in criticisms of the Raptor Doctrine, as even Milgorn said at the time "I feel kinda bad I’m basically manipulating this kid that owns Utah." Ultimately, the Tooele Crisis was a relatively brief but quintessential diplomatic incident for the period.{{Republic of Cascadia (Aurora)}}
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{{BattleTemplate
| name = The Tooele Crisis
| image = {Image}
| caption = {Caption}
| date = May 12 - May 14, 2024 (2 days)
| location = [[Basin County]], [[Cascadia|Republic of Cascadia]]
| changes = - Land turned over to Tooele 
- Utah purchased by NAU
| beligerent1 = [[File:Flag of Cascadia.png|25px]] '''[[Cascadia]]'''
'''Supported by:''' 
[[File:USA.png|25px]] [[NAU]] 
| beligerent2 = [[File:Utah flag.webp|25px]] '''Utah'''
| leaders1 = [[File:Flag of Cascadia.png|25px]] '''[[SergioTheCrafter]]'''
*[[File:Flag of Cascadia.png|25px]] [[Milgorn123]]
*[[File:Flag of Cascadia.png|25px]] [[Raptormm4]]
[[File:USA.png|25px]] '''[[Ghostyuu]]'''
*[[File:USA.png|25px]] Prongs
| leaders2 = [[File:Utah flag.png|25px]] '''SwetMC'''
}}The '''Tooele Crisis''' was a diplomatic crisis between the [[Cascadia|Republic of Cascadia]] and Utah which lasted from May 12 to 14, 2024.

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== Background ==

=== Utah Historically ===
The iteration of Utah as would become relevant during the Tooele Crisis has its origins with [[Aurora:Jefferson|Jefferson]] and the work of then-former-Cascadian [[Moxie|Moxiecodone]]. After fleeing Cascadia during the [[Battle of Oceanside]], Moxie and a number of other mostly trans-women established the Basin Union, commonly known simply as "Basin", in Salt Lake City. The nation was primarily focused on being a place for Moxie and her friends to build, and had little activity in foreign affairs. On July 29, 2023, Basin and Jefferson formed the Western Democratic Union meganation, and on August 10, they become further united through the Sequoia Union meganation.

After Moxie temporarily quit the server in August 2023, Basin would be sold and transferred between a number of owners. On October 21, 2023, it was sold to Ewisawesome and renamed to Utah. On December 11, it was sold to CodeData and became a part of the [[NAU|North American Union]]. 2 days later, it left the NAU and joined the [[USA (Olsar)]]. On January 29, 2024, it again switched between the USA and NAU. On March 27, Gramassis bought Utah, left all previous alliances, and joined the ETRA. It is possible that other transfers existed in between this changes that were reported on as well, but at the bare minimum Utah traded hands at least 4 times before being bought by SwetMC in May 2024.

=== Cascadian Foreign Policy ===
During the Spring of 2024, Cascadia had developed a new foreign policy that met the demands of the [[NSR Cold War]] and the fall in relevance of their previous international adversaries. At the time, this policy was coined as "The Raptor Doctrine", since it was spearheaded by Secretary of Defense [[Raptormm4]]. The policy focused on adopting a [[wikipedia:Big_stick_ideology|"speak softly, and carry a big stick"]] mentality to increase Cascadia's influence across North America. The policy was also concerned with rising colonial influences from European powers across the Western Hemisphere, especially the [[Aurora:North Sea Republic|North Sea Republic]], which contained the nation of Illinois and the nation of Norcallia (San Fransisco).

== The Crisis ==
The crisis began on May 12, 2024, when Utah was transferred for at least the fifth time, this time to SwetMC. Amongst the first actions SwetMC took was to leave all previous meganations and join his home nation of [[Edesse]], in the Middle East. He also explicitly left the [[Wagner War|Wagner Group]] alliance, which Utah joined as part of the USA in December 2023. He stated in a press release that this was because he learned that Wagner was an anti-Cascadia alliance, and he was hoping to establish good relations with his new neighbors.

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| name = The Wasteland Crisis
| image = {Image}
| caption = {Caption}
| date = April 18 - April 30, 2024 (12 days)
| location = [[Jefferson County]], [[Cascadia|Republic of Cascadia]]
| result = - Cascadian Department of Defense improves defenses in the Great Basin
- Mistrust between Cascadia and NAU settled
| beligerent1 = [[File:Flag of Cascadia.png|25px]] '''[[Cascadia]]'''
| beligerent2 = [[File:CaliforniaFlag.png|25px]] '''New California Republic'''
'''Supported by:''' 
[[File:USA.png|25px]] [[NAU]] 
| leaders1 = [[File:Flag of Cascadia.png|25px]] '''[[Paper1emur]]'''
[[File:Flag of Cascadia.png|25px]] '''[[SergioTheCrafter]]'''
*[[File:Flag of Cascadia.png|25px]] [[Raptormm4]]
*[[File:Flag of Cascadia.png|25px]] [[Milgorn123]]
| leaders2 = [[File:CaliforniaFlag.png|25px]] '''[[Ghostyuu]]'''
*[[File:CaliforniaFlag.png|25px]] [[Kounter]]
[[File:USA.png|25px]] '''Prongs''' 
[[File:WagnerGroupFlag.webp|25px]] '''[[Bonzzil]]''' (Allegedly) 
}}The '''Wasteland Crisis''', also sometimes known as the '''Cascadia-NCR Affair,''' was a period of heightened tensions between the [[Cascadia|Republic of Cascadia]] and the short-lived New California Republic during April 2024.

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== Background ==
During 2023 and the early months of 2024, a simmering mistrust could be found between high-ranking officials in Cascadia and the neighboring North American Union. Amongst the most skeptical of Cascadians were [[Moxie|Moxicodone]], the Secretary of Interior during the Second Setrus Administration, while others, including Secretary of State Milgorn123, were generally more trusting of the NAU's intentions. The leading issue for skeptical Cascadians was the NAU's leadership's strong connections to the Prince Rupert friend group, which was had grown an reputation for racism, edginess, and doxxing.

== The Crisis ==
On April 10, 2024, the [[wikipedia:Fallout_(American_TV_series)|Fallout TV Series]], inspired by the video games of the same name, was released to Amazon Prime Video. The show was a major success amongst Fallout fans, which happened to include several citizens of the NAU. Due to a combination of boredom and inspiration from the show, a handful of NAU citizens, led by Ghostyuu, founded the New California Republic on April 18, 2024. The nation's capital was built over the ruins of a previous Fallout build in the Nevada desert, Vault 15, and the capital was named Shady Sands (in present-day [[Jefferson County]]).

The unanticipated NAU expansion into Nevada sounded alarm bells in Cascadia. The paranoia surrounding the new nation grew stronger when Vault 13 was established in the Sierra Mountains, leading Moxie to warn that this may be the beginnings of an invasion. At this point, Milgorn would begin to open diplomatic channels with Ghostyuu in an attempt to calm tensions, with Ghostyuu insisting that they were only doing Fallout larp and would not be a threat towards Cascadia.

At the same time, another town, "Sahara Base", which was unrelated to the NAU, had joined the New California Republic. The town was placed directly next to the Cascadian town of Death Valley (in present-day [[Nevada County]]), and was associated with former Death Valley residents who moved to [[Aurora:Mali|Mali]] after a dispute with the mayor. In an attempt at revenge, Sahara Base was founded with the goal of harassing and hunting Death Valley residents. On April 15, the Department of Defense, then led by [[Raptormm4]], was notified of the hunting activity occurring around Death Valley. It was at this time that the Department of Defense began to investigate the matter, and would offer strategic advise to the President.

== Legacy ==
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Wasteland Crisis

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{{BattleTemplate
| name = The Wasteland Crisis
| image = {Image}
| caption = {Caption}
| date = April 18 - April 30, 2024 (12 days)
| location = [[Jefferson County]], [[Cascadia|Republic of Cascadia]]
| result = - Cascadian Department of Defense improves defenses in the Great Basin
- Mistrust between Cascadia and NAU settled
| beligerent1 = [[File:Flag of Cascadia.png|25px]] '''[[Cascadia]]'''
| beligerent2 = [[File:CaliforniaFlag.png|25px]] '''New California Republic'''
'''Supported by:''' 
[[File:USA.png|25px]] [[NAU]] 
[[File:Utah.png|25px]] Utah
| leaders1 = [[File:Flag of Cascadia.png|25px]] '''[[Paper1emur]]'''
[[File:Flag of Cascadia.png|25px]] '''[[SergioTheCrafter]]'''
*[[File:Flag of Cascadia.png|25px]] [[Raptormm4]]
*[[File:Flag of Cascadia.png|25px]] [[Milgorn123]]
| leaders2 = [[File:CaliforniaFlag.png|25px]] '''[[Ghostyuu]]'''
*[[File:CaliforniaFlag.png|25px]] [[Kounter]]
[[File:Utah.png|25px]] '''Prongs''' 
[[File:WagnerGroupFlag.webp|25px]] '''[[Bonzzil]]''' (Allegedly) 
}}The '''Wasteland Crisis''', also sometimes known as the '''Cascadia-NCR Affair,''' was a period of heightened tensions between the [[Cascadia|Republic of Cascadia]] and the short-lived New California Republic during April 2024.

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== Background ==
During 2023 and the early months of 2024, a simmering mistrust could be found between high-ranking officials in Cascadia and the neighboring North American Union. Amongst the most skeptical of Cascadians were [[Moxie|Moxicodone]], the Secretary of Interior during the Second Setrus Administration, while others, including Secretary of State Milgorn123, were generally more trusting of the NAU's intentions. The leading issue for skeptical Cascadians was the NAU's leadership's strong connections to the Prince Rupert friend group, which was had grown an reputation for racism, edginess, and doxxing.

== The Crisis ==
On April 10, 2024, the [[wikipedia:Fallout_(American_TV_series)|Fallout TV Series]], inspired by the video games of the same name, was released to Amazon Prime Video. The show was a major success amongst Fallout fans, which happened to include several citizens of the NAU. Due to a combination of boredom and inspiration from the show, a handful of NAU citizens, led by Ghostyuu, founded the New California Republic on April 18, 2024. The nation's capital was built over the ruins of a previous Fallout build in the Nevada desert, Vault 15, and the capital was named Shady Sands (in present-day [[Jefferson County]]).

The unanticipated NAU expansion into Nevada sounded alarm bells in Cascadia. The paranoia surrounding the new nation grew stronger when Vault 13 was established in the Sierra Mountains, leading Moxie to warn that this may be the beginnings of an invasion. At this point, Milgorn would begin to open diplomatic channels with Ghostyuu in an attempt to calm tensions, with Ghostyuu insisting that they were only doing Fallout larp and would not be a threat towards Cascadia.

At the same time, another town, "Sahara Base", which was unrelated to the NAU, had joined the New California Republic. The town was placed directly next to the Cascadian town of Death Valley (in present-day [[Nevada County]]), and was associated with former Death Valley residents who moved to [[Aurora:Mali|Mali]] after a dispute with the mayor. In an attempt at revenge, Sahara Base was founded with the goal of harassing and hunting Death Valley residents. On April 15, the Department of Defense, then led by [[Raptormm4]], was notified of the hunting activity occurring around Death Valley. It was at this time that the Department of Defense began to investigate the matter, and would offer strategic advise to the President.

== Legacy ==
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{{BattleTemplate
| name = The Mackenzie War
| image = [[File:BattleYatsburgh.webp|270px]]
| caption = Cascadian forces assemble before the Battle of Yatsburgh; November 3, 2024
| date = October 31 - December 3, 2024 (1 month, 3 days)
| location = [[Great North]], [[Cascadia|Republic of Cascadia]]
| result = Cascadian Victory
| changes = - Status quo ante bellum 
- Led to the dissolution of NWT
| beligerent1 = [[File:NWT flag.png|25px]] '''NWT'''
'''Supported by:''' 
[[File:CaliforniaFlag.png|25px]] California (until 11/8)
| beligerent2 = [[File:Flag of Cascadia.png|25px]] '''[[Cascadia]]'''
| leaders1 = [[File:NWT flag.png|25px]] '''xHydre'''
*[[File:NWT flag.png|25px]] xStoicx
| leaders2 = [[File:Flag of Cascadia.png|25px]] '''[[Dracnoian]]'''
*[[File:Flag of Cascadia.png|25px]] Atlanta0
*[[File:Flag of Cascadia.png|25px]] [[FieryMatter]]
*[[File:Flag of Cascadia.png|25px]] [[Raptormm4]]
}}The '''Mackenzie War''', also sometimes known as the '''Cascadia-NWT War''' or the '''Mackenzie Rebellion''', was an armed conflict between the [[Cascadia|Republic of Cascadia]] and the nation of NWT (later renamed to Mackenzie) which lasted from October 31, 2024 to December 3, 2024. This followed a secession from Cascadia, primarily by members of the [[Cascadian Communist Party]], who left dissatisfied with the nation. Eventually, a territorial dispute in the [[Great North]] was escalated to war by NWT. After a month of fighting, and two coups within NWT, Cascadia's defense apparatus defeated the much smaller nation, leading to a Cascadian victory. Afterward, NWT was annexed into [[Aurora:Alaska|Alaska]], and eventually reformed as Alaska declined in 2025.

== Background ==

=== Cascadian Political Divisions ===
[[File:CascadianCommunistParty.webp|left|thumb|154x154px|Logo of the Cascadian Communist Party (2024)]]
On September 21, 2024, Home Secretary [[Setrus]] created the "parties forum" discord channel in Cascadia, with the intention of using it to introduce political parties to Cascadia. At the start, these were intended to be treated very seriously. Soon theerafter though, two very serious and well-organized political parties were formed. The first was the [[National Bison Party]], headed by [[Akeboun]], SergioTheCrafter, and a number of other individuals from the Cascadian [[The Frontier|frontier region]]. The other was the second iteration of the Cascadian Communist Party, headed by xStoicx, a longtime Great North mayor. The NBP was the larger of these two organizations, and focused on issues of regional autonomy, regulating discord moderators, and anti-globalism. The CCP, meanwhile, mostly focused on roleplaying Leninism and pushing anti-democratic and stalinist propaganda. The two groups very quickly developed a rivalry entering the [[September 2024 General Election]], which became increasingly toxic.

One of the notable Great North members of the NBP was xHydre, the mayor of Castle John. On October 1, in internal NBP channels, xHydre had attempted to flex the fact that he was majoring in political science in university. Akeboun and [[Paradox1080]] then preceded to make fun of this fact, stating that a polisci degree was effectively useless. At first this was mostly friendly banter, until xHydre took it incredibly personally and got argumentative. Soon after, he left the NBP and joined the CCP. At this point the toxicity between the two sides, and between Akeboun and xHydre, escalated considerably.

=== NWT Secession ===
On October 2, 2024, xStoicx, xHydre, and a handful of other mayors, exclusively members of the Cascadian Communist Party, seceded peacefully from Cascadia to form the nation of NWT. Since neither xHydre nor xStoicx had paid their [[CascAID]] debts to the government upon secession, many advisors in the Cascadian cabinet suggested that the Cascadian National Guard be placed on alert. This wasn't a universal opinion though, with Setrus and [[President of Cascadia|President]] [[Dracnoian]] believing that there wasn't an immediate cause for concern or hostility. The pair would pay off their debts the next day, and would be joined by a small collection of other mayors looking for a new experience in the long-ignored Great North, including longtime Cascadian RuffWoof. xStoicx would draft the constitution of the new "communist" NWT, placing the powers of government in a legislature that would elect a Prime Minister to serve as head of government. However, xStoicx and xHydre would serve as "founders" of the nation, a title that granted them veto powers and enormous soft influence over the government, serving as co-heads of state. RuffWoof was elected as the nation's first Prime Minister, and on October 8, he signed a non-aggression pact with Cascadia. Though the secession was peaceful, and both nations upheld a veneer of cooperation, the secession was not without scorn, and relations between NWT and Cascadia were privately quite tenuous.

== Prelude to War ==

=== Settling of Ythan Adevir ===
On October 28, 2024, the town of Ythan Adevir (in present-day [[Mackenzie County]]) was founded by Aduwastaken. It was located only about 300 blocks east of Castle John. She attempted to make contact with NWT to join them, however xHydre was offline at the time. She decided to join Cascadia instead. This was much to the anger of NWT, as her town was placed alongside Highway 94, which had been constructed by the [[Cascadia Department of Interior|Cascadian Department of Interior]] years earlier. The road was a critical connection between Castle John and Hay River, the nation's capital. A little over a day later, xHydre reached out to Adu asking them to join NWT. When they declined, xHydre threatened to claimblock the town.

In the afternoon of October 30, Cascadian diplomats, led by Secretary of State [[Capitanfra]], reached out to NWT leadership requesting an explanation for the threats. xStoicx replied that "of course there’s going to be consequences for your governments actions..." and that NWT viewed the settlement of the town as an act of aggression. Despite NWT's claims, there had been no previous contact between Adu and the Cascadian government. xStoicx then revoked the NAP between the 2 nations, and gave Cascadia 24 hours to remove the town from their claimed territory, or else action would be taken. This ultimatum was notably not approved by the Prime Minister RuffWoof, who attempted to calm tensions between the sides. At the same time, Adu had placed signs at the border of her town stating that it was her land and she would remain "...until the second coming of Jesus Christ. In other words, fuck off." xHydre responded to this promise stating that "it [Ythan Adevir] will perish by my hands then. You're fucking with the wrong player." Cascadian officials maintained throughout the beginning of the crisis that the town was not within NWT territory, and repeatedly stated that they had never even received a claim map from NWT to begin with. NWT would never produce such a map.

=== Skirmishes in the Great North ===
From the night of October 30 into the next morning, PvP skirmishes began to take place between Cascadian citizens and NWT forces. It began with xHydre and others hunting the land around Ythan Adevir, where they entered into combat with Adu. This was met with general outrage from the Cascadian populous, and put paramilitary forces from across Cascadia on alert. By the afternoon of October 31, active PvP skirmishes were happening across the Great North. At the same time, the Cascadian government was occupied responding to military threats in California and supporting their allies in Texas.

In the afternoon of October 31, RuffWoof was removed as Prime Minister in a coup. xHydre and xStoicx had threatened impeachment against him for his refusal to support their calls to action, telling him that "defiance is treason". He fled the nation after his removal and was named an associate in the Cascadian Department of Defense, promoted to the rank of sergeant in the Cascadian National Guard shortly thereafter.

At 6:00 PM PT, municipal officials in [[Aurora:Astoria|Astoria]] raided the NWT consulate in Astoria. At 6:24 PM PT, Home Secretary Setrus alerted the cabinet that NWT had begun to poach isolated Cascadian towns in the Great North. By 7:00 PM PT, there was widespread violence occurring between Cascadian paramilitaries and NWT forces.

At 8:32 PM PT, xHydre announced that NWT had declared war on Cascadia. He cited the PvP skirmishes that had broken out over the previous 12 hours, as well as Cascadia's siding with Adu and the town of Ythan Adevir. He stated that Cascadia was "...not a nation of democracy, peace, or even tolerance. Rather, Cascadians are colonizers, blood-thirsty, and feel strong in numbers." He proclaimed that NWT would not stop until Cascadia was "eradicated".
[[File:NWTWarDec.webp|none|thumb|605x605px|Transcript of NWT's Declaration of War against Cascadia]]

== Course of the War ==

=== Johnstone Strait Offensive ===
[[File:BattlePechroskCrater.webp|thumb|406x406px|Combat during the Battle of Pechrosk Crater]]
In the morning hours of November 1, NWT forces began to place siege towns near important Cascadian towns in the Great North. Notably, [[Vancouver]] was targeted. These towns forced the Cascadian government to bring in emergency funds to Vancouver's overclaim shield, preventing a disastrous overclaim of the city. PvP battles, now being organized by the Cascadian National Guard, continued to take places across the Great North with NWT forces. On November 3, a NWT siege town named Yatsburgh was placed on the outskirts of Astoria. Around 9:00 PM PT, Cascadian forces entered into the Battle of Yatsburgh, ultimately leaving the battle with a partial victory (having taken less losses in PvP).

While sporadic fighting between the two armies continued for several weeks, the war quickly devolved into an attrition war while both sides waited for overclaim opportunities or boredom to strike down the other. Dracnoian took the approach that NWT was to be treated less like a near-peer-foe and more like a pest. Meanwhile, xHydre was leading NWT's efforts to poach Cascadian towns to little effect. During this lull in the fighting, Cascadian operations focused on covert actions that mostly remain classified to this day. What is known however is that one of them involved the NWT mayor of Pechorsk Colter, Haines, who was providing intel to the Cascadian [[Cascadia Office of Intelligence|Office of Intelligence]]. The information they provided was used to great effect by Cascadian leadership, who were able to predict NWT warplans and monitor their internal affairs. On November 12, Haines was outed as a spy and kicked from the nation, causing Cascadian forces to rush to their defense. This began the Battle of Pechorsk Crater, which saw Cascadian forces successfully defend the town from NWT attacks. This would be the last major battle of the Johnstone Strait Offensive.

=== NWT Relationship with the PSA ===
On November 1, after declaring war on Cascadia, the NWT began to cooperate with the [[Pacific States of America]], led by [[OIsar]]. The PSA (primarily it's lead nation, [[Aurora:California|California]]), had already been fighting Cascadia for some time. Cascadian officials began to suspect that the two were cooperating as soon as NWT siege towns in Vancouver began to pop up similar to how California siege towns had. Later that afternoon, California hunters began to try and convince RuffWoof to rejoin NWT. At 5:00 PM PT, NWT announced that they had joined the PSA as an observer, confirming suspicions that the two were cooperating. At the same time, it was announced that the nation of BC (British Columbia) had been kicked from the PSA due to tensions between them and NWT.

15 minutes later, NWT declared war on BC. The exact reasonings for this war are unclear, however it's believed that NWT had been the target of isolated hunting from BC citizens. There was a light level of confirmed PvP between the two sides on through November 1 to November 2. On November 2, the PSA announced that it had brokered a peace agreement between BC and NWT. The two sides would agree to a white peace, not engage with each other, and BC would rejoin the PSA as a protectorate of California. BC citizens, notably Snowic and [[PicoTheCat|Pico]], would assist the NWT war effort against Cascadia for the remainder of the conflict.

The scope of cooperation between the PSA and NWT and not entirely clear to this day. It's known that they cooperated to some level in coordinating military operations, and they likely attempted to form a cohesive diplomatic policy, but very little communications between the two entities have ever been released to the public. On November 8, NWT left the PSA and joined the [[Arctic Pact]]. The exact reasoning for this is unknown, however it is known that there was some argument between xHydre and OIsar when they made the decision to leave. This argument would escalate on November 21, when OIsar began to snipe a small number of southernly NWT towns to make a point towards xHydre. Although hostile action was briefly taken between the two sides, it never escalated to the point of a full conflict.

=== NWT Internal Politics ===
The NWT's internal politics during this time are best described as a young nation trying to find its footing through war. Support for the war was high amongst the general public, pushed by a lack of contact with Cascadians and a propaganda effort from xHydre and xStoicx. After the removal of RuffWoof from the premiership, a new politician was elected to the position, he held very little sway over the nation's actually foreign policy. Only 2 legislatures would ever be elected in NWT, with the second being elected shortly after the war began. The primary focus of those in the legislature was supporting the war effort, connecting towns through infrastructure, and attempting to organize community events. Very few of these goals would ever actually be accomplished, and activity in the nation dropped significantly over the course of November. Although the Legislature still held de jure authority over the government, at this point the majority of the nation's affairs were being operated by xHydre and xStoicx personally. This continued until the collapse of NWT's democracy in a second coup on November 30, 2024.

=== Cascadian Counterattack ===
[[File:BattleHayRiver.webp|thumb|436x436px|Cascadian forces celebrating victory at the Second Battle of Hay River]]
The second stage of the war was dominated by attempts of negotiation between NWT and Cascadia. A few minutes after NWT joined the Arctic Pact, the Pact's leader, [[8set]], reached out to Cascadian officials asking to mediate a treaty. The next day, NWT leadership informed the Arctic Pact that they were not interested in peace, and the Arctic Pact declared neutrality in the entire affair. On November 14, RuffWoof, whose town was positioned directly south of Hay River, overclaimed the fishing area in the western part of Hay River. This overclaim would be undone a few days later after moderators deemed it a claim arm. On November 16, NWT was warned under EMC Rule 2.1, since there was already a nation named "N.W.T". The nation was then renamed to Mackenzie, after the Mackenzie River (this is also where the name of the war, and present-day Cascadian county, get their name).
[[File:NWTCascBorderTreaty.png|left|thumb|428x428px|The Cascadian demands for a border agreement at the end of the war]]
Going into the second half of November, Cascadian leaders began to devise a plan to counterattack the NWT and force them to negotiate a surrender. The plan hinged mostly on waiting for Castle John and Hay River to go under their overclaim limits, allowing siege towns to take the offensive. On November 26, xStoicx, at the suggestion of Snowic, requested new negotiations with Cascadia. They presented a draft for the Treaty of Yatsburgh, which would have set a border between the two nations near the 52nd parallel (Z=-11039 line), allowed Ythan Adevir to remain in Cascadia (though not expand), and enforce peaceful relations between the two nations. They also demanded that several other Cascadian towns located north of the proposed border be kicked. Cascadian officials completely rejected the notion of kicking Cascadian towns, and while not completely opposed to a claim map, they did also want to discuss war reparations from NWT. xStoicx refused to negotiate further on the matter, and instead decided to personally attack Cascadians during the negotiations.

In response, on November 27, at 8:10 PM PT, Cascadian forces led by Vice President [[FieryMatter]] commenced the Battle of Hay River, overclaiming nearly half the town in a matter of minutes, and mocking NWT leadership while they watched the attack unfold. The next day, Capitanfra offered a 7-day ceasefire, and submitted Cascadia's demands for NWT's surrender. NWT would be allowed to expand within a neutral zone, however there would be little-to-no exclusive claims of their sovereignty. The Cascadian position was that the land had always been Cascadian, and they had tolerated NWT expansion there, and would continue to tolerate their presence if the NWT tolerated theirs. Despite Snowic's attempts to negotiate, xStoicx continued to refuse any offer that did not include guaranteed NWT territory.

On November 30, 2024, with activity in the nation dwindling, xStoicx announced that the legislature had been dissolved, and he has assumed the position of king. This would be the second and final coup in NWT's history, and was followed immediately by the announcement that NWT would be withdrawing from all wars. In the eyes of Cascadia, this meant surrender. Four days later, on December 3, 2024, Dracnoian declared victory in the conflict, stating that "our defense is complete". He also thanked those who had assisted in the war effort, including Aduwastaken and RuffWoof.

== Aftermath ==
The second coup would be the last major event of NWT as a nation. That same day, Snowic returned fully to BC, and on December 5, xHydre and other mayors began to leave for Alaska. Almost all of them would become inactive after the war. xStoicx would continue to rule as king until December 19, when he quit EMC and sold the nation to [[Fruitloopins]], who led Alaska. The next day, Fruitloopins deleted Mackenzie, ending the nation just 2 months after its founding. Since July 2025, a reincarnated NWT, with xStoicx again as its king, has ruled over a small area near Hay River. There has been neither diplomatic talks, nor military action, between the NWT and Cascadia since the war came to a close.

The Mackenzie War served as a prelude to the coming [[cold war]] which Cascadia would become involved in with Alaska and the Arctic Pact during the months after the war. Cascadia had firmly entrenched itself in its interest in the Great North, and because of this the region's security would remain a political issue in the nation for many months to come. The town of Ythan Adevir, once the center of the conflict, would continue to thrive in Cascadia for some time, and upon the creation of the counties system it became the seat of the new Mackenzie County. Adu would 42-day and the town was deleted sometime in late 2025.{{Republic of Cascadia (Aurora)}}
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{{BattleTemplate
| name = The Mackenzie War
| image = [[File:BattleYatsburgh.webp|270px]]
| caption = Cascadian forces assemble before the Battle of Yatsburgh; November 3, 2024
| date = October 31 - December 3, 2024 (1 month, 3 days)
| location = [[Great North]], [[Cascadia|Republic of Cascadia]]
| result = Cascadian Victory
| changes = - Status quo ante bellum 
- Led to the dissolution of NWT
| beligerent1 = [[File:NWT flag.png|25px]] '''NWT'''
'''Supported by:''' 
[[File:CaliforniaFlag.png|25px]] California (until 11/8)
| beligerent2 = [[File:Flag of Cascadia.png|25px]] '''[[Cascadia]]'''
| leaders1 = [[File:NWT flag.png|25px]] '''xHydre'''
*[[File:NWT flag.png|25px]] xStoicx
| leaders2 = [[File:Flag of Cascadia.png|25px]] '''[[Dracnoian]]'''
*[[File:Flag of Cascadia.png|25px]] Atlanta0
*[[File:Flag of Cascadia.png|25px]] [[FieryMatter]]
*[[File:Flag of Cascadia.png|25px]] [[Raptormm4]]
}}The '''Mackenzie War''', also sometimes known as the '''Cascadia-NWT War''', was an armed conflict between the [[Cascadia|Republic of Cascadia]] and the nation of NWT (later renamed to Mackenzie) which lasted from October 31, 2024 to December 3, 2024. This followed a secession from Cascadia, primarily by members of the [[Cascadian Communist Party]], who left dissatisfied with the nation. Eventually, a territorial dispute in the [[Great North]] was escalated to war by NWT. After a month of fighting, and two coups within NWT, Cascadia's defense apparatus defeated the much smaller nation, leading to a Cascadian victory. Afterward, NWT was annexed into [[Aurora:Alaska|Alaska]], and eventually reformed as Alaska declined in 2025.

== Background ==

=== Cascadian Political Divisions ===
[[File:CascadianCommunistParty.webp|left|thumb|154x154px|Logo of the Cascadian Communist Party (2024)]]
On September 21, 2024, Home Secretary [[Setrus]] created the "parties forum" discord channel in Cascadia, with the intention of using it to introduce political parties to Cascadia. At the start, these were intended to be treated very seriously. Soon theerafter though, two very serious and well-organized political parties were formed. The first was the [[National Bison Party]], headed by [[Akeboun]] and a number of other [[The Frontier|Frontiersmen]]. The other was the Cascadian Communist Party (2024), headed by xStoicx, a longtime Great North mayor. The NBP was the larger of these two organizations, and focused on issues of regional autonomy, regulating discord moderators, and anti-globalism. The CCP, meanwhile, mostly focused on larping and pushing marxist propaganda. The two groups very quickly developed a rivalry entering the [[September 2024 General Election]], which became increasingly toxic.

One of the notable Great North members of the NBP was xHydre, the mayor of Castle John. On October 1, in internal NBP channels, xHydre had attempted to flex the fact that he was majoring in political science in university. Akeboun and [[Paradox1080]] then preceded to make fun of this fact, stating that a polisci degree was effectively useless. At first this was mostly friendly banter, until xHydre took it incredibly personally and got argumentative. Soon after, he left the NBP and joined the CCP. At this point the toxicity between the two sides, and between Akeboun and xHydre, escalated considerably.

=== NWT Secession ===
On October 2, 2024, xStoicx, xHydre, and a handful of other mayors, exclusively members of the Cascadian Communist Party, seceded peacefully from Cascadia to form the nation of NWT. Since neither xHydre nor xStoicx had paid their [[CascAID]] debts to the government upon secession, many advisors in the Cascadian cabinet suggested that the Cascadian National Guard be placed on alert. This wasn't a universal opinion though, with Setrus and [[President of Cascadia|President]] [[Dracnoian]] believing that there wasn't an immediate cause for concern or hostility. The pair would pay off their debts the next day, and would be joined by a small collection of other mayors looking for a new experience in the long-ignored Great North, including longtime Cascadian RuffWoof. xStoicx would draft the constitution of the new "communist" NWT, placing the powers of government in a legislature that would elect a Prime Minister to serve as head of government. However, xStoicx and xHydre would serve as "founders" of the nation, a title that granted them veto powers and enormous soft influence over the government. RuffWoof was elected as the nation's first Prime Minister, and on October 8, he signed a Non-Aggression Pact with Cascadia. Though the secession was peaceful, and both nations upheld a veneer of cooperation, the secession was not without scorn, and relations between NWT and Cascadia were privately quite teneous.

== Prelude to War ==

=== Settling of Ythan Adevir ===
On October 28, 2024, the town of Ythan Adevir (in present-day [[Mackenzie County]]) was founded by Aduwastaken. It was located only about 300 blocks east of Castle John. She attempted to make contact with NWT to join them, however xHydre was offline at the time. She decided to join Cascadia instead. This was much to the anger of NWT, as her town was placed alongside Highway 94, which had been constructed by the [[Cascadia Department of Interior|Cascadian Department of Interior]] years earlier. The road was a critical connection between Castle John and Hay River, the nation's capital. A little over a day later, xHydre reached out to Adu asking them to join NWT. When they declined, xHydre threatened to claimblock the town.

In the afternoon of October 30, Cascadian diplomats, led by Secretary of State [[Capitanfra]], reached out to NWT leadership requesting an explanation for the threats. xStoicx replied that "of course there’s going to be consequences for your governments actions..." and that NWT viewed the settlement of the town as an act of aggression. Despite NWT's claims, there had been no previous contact between Adu and the Cascadian government. xStoicx then revoked the NAP between the 2 nations, and gave Cascadia 24 hours to remove the town from their claimed territory, or else action would be taken. This ultimatum was notably not approved by the Prime Minister RuffWoof, who attempted to calm tensions between the sides. At the same time, Adu had placed signs at the border of her town stating that it was her land and she would remain "...until the second coming of Jesus Christ. In other words, fuck off." xHydre responded to this promise stating that "it [Ythan Adevir] will perish by my hands then. You're fucking with the wrong player." Cascadian officials maintained throughout the beginning of the crisis that the town was not within NWT territory, and repeatedly stated that they had never even received a claim map from NWT to begin with. NWT would never produce such a map.

=== Skirmishes in the Great North ===
From the night of October 30 into the next morning, PvP skirmishes began to take place between Cascadian citizens and NWT forces. It began with xHydre and others hunting the land around Ythan Adevir, where they entered into combat with Adu. This was met with general outrage from the Cascadian populous, and put paramilitary forces from across Cascadia on alert. By the afternoon of October 31, active PvP skirmishes were happening across the Great North. At the same time, the Cascadian government was occupied responding to military threats in California and supporting their allies in Texas.

In the afternoon of October 31, RuffWoof was removed as Prime Minister in a coup. xHydre and xStoicx had threatened impeachment against him for his refusal to support their calls to action, telling him that "defiance is treason". He fled the nation after his removal and was named an associate in the Cascadian Department of Defense shortly thereafter.

At 6:00 PM PT, Astorian officials raided the NWT embassy in [[Aurora:Astoria|Astoria]]. At 6:24 PM PT, Home Secretary Setrus alerted the cabinet that NWT had begun to poach isolated Cascadian towns in the Great North. By 7:00 PM PT, there was widespread violence occurring between Cascadian paramilitaries and NWT forces.

At 8:32 PM PT, xHydre announced that NWT had declared war on Cascadia. He cited the PvP skirmishes that had broken out over the previous 12 hours, as well as Cascadia's siding with Adu and the town of Ythan Adevir. He stated that Cascadia was "...not a nation of democracy, peace, or even tolerance. Rather, Cascadians are colonizers, blood-thirsty, and feel strong in numbers." He proclaimed that NWT would not stop until Cascadia was "eradicated".
[[File:NWTWarDec.webp|none|thumb|605x605px|Transcript of NWT's Declaration of War against Cascadia]]

== Course of the War ==

=== Johnstone Strait Offensive ===
[[File:BattlePechroskCrater.webp|thumb|406x406px|Combat during the Battle of Pechrosk Crater]]
In the morning hours of November 1, NWT forces began to place siege towns near important Cascadian towns in the Great North. Notably, [[Vancouver]] was targeted. These towns forced the Cascadian government to bring in emergency funds to Vancouver's overclaim shield, preventing a disastrous overclaim of the city. PvP battles, now being organized by the Cascadian National Guard, continued to take places across the Great North with NWT forces. On November 3, a NWT siege town named Yatsburgh was placed on the outskirts of Astoria. Around 9:00 PM PT, Cascadian forces entered into the Battle of Yatsburgh, ultimately leaving the battle with a partial victory (having taken less losses in PvP).

While sporadic fighting between the two armies continued for several weeks, the war quickly devolved into an attrition war while both sides waited for overclaim opportunities or boredom to strike down the other. Dracnoian took the approach that NWT was to be treated less like a near-peer-foe and more like a pest. Meanwhile, xHydre was leading NWT's efforts to poach Cascadian towns to little effect. During this lull in the fighting, Cascadian operations focused on covert actions that mostly remain classified to this day. What is known however is that one of them involved the NWT mayor of Pechorsk Colter, Haines, who was providing intel to the Cascadian [[Cascadia Office of Intelligence|Office of Intelligence]]. The information they provided was used to great effect by Cascadian leadership, who were able to predict NWT warplans and monitor their internal affairs. On November 12, Haines was outed as a spy and kicked from the nation, causing Cascadian forces to rush to their defense. This began the Battle of Pechorsk Crater, which saw Cascadian forces successfully defend the town from NWT attacks. This would be the last major battle of the Johnstone Strait Offensive.

=== NWT Relationship with the PSA ===
On November 1, after declaring war on Cascadia, the NWT began to cooperate with the [[Pacific States of America]], led by [[OIsar]]. The PSA (primarily it's lead nation, [[Aurora:California|California]]), had already been fighting Cascadia for some time. Cascadian officials began to suspect that the two were cooperating as soon as NWT siege towns in Vancouver began to pop up similar to how California siege towns had. Later that afternoon, California hunters began to try and convince RuffWoof to rejoin NWT. At 5:00 PM PT, NWT announced that they had joined the PSA as an observer, confirming suspicions that the two were cooperating. At the same time, it was announced that the nation of BC (British Columbia) had been kicked from the PSA due to tensions between them and NWT.

15 minutes later, NWT declared war on BC. The exact reasonings for this war are unclear, however it's believed that NWT had been the target of isolated hunting from BC citizens. There was a light level of confirmed PvP between the two sides on through November 1 to November 2. On November 2, the PSA announced that it had brokered a peace agreement between BC and NWT. The two sides would agree to a white peace, not engage with each other, and BC would rejoin the PSA as a protectorate of California. BC citizens, notably Snowic and [[PicoTheCat|Pico]], would assist the NWT war effort against Cascadia for the remainder of the conflict.

The scope of cooperation between the PSA and NWT and not entirely clear to this day. It's known that they cooperated to some level in coordinating military operations, and they likely attempted to form a cohesive diplomatic policy, but very little communications between the two entities have ever been released to the public. On November 8, NWT left the PSA and joined the [[Arctic Pact]]. The exact reasoning for this is unknown, however it is known that there was some argument between xHydre and OIsar when they made the decision to leave. This argument would escalate on November 21, when OIsar began to snipe a small number of southernly NWT towns to make a point towards xHydre. Although hostile action was briefly taken between the two sides, it never escalated to the point of a full conflict.

=== NWT Internal Politics ===
The NWT's internal politics during this time are best described as a young nation trying to find its footing through war. Support for the war was high amongst the general public, pushed by a lack of contact with Cascadians and a propaganda effort from xHydre and xStoicx. After the removal of RuffWoof from the Prime Ministership, a new politician was elected to the position, he held very little sway over the nation's actually foreign policy. Only 2 legislatures would ever be elected in NWT, with the second being elected shortly after the war began. The primary focus of those in the legislature was supporting the war effort, connecting towns through infrastructure, and attempting to organize community events. Very few of these goals would ever actually be accomplished, and activity in the nation dropped significantly over the course of November. Although the Legislature still held de jure authority over the government, at this point the majority of the nation's affairs were being operated by xHydre and xStoicx personally. This continued until the collapse of NWT's democracy in a second coup on November 30, 2024.

=== Cascadian Counterattack ===
[[File:BattleHayRiver.webp|thumb|436x436px|Cascadian forces celebrating victory at the Second Battle of Hay River]]
The second stage of the war was dominated by attempts of negotiation between NWT and Cascadia. A few minutes after NWT joined the Arctic Pact, the Pact's leader, [[8set]], reached out to Cascadian officials asking to mediate a treaty. The next day, NWT leadership informed the Arctic Pact that they were not interested in peace, and the Arctic Pact declared neutrality in the entire affair. On November 14, RuffWoof, whose town was positioned directly south of Hay River, overclaimed the fishing area in the western part of Hay River. This overclaim would be undone a few days later after moderators deemed it a claim arm. On November 16, NWT was warned under EMC Rule 2.1, since there was already a nation named "N.W.T". The nation was then renamed to Mackenzie, after the Mackenzie River (this is also where the name of the war, and present-day Cascadian county, get their name).
[[File:NWTCascBorderTreaty.png|left|thumb|428x428px|The Cascadian demands for a border agreement at the end of the war]]
Going into the second half of November, Cascadian leaders began to devise a plan to counterattack the NWT and force them to negotiate a surrender. The plan hinged mostly on waiting for Castle John and Hay River to go under their overclaim limits, allowing siege towns to take the offensive. On November 26, xStoicx, at the suggestion of Snowic, requested new negotiations with Cascadia. They presented a draft for the Treaty of Yatsburgh, which would have set a border between the two nations near the 52nd parallel (Z=-11039 line), allowed Ythan Adevir to remain in Cascadia (though not expand), and enforce peaceful relations between the two nations. They also demanded that several other Cascadian towns located north of the proposed border be kicked. Cascadian officials completely rejected the notion of kicking Cascadian towns, and while not completely opposed to a claim map, they did also want to discuss war reparations from NWT. xStoicx refused to negotiate further on the matter, and instead decided to personally attack Cascadians during the negotiations.

In response, on November 27, at 8:10 PM PT, Cascadian forces led by Vice President [[FieryMatter]] commenced the Battle of Hay River, overclaiming nearly half the town in a matter of minutes, and mocking NWT leadership while they watched the attack unfold. The next day, Capitanfra offered a 7-day ceasefire, and submitted Cascadia's demands for NWT's surrender. NWT would be allowed to expand within a neutral zone, however there would be little-to-no exclusive claims of their sovereignty. The Cascadian position was that the land had always been Cascadian, and they had tolerated NWT expansion there, and would continue to tolerate their presence if the NWT tolerated theirs. Despite Snowic's attempts to negotiate, xStoicx continued to refuse any offer that did not include guaranteed NWT territory.

On November 30, 2024, with activity in the nation dwindling, xStoicx announced that the legislature had been dissolved, and he has assumed the position of king. This would be the second and final coup in NWT's history, and was followed immediately by the announcement that NWT would be withdrawing from all wars. In the eyes of Cascadia, this meant surrender. Four days later, on December 3, 2024, Dracnoian declared victory in the conflict, stating that "our defense is complete". He also thanked those who had assisted in the war effort, including Aduwastaken and RuffWoof.

== Aftermath ==
The second coup would be the last major event of NWT as a nation. That same day, Snowic returned fully to BC, and on December 5, xHydre and other mayors began to leave for Alaska. Almost all of them would become inactive after the war. xStoicx would continue to rule as king until December 19, when he quit EMC and sold the nation to [[Fruitloopins]], who led Alaska. The next day, Fruitloopins deleted Mackenzie, ending the nation just 2 months after its founding. Since July 2025, a reincarnated NWT, with xStoicx again as its king, has ruled over a small area near Hay River. There has been neither diplomatic talks, nor military action, between the NWT and Cascadia since the war came to a close.

The Mackenzie War served as a prelude to the coming [[cold war]] which Cascadia would become involved in with Alaska and the Arctic Pact during the months after the war. Cascadia had firmly entrenched itself in its interest in the Great North, and because of this the region's security would remain a political issue in the nation for many months to come. The town of Ythan Adevir, once the center of the conflict, would continue to thrive in Cascadia for some time, and upon the creation of the counties system it became the seat of the new Mackenzie County. Adu would 42-day and the town was deleted sometime in late 2025.{{Republic of Cascadia (Aurora)}}
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Mackenzie War

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{{BattleTemplate
| name = The Mackenzie War
| image = {Image}
| caption = {Caption}
| date = October 31 - December 3, 2024 (1 month, 3 days)
| location = [[Great North]], [[Cascadia|Republic of Cascadia]]
| result = Cascadian Victory
| changes = - Status quo ante bellum 
- Led to the dissolution of NWT
| beligerent1 = [[File:NWT flag.png|25px]] '''NWT'''
'''Supported by:''' 
[[File:CaliforniaFlag.png|25px]] California (until 11/8)
| beligerent2 = [[File:Flag of Cascadia.png|25px]] '''[[Cascadia]]'''
| leaders1 = [[File:NWT flag.png|25px]] '''xHydre'''
*[[File:NWT flag.png|25px]] xStoicx
| leaders2 = [[File:Flag of Cascadia.png|25px]] '''[[Dracnoian]]'''
*[[File:Flag of Cascadia.png|25px]] Atlanta0
*[[File:Flag of Cascadia.png|25px]] [[FieryMatter]]
*[[File:Flag of Cascadia.png|25px]] [[Raptormm4]]
}}The '''Mackenzie War''', also sometimes known as the '''Cascadia-NWT War''', was an armed conflict between the [[Cascadia|Republic of Cascadia]] and the nation of NWT (later renamed to Mackenzie) which lasted from October 31, 2024 to December 3, 2024. This followed a secession from Cascadia, primarily by members of the [[Cascadian Communist Party]], who left dissatisfied with the nation. Eventually, a territorial dispute in the [[Great North]] was escalated to war by NWT. After a month of fighting, and two coups within NWT, Cascadia's defense apparatus defeated the much smaller nation, leading to a Cascadian victory. Afterward, NWT was annexed into [[Aurora:Alaska|Alaska]], and eventually reformed as Alaska declined in 2025.

== Background ==

=== Cascadian Political Divisions ===
On September 21, 2024, Home Secretary [[Setrus]] created the "parties forum" discord channel in Cascadia, with the intention of using it to introduce political parties to Cascadia. At the start, these were intended to be treated very seriously. Soon theerafter though, two very serious and well-organized political parties were formed. The first was the [[National Bison Party]], headed by [[Akeboun]] and a number of other [[The Frontier|Frontiersmen]]. The other was the Cascadian Communist Party (2024), headed by xStoicx, a longtime Great North mayor. The NBP was the larger of these two organizations, and focused on issues of regional autonomy, regulating discord moderators, and anti-globalism. The CCP, meanwhile, mostly focused on larping and pushing marxist propaganda. The two groups very quickly developed a rivalry entering the [[September 2024 General Election]], which became increasingly toxic.

One of the notable Great North members of the NBP was xHydre, the mayor of Castle John. On October 1, in internal NBP channels, xHydre had attempted to flex the fact that he was majoring in political science in university. Akeboun and [[Paradox1080]] then preceded to make fun of this fact, stating that a polisci degree was effectively useless. At first this was mostly friendly banter, until xHydre took it incredibly personally and got argumentative. Soon after, he left the NBP and joined the CCP. At this point the toxicity between the two sides, and between Akeboun and xHydre, escalated considerably.

=== NWT Secession ===
On October 2, 2024, xStoicx, xHydre, and a handful of other mayors, exclusively members of the Cascadian Communist Party, seceded peacefully from Cascadia to form the nation of NWT. Since neither xHydre nor xStoicx had paid their [[CascAID]] debts to the government upon secession, many advisors in the Cascadian cabinet suggested that the Cascadian National Guard be placed on alert. This wasn't a universal opinion though, with Setrus and [[President of Cascadia|President]] [[Dracnoian]] believing that there wasn't an immediate cause for concern or hostility. The pair would pay off their debts the next day, and would be joined by a small collection of other mayors looking for a new experience in the long-ignored Great North, including longtime Cascadian RuffWoof. xStoicx would draft the constitution of the new "communist" NWT, placing the powers of government in a legislature that would elect a Prime Minister to serve as head of government. However, xStoicx and xHydre would serve as "founders" of the nation, a title that granted them veto powers and enormous soft influence over the government. RuffWoof was elected as the nation's first Prime Minister, and on October 8, he signed a Non-Aggression Pact with Cascadia. Though the secession was peaceful, and both nations upheld a veneer of cooperation, the secession was not without scorn, and relations between NWT and Cascadia were privately quite teneous.

== Prelude to War ==

=== Settling of Ythan Adevir ===
On October 28, 2024, the town of Ythan Adevir (in present-day [[Mackenzie County]]) was founded by Aduwastaken. It was located only about 300 blocks east of Castle John. She attempted to make contact with NWT to join them, however xHydre was offline at the time. She decided to join Cascadia instead. This was much to the anger of NWT, as her town was placed alongside Highway 94, which had been constructed by the [[Cascadia Department of Interior|Cascadian Department of Interior]] years earlier. The road was a critical connection between Castle John and Hay River, the nation's capital. A little over a day later, xHydre reached out to Adu asking them to join NWT. When they declined, xHydre threatened to claimblock the town.

In the afternoon of October 30, Cascadian diplomats, led by Secretary of State [[Capitanfra]], reached out to NWT leadership requesting an explanation for the threats. xStoicx replied that "of course there’s going to be consequences for your governments actions..." and that NWT viewed the settlement of the town as an act of aggression. Despite NWT's claims, there had been no previous contact between Adu and the Cascadian government. xStoicx then revoked the NAP between the 2 nations, and gave Cascadia 24 hours to remove the town from their claimed territory, or else action would be taken. This ultimatum was notably not approved by the Prime Minister RuffWoof, who attempted to calm tensions between the sides. At the same time, Adu had placed signs at the border of her town stating that it was her land and she would remain "...until the second coming of Jesus Christ. In other words, fuck off." xHydre responded to this promise stating that "it [Ythan Adevir] will perish by my hands then. You're fucking with the wrong player." Cascadian officials maintained throughout the beginning of the crisis that the town was not within NWT territory, and repeatedly stated that they had never even received a claim map from NWT to begin with. NWT would never produce such a map.

=== Skirmishes in the Great North ===
From the night of October 30 into the next morning, PvP skirmishes began to take place between Cascadian citizens and NWT forces. It began with xHydre and others hunting the land around Ythan Adevir, where they entered into combat with Adu. This was met with general outrage from the Cascadian populous, and put paramilitary forces from across Cascadia on alert. By the afternoon of October 31, active PvP skirmishes were happening across the Great North. At the same time, the Cascadian government was occupied responding to military threats in California and supporting their allies in Texas.

In the afternoon of October 31, RuffWoof was removed as Prime Minister in a coup. xHydre and xStoicx had threatened impeachment against him for his refusal to support their calls to action, telling him that "defiance is treason". He fled the nation after his removal and was named an associate in the Cascadian Department of Defense shortly thereafter.

At 6:00 PM PT, Astorian officials raided the NWT embassy in [[Aurora:Astoria|Astoria]]. At 6:24 PM PT, Home Secretary Setrus alerted the cabinet that NWT had begun to poach isolated Cascadian towns in the Great North. By 7:00 PM PT, there was widespread violence occurring between Cascadian paramilitaries and NWT forces.

At 8:32 PM PT, xHydre announced that NWT had declared war on Cascadia. He cited the PvP skirmishes that had broken out over the previous 12 hours, as well as Cascadia's siding with Adu and the town of Ythan Adevir. He stated that Cascadia was "...not a nation of democracy, peace, or even tolerance. Rather, Cascadians are colonizers, blood-thirsty, and feel strong in numbers." He proclaimed that NWT would not stop until Cascadia was "eradicated".

== Course of the War ==

=== Johnstone Strait Offensive ===
In the morning hours of November 1, NWT forces began to place siege towns near important Cascadian towns in the Great North. Notably, [[Vancouver]] was targeted. These towns forced the Cascadian government to bring in emergency funds to Vancouver's overclaim shield, preventing a disastrous overclaim of the city. PvP battles, now being organized by the Cascadian National Guard, continued to take places across the Great North with NWT forces. On November 3, a NWT siege town named Yatsburgh was placed on the outskirts of Astoria. Around 9:00 PM PT, Cascadian forces entered into the Battle of Yatsburgh, ultimately leaving the battle with a partial victory (having taken less losses in PvP).

While sporadic fighting between the two armies continued for several weeks, the war quickly devolved into an attrition war while both sides waited for overclaim opportunities or boredom to strike down the other. Dracnoian took the approach that NWT was to be treated less like a near-peer-foe and more like a pest. Meanwhile, xHydre was leading NWT's efforts to poach Cascadian towns to little effect. During this lull in the fighting, Cascadian operations focused on covert actions that mostly remain classified to this day. What is known however is that one of them involved the NWT mayor of Pechorsk Colter, Haines, who was providing intel to the Cascadian [[Cascadia Office of Intelligence|Office of Intelligence]]. The information they provided was used to great effect by Cascadian leadership, who were able to predict NWT warplans and monitor their internal affairs. On November 12, Haines was outed as a spy and kicked from the nation, causing Cascadian forces to rush to their defense. This began the Battle of Pechorsk Crater, which saw Cascadian forces successfully defend the town from NWT attacks. This would be the last major battle of the Johnstone Strait Offensive.

=== NWT Relationship with the PSA ===
On November 1, after declaring war on Cascadia, the NWT began to cooperate with the [[Pacific States of America]], led by [[OIsar]]. The PSA (primarily it's lead nation, [[Aurora:California|California]]), had already been fighting Cascadia for some time. Cascadian officials began to suspect that the two were cooperating as soon as NWT siege towns in Vancouver began to pop up similar to how California siege towns had. Later that afternoon, California hunters began to try and convince RuffWoof to rejoin NWT. At 5:00 PM PT, NWT announced that they had joined the PSA as an observer, confirming suspicions that the two were cooperating. At the same time, it was announced that the nation of BC (British Columbia) had been kicked from the PSA due to tensions between them and NWT.

15 minutes later, NWT declared war on BC. The exact reasonings for this war are unclear, however it's believed that NWT had been the target of isolated hunting from BC citizens. There was a light level of confirmed PvP between the two sides on through November 1 to November 2. On November 2, the PSA announced that it had brokered a peace agreement between BC and NWT. The two sides would agree to a white peace, not engage with each other, and BC would rejoin the PSA as a protectorate of California. BC citizens, notably Snowic and [[PicoTheCat|Pico]], would assist the NWT war effort against Cascadia for the remainder of the conflict.

The scope of cooperation between the PSA and NWT and not entirely clear to this day. It's known that they cooperated to some level in coordinating military operations, and they likely attempted to form a cohesive diplomatic policy, but very little communications between the two entities have ever been released to the public. On November 8, NWT left the PSA and joined the [[Arctic Pact]]. The exact reasoning for this is unknown, however it is known that there was some argument between xHydre and OIsar when they made the decision to leave. This argument would escalate on November 21, when OIsar began to snipe a small number of southernly NWT towns to make a point towards xHydre. Although hostile action was briefly taken between the two sides, it never escalated to the point of a full conflict.

=== NWT Internal Politics ===
The NWT's internal politics during this time are best described as a young nation trying to find its footing through war. Support for the war was high amongst the general public, pushed by a lack of contact with Cascadians and a propaganda effort from xHydre and xStoicx. After the removal of RuffWoof from the Prime Ministership, a new politician was elected to the position, he held very little sway over the nation's actually foreign policy. Only 2 legislatures would ever be elected in NWT, with the second being elected shortly after the war began. The primary focus of those in the legislature was supporting the war effort, connecting towns through infrastructure, and attempting to organize community events. Very few of these goals would ever actually be accomplished, and activity in the nation dropped significantly over the course of November. Although the Legislature still held de jure authority over the government, at this point the majority of the nation's affairs were being operated by xHydre and xStoicx personally. This continued until the collapse of NWT's democracy in a second coup on November 30, 2024.

=== Cascadian Counterattack ===
The second stage of the war was dominated by attempts of negotiation between NWT and Cascadia. A few minutes after NWT joined the Arctic Pact, the Pact's leader, [[8set]], reached out to Cascadian officials asking to mediate a treaty. The next day, NWT leadership informed the Arctic Pact that they were not interested in peace, and the Arctic Pact declared neutrality in the entire affair. On November 14, RuffWoof, whose town was positioned directly south of Hay River, overclaimed the fishing area in the western part of Hay River. This overclaim would be undone a few days later after moderators deemed it a claim arm. On November 16, NWT was warned under EMC Rule 2.1, since there was already a nation named "N.W.T". The nation was then renamed to Mackenzie, after the Mackenzie River (this is also where the name of the war, and present-day Cascadian county, get their name).

Going into the second half of November, Cascadian leaders began to devise a plan to counterattack the NWT and force them to negotiate a surrender. The plan hinged mostly on waiting for Castle John and Hay River to go under their overclaim limits, allowing siege towns to take the offensive. On November 26, xStoicx, at the suggestion of Snowic, requested new negotiations with Cascadia. They presented a draft for the Treaty of Yatsburgh, which would have set a border between the two nations near the 52nd parallel (Z=-11039 line), allowed Ythan Adevir to remain in Cascadia (though not expand), and enforce peaceful relations between the two nations. They also demanded that several other Cascadian towns located north of the proposed border be kicked. Cascadian officials completely rejected the notion of kicking Cascadian towns, and while not completely opposed to a claim map, they did also want to discuss war reparations from NWT. xStoicx refused to negotiate further on the matter, and instead decided to personally attack Cascadians during the negotiations.

In response, on November 27, at 8:10 PM PT, Cascadian forces led by Vice President [[FieryMatter]] commenced the Battle of Hay River, overclaiming nearly half the town in a matter of minutes, and mocking NWT leadership while they watched the attack unfold. The next day, Capitanfra offered a 7-day ceasefire, and submitted Cascadia's demands for NWT's surrender. NWT would be allowed to expand within a neutral zone, however there would be little-to-no exclusive claims of their sovereignty. The Cascadian position was that the land had always been Cascadian, and they had tolerated NWT expansion there, and would continue to tolerate their presence if the NWT tolerated theirs. Despite Snowic's attempts to negotiate, xStoicx continued to refuse any offer that did not include guaranteed NWT territory.

On November 30, 2024, with activity in the nation dwindling, xStoicx announced that the legislature had been dissolved, and he has assumed the position of king. This would be the second and final coup in NWT's history, and was followed immediately by the announcement that NWT would be withdrawing from all wars. In the eyes of Cascadia, this meant surrender. Four days later, on December 3, 2024, Dracnoian declared victory in the conflict, stating that "our defense is complete". He also thanked those who had assisted in the war effort, including Aduwastaken and RuffWoof.

== Aftermath ==
The second coup would be the last major event of NWT as a nation. That same day, Snowic returned fully to BC, and on December 5, xHydre and other mayors began to leave for Alaska. Almost all of them would become inactive after the war. xStoicx would continue to rule as king until December 19, when he quit EMC and sold the nation to [[Fruitloopins]], who led Alaska. The next day, Fruitloopins deleted Mackenzie, ending the nation just 2 months after its founding. Since July 2025, a reincarnated NWT, with xStoicx again as its king, has ruled over a small area near Hay River. There has been neither diplomatic talks, nor military action, between the NWT and Cascadia since the war came to a close.

The Mackenzie War served as a prelude to the coming [[cold war]] which Cascadia would become involved in with Alaska and the Arctic Pact during the months after the war. Cascadia had firmly entrenched itself in its interest in the Great North, and because of this the region's security would remain a political issue in the nation for many months to come. The town of Ythan Adevir, once the center of the conflict, would continue to thrive in Cascadia for some time, and upon the creation of the counties system it became the seat of the new Mackenzie County. Adu would 42-day and the town was deleted sometime in late 2025.{{Republic of Cascadia (Aurora)}}
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| name = The Mackenzie War
| image = {Image}
| caption = {Caption}
| date = October 31 - December 3, 2024 (1 month, 3 days)
| location = [[Great North]], [[Cascadia|Republic of Cascadia]]
| result = Cascadian Victory
| changes = - Status quo ante bellum 
- Led to the dissolution of NWT
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'''Supported by:''' 
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*[[File:Flag of Cascadia.png|25px]] [[FieryMatter]]
*[[File:Flag of Cascadia.png|25px]] [[Raptormm4]]
}}The '''Mackenzie War''', also sometimes known as the '''Cascadia-NWT War''', was an armed conflict between the [[Cascadia|Republic of Cascadia]] and the nation of NWT (later renamed to Mackenzie) which lasted from October 31, 2024 to December 3, 2024. This followed a secession from Cascadia, primarily by members of the [[Cascadian Communist Party]], who left dissatisfied with the nation. Eventually, a territorial dispute in the [[Great North]] was escalated to war by NWT. After a month of fighting, and two coups within NWT, Cascadia's defense apparatus defeated the much smaller nation, leading to a Cascadian victory. Afterward, NWT was annexed into [[Aurora:Alaska|Alaska]], and eventually reformed as Alaska declined in 2025.

== Background ==

=== Cascadian Political Divisions ===
WIP - Contact UCas Department of Political Science

=== NWT Secession ===
On October 2, 2024, xStoicx, xHydre, and a handful of other mayors, exclusively members of the Cascadian Communist Party, seceded peacefully from Cascadia to form the nation of NWT. Since neither xHydre nor xStoicx had paid their [[CascAID]] debts to the government upon secession, many advisors in the Cascadian cabinet suggested that the Cascadian National Guard be placed on alert. This wasn't a universal opinion though, with Home Secretary [[Setrus]] and [[President of Cascadia|President]] [[Dracnoian]] believing that there wasn't an immediate cause for concern or hostility. The pair would pay off their debts soon after, and would be joined by a small collection of other mayors looking for a new experience in the long-ignored Great North, including longtime Cascadian RuffWoof. xStoicx would draft the constitution of the new "communist" NWT, placing the powers of government in a legislature that would elect a Prime Minister to serve as head of government. However, xStoicx and xHydre would serve as "founders" of the nation, a title that granted them veto powers and enormous soft influence over the government. RuffWoof was elected as the nation's first Prime Minister, and on October 8, he signed a Non-Aggression Pact with Cascadia. Though the secession was peaceful, and both nations upheld a veneer of cooperation, the secession was not without scorn, and relations between NWT and Cascadia were privately quite teneous.

== Prelude to War ==

=== Settling of Ythan Adevir ===
On October 28, 2024, the town of Ythan Adevir (in present-day [[Mackenzie County]]) was founded by Aduwastaken. It was located only about 300 blocks east of Castle John, xHydre's town and the largest in NWT. She attempted to make contact with NWT to join them, however xHydre was offline at the time. She decided to join Cascadia instead. This was much to the anger of NWT, as her town was placed alongside Highway 94, which had been constructed by the [[Cascadia Department of Interior|Cascadian Department of Interior]] years earlier. The road was a critical connection between Castle John and Hay River, the nation's capital. A little over a day later, xHydre reached out to Adu asking them to join NWT. When they declined, xHydre threatened to claimblock the town.

In the afternoon of October 30, Cascadian diplomats, led by Secretary of State [[Capitanfra]], reached out to NWT leadership requesting an explanation for the threats. xStoicx replied that "of course there’s going to be consequences for your governments actions..." and that NWT viewed the settlement of the town as an act of aggression. Despite NWT's claims, there had been no previous contact between Adu and the Cascadian government. xStoicx then revoked the NAP between the 2 nations, and gave Cascadia 24 hours to remove the town from their claimed territory, or else action would be taken. This ultimatum was notably not approved by the Prime Minister RuffWoof, who attempted to calm tensions between the sides. At the same time, Adu had placed signs at the border of her town stating that it was her land and she would remain "...until the second coming of Jesus Christ. In other words, fuck off." xHydre responded to this promise stating that "it [Ythan Adevir] will perish by my hands then. You're fucking with the wrong player." Cascadian officials maintained throughout the beginning of the crisis that the town was not within NWT territory, and repeatedly stated that they had never even received a claim map from NWT to begin with. NWT would never produce such a map.

=== Skirmishes in the Great North ===
From the night of October 30 into the next morning, PvP skirmishes began to take place between Cascadian citizens and NWT forces. It began with xHydre and others hunting the land around Ythan Adevir, where they entered into combat with Adu. This was met with general outrage from the Cascadian populous, and put paramilitary forces from across Cascadia on alert. By the afternoon of October 31, active PvP skirmishes were happening across the Great North. At the same time, the Cascadian government was occupied responding to military threats in California and supporting their allies in Texas.

In the afternoon of October 31, RuffWoof was removed as Prime Minister in a coup. xHydre and xStoicx had threatened impeachment against him for his refusal to support their calls to action, telling him that "defiance is treason". He fled the nation after his removal and was named an associate in the Cascadian Department of Defense shortly thereafter.

At 6:00 PM PT, Astorian officials raided the NWT embassy in [[Aurora:Astoria|Astoria]]. At 6:24 PM PT, Home Secretary Setrus alerted the cabinet that NWT had begun to poach isolated Cascadian towns in the Great North. By 7:00 PM PT, there was widespread violence occurring between Cascadian paramilitaries and NWT forces.

At 8:32 PM PT, xHydre announced that NWT had declared war on Cascadia. He cited the PvP skirmishes that had broken out over the previous 12 hours, as well as Cascadia's siding with Adu and the town of Ythan Adevir. He stated that Cascadia was "...not a nation of democracy, peace, or even tolerance. Rather, Cascadians are colonizers, blood-thirsty, and feel strong in numbers." He proclaimed that NWT would not stop until Cascadia was "eradicated".

== Course of the War ==

=== Johnstone Strait Offensive ===
In the morning hours of November 1, NWT forces began to place siege towns near important Cascadian towns in the Great North. Notably, [[Vancouver]] was targeted. These towns forced the Cascadian government to bring in emergency funds to Vancouver's overclaim shield, preventing a disastrous overclaim of the city. PvP battles, now being organized by the Cascadian National Guard, continued to take places across the Great North with NWT forces. On November 3, a NWT siege town named Yatsburgh was placed on the outskirts of Astoria. Around 9:00 PM PT, Cascadian forces entered into the Battle of Yatsburgh, ultimately leaving the battle with a partial victory (having taken less losses in PvP).

While sporadic fighting between the two armies continued for several weeks, the war quickly devolved into an attrition war while both sides waited for overclaim opportunities or boredom to strike down the other. Dracnoian took the approach that NWT was to be treated less like a near-peer-foe and more like a pest. Meanwhile, xHydre was leading NWT's efforts to poach Cascadian towns to little effect. During this lull in the fighting, Cascadian operations focused on covert actions that mostly remain classified to this day. What is known however is that one of them involved the NWT mayor of Pechorsk Colter, Haines, who was providing intel to the Cascadian [[Cascadia Office of Intelligence|Office of Intelligence]]. The information they provided was used to great effect by Cascadian leadership, who were able to predict NWT warplans and monitor their internal affairs. On November 12, Haines was outed as a spy and kicked from the nation, causing Cascadian forces to rush to their defense. This began the Battle of Pechorsk Crater, which saw Cascadian forces successfully defend the town from NWT attacks. This would be the last major battle of the Johnstone Strait Offensive.

=== NWT Relationship with the PSA ===
On November 1, after declaring war on Cascadia, the NWT began to cooperate with the [[Pacific States of America]], led by [[OIsar]]. The PSA (primarily it's lead nation, [[Aurora:California|California]]), had already been fighting Cascadia for some time. Cascadian officials began to suspect that the two were cooperating as soon as NWT siege towns in Vancouver began to pop up similar to how California siege towns had. Later that afternoon, California hunters began to try and convince RuffWoof to rejoin NWT. At 5:00 PM PT, NWT announced that they had joined the PSA as an observer, confirming suspicions that the two were cooperating. At the same time, it was announced that the nation of BC (British Columbia) had been kicked from the PSA due to tensions between them and NWT.

15 minutes later, NWT declared war on BC. The exact reasonings for this war are unclear, however it's believed that NWT had been the target of isolated hunting from BC citizens. There was a light level of confirmed PvP between the two sides on through November 1 to November 2. On November 2, the PSA announced that it had brokered a peace agreement between BC and NWT. The two sides would agree to a white peace, not engage with each other, and BC would rejoin the PSA as a protectorate of California. BC citizens, notably Snowic and [[PicoTheCat|Pico]], would assist the NWT war effort against Cascadia for the remainder of the conflict.

The scope of cooperation between the PSA and NWT and not entirely clear to this day. It's known that they cooperated to some level in coordinating military operations, and they likely attempted to form a cohesive diplomatic policy, but very little communications between the two entities have ever been released to the public. On November 8, NWT left the PSA and joined the [[Arctic Pact]]. The exact reasoning for this is unknown, however it is known that there was some argument between xHydre and OIsar when they made the decision to leave. This argument would escalate on November 21, when OIsar began to snipe a small number of southernly NWT towns to make a point towards xHydre. Although hostile action was briefly taken between the two sides, it never escalated to the point of a full conflict.

=== NWT Internal Politics ===
The NWT's internal politics during this time are best described as a young nation trying to find its footing through war. Support for the war was high amongst the general public, pushed by a lack of contact with Cascadians and a propaganda effort from xHydre and xStoicx. After the removal of RuffWoof from the Prime Ministership, a new politician was elected to the position, he held very little sway over the nation's actually foreign policy. Only 2 legislatures would ever be elected in NWT, with the second being elected shortly after the war began. The primary focus of those in the legislature was supporting the war effort, connecting towns through infrastructure, and attempting to organize community events. Very few of these goals would ever actually be accomplished, and activity in the nation dropped significantly over the course of November. Although the Legislature still held de jure authority over the government, at this point the majority of the nation's affairs were being operated by xHydre and xStoicx personally. This continued until the collapse of NWT's democracy in a second coup on November 30, 2024.

=== Cascadian Counterattack ===
The second stage of the war was dominated by attempts of negotiation between NWT and Cascadia. A few minutes after NWT joined the Arctic Pact, the Pact's leader, [[8set]], reached out to Cascadian officials asking to mediate a treaty. The next day, NWT leadership informed the Arctic Pact that they were not interested in peace, and the Arctic Pact declared neutrality in the entire affair. On November 14, RuffWoof, whose town was positioned directly south of Hay River, overclaimed the fishing area in the western part of Hay River. This overclaim would be undone a few days later after moderators deemed it a claim arm. On November 16, NWT was warned under EMC Rule 2.1, since there was already a nation named "N.W.T". The nation was then renamed to Mackenzie, after the Mackenzie River (this is also where the name of the war, and present-day Cascadian county, get their name).

Going into the second half of November, Cascadian leaders began to devise a plan to counterattack the NWT and force them to negotiate a surrender. The plan hinged mostly on waiting for Castle John and Hay River to go under their overclaim limits, allowing siege towns to take the offensive. On November 26, xStoicx, at the suggestion of Snowic, requested new negotiations with Cascadia. They presented a draft for the Treaty of Yatsburgh, which would have set a border between the two nations near the 52nd parallel (Z=-11039 line), allowed Ythan Adevir to remain in Cascadia (though not expand), and enforce peaceful relations between the two nations. They also demanded that several other Cascadian towns located north of the proposed border be kicked. Cascadian officials completely rejected the notion of kicking Cascadian towns, and while not completely opposed to a claim map, they did also want to discuss war reparations from NWT. xStoicx refused to negotiate further on the matter, and instead decided to personally attack Cascadians during the negotiations.

In response, on November 27, at 8:10 PM PT, Cascadian forces led by Vice President [[FieryMatter]] commenced the Battle of Hay River, overclaiming nearly half the town in a matter of minutes, and mocking NWT leadership while they watched the attack unfold. The next day, Capitanfra offered a 7-day ceasefire, and submitted Cascadia's demands for NWT's surrender. NWT would be allowed to expand within a neutral zone, however there would be little-to-no exclusive claims of their sovereignty. The Cascadian position was that the land had always been Cascadian, and they had tolerated NWT expansion there, and would continue to tolerate their presence if the NWT tolerated theirs. Despite Snowic's attempts to negotiate, xStoicx continued to refuse any offer that did not include guaranteed NWT territory.

On November 30, 2024, with activity in the nation dwindling, xStoicx announced that the legislature had been dissolved, and he has assumed the position of king. This would be the second and final coup in NWT's history, and was followed immediately by the announcement that NWT would be withdrawing from all wars. In the eyes of Cascadia, this meant surrender. Four days later, on December 3, 2024, Dracnoian declared victory in the conflict, stating that "our defense is complete". He also thanked those who had assisted in the war effort, including Aduwastaken and RuffWoof.

== Aftermath ==
The second coup would be the last major event of NWT as a nation. That same day, Snowic returned fully to BC, and on December 5, xHydre and other mayors began to leave for Alaska. Almost all of them would become inactive after the war. xStoicx would continue to rule as king until December 19, when he quit EMC and sold the nation to [[Fruitloopins]], who led Alaska. The next day, Fruitloopins deleted Mackenzie, ending the nation just 2 months after its founding. Since July 2025, a reincarnated NWT, with xStoicx again as its king, has ruled over a small area near Hay River. There has been neither diplomatic talks, nor military action, between the NWT and Cascadia since the war came to a close.

The Mackenzie War served as a prelude to the coming [[cold war]] which Cascadia would become involved in with Alaska and the Arctic Pact during the months after the war. Cascadia had firmly entrenched itself in its interest in the Great North, and because of this the region's security would remain a political issue in the nation for many months to come. The town of Ythan Adevir, once the center of the conflict, would continue to thrive in Cascadia for some time, and upon the creation of the counties system it became the seat of the new Mackenzie County. Adu would 42-day and the town was deleted sometime in late 2025.{{Republic of Cascadia (Aurora)}}
[[Category:Cascadia (Aurora)]]
[[Category:Wars (Aurora)]]

Mackenzie War

2026-02-07T02:48:13Z

901620386800730142: Updated background

{{BattleTemplate
| name = The Mackenzie War
| image = {Image}
| caption = {Caption}
| date = October 31 - December 3, 2024 (1 month, 3 days)
| location = [[Great North]], [[Cascadia|Republic of Cascadia]]
| result = Cascadian Victory
| changes = - Status quo ante bellum 
- Led to the dissolution of NWT
| beligerent1 = [[File:NWT flag.png|25px]] '''NWT'''
'''Supported by:''' 
[[File:CaliforniaFlag.png|25px]] California (until 11/8)
| beligerent2 = [[File:Flag of Cascadia.png|25px]] '''[[Cascadia]]'''
| leaders1 = [[File:NWT flag.png|25px]] '''xHydre'''
*[[File:NWT flag.png|25px]] xStoicx
| leaders2 = [[File:Flag of Cascadia.png|25px]] '''[[Dracnoian]]'''
*[[File:Flag of Cascadia.png|25px]] Atlanta0
*[[File:Flag of Cascadia.png|25px]] [[FieryMatter]]
*[[File:Flag of Cascadia.png|25px]] [[Raptormm4]]
}}The '''Mackenzie War''', also sometimes known as the '''Cascadia-NWT War''', was an armed conflict between the [[Cascadia|Republic of Cascadia]] and the nation of NWT (later renamed to Mackenzie) which lasted from October 31, 2024 to December 3, 2024. This followed a secession from Cascadia, primarily by members of the [[Cascadian Communist Party]], who left dissatisfied with the nation. Eventually, a territorial dispute in the [[Great North]] was escalated to war by NWT. After a month of fighting, and two coups within NWT, Cascadia's defense apparatus defeated the much smaller nation, leading to a Cascadian victory. Afterward, NWT was annexed into [[Aurora:Alaska|Alaska]], and eventually reformed as Alaska declined in 2025.

== Background ==

=== Cascadian Political Divisions ===
WIP - Contact UCas Department of Political Science

=== NWT Secession ===
On October 2, 2024, xStoicx, xHydre, and a handful of other mayors, exclusively members of the Cascadian Communist Party, seceded peacefully from Cascadia to form the nation of NWT. Since neither xHydre nor xStoicx had paid their [[CascAID]] debts to the government upon secession, many advisors in the Cascadian cabinet suggested that the Cascadian National Guard be placed on alert. This wasn't a universal opinion though, with Home Secretary [[Setrus]] and [[President of Cascadia|President]] [[Dracnoian]] believing that there wasn't an immediate cause for concern or hostility. The pair would pay off their debts soon after, and would be joined by a small collection of other mayors looking for a new experience in the long-ignored Great North, including longtime Cascadian RuffWoof. xStoicx would draft the constitution of the new "communist" NWT, placing the powers of government in a legislature that would elect a Prime Minister to serve as head of government. However, xStoicx and xHydre would serve as "founders" of the nation, a title that granted them veto powers and enormous soft influence over the government. RuffWoof was elected as the nation's first Prime Minister, and on October 8, he signed a Non-Aggression Pact with Cascadia. Though the secession was peaceful, and both nations upheld a veneer of cooperation, the secession was not without scorn, and relations between NWT and Cascadia were privately quite teneous.

== Prelude to War ==

=== Settling of Ythan Adevir ===
On October 28, 2024, the town of Ythan Adevir (in present-day [[Mackenzie County]]) was founded by Aduwastaken. It was located only about 300 blocks east of Castle John, xHydre's town and the largest in NWT. She attempted to make contact with NWT to join them, however xHydre was offline at the time. She decided to join Cascadia instead. This was much to the anger of NWT, as her town was placed alongside Highway 94, which had been constructed by the [[Cascadia Department of Interior|Cascadian Department of Interior]] years earlier. The road was a critical connection between Castle John and Hay River, the nation's capital. A little over a day later, xHydre reached out to Adu asking them to join NWT. When they declined, xHydre threatened to claimblock the town.

In the afternoon of October 30, Cascadian diplomats, led by Secretary of State [[Capitanfra]], reached out to NWT leadership requesting an explanation for the threats. xStoicx replied that "of course there’s going to be consequences for your governments actions..." and that NWT viewed the settlement of the town as an act of aggression. Despite NWT's claims, there had been no previous contact between Adu and the Cascadian government. xStoicx then revoked the NAP between the 2 nations, and gave Cascadia 24 hours to remove the town from their claimed territory, or else action would be taken. This ultimatum was notably not approved by the Prime Minister RuffWoof, who attempted to calm tensions between the sides. At the same time, Adu had placed signs at the border of her town stating that it was her land and she would remain "...until the second coming of Jesus Christ. In other words, fuck off." xHydre responded to this promise stating that "it [Ythan Adevir] will perish by my hands then. You're fucking with the wrong player." Cascadian officials maintained throughout the beginning of the crisis that the town was not within NWT territory, and repeatedly stated that they had never even received a claim map from NWT to begin with. NWT would never produce such a map.

=== Skirmishes in the Great North ===
From the night of October 30 into the next morning, PvP skirmishes began to take place between Cascadian citizens and NWT forces. It began with xHydre and others hunting the land around Ythan Adevir, where they entered into combat with Adu. This was met with general outrage from the Cascadian populous, and put paramilitary forces from across Cascadia on alert. By the afternoon of October 31, active PvP skirmishes were happening across the Great North. At the same time, the Cascadian government was occupied responding to military threats in California and supporting their allies in Texas.

In the afternoon of October 31, RuffWoof was removed as Prime Minister in a coup. xHydre and xStoicx had threatened impeachment against him for his refusal to support their calls to action, telling him that "defiance is treason". He fled the nation after his removal and was named an associate in the Cascadian Department of Defense shortly thereafter.

At 6:00 PM PT, Astorian officials raided the NWT embassy in [[Aurora:Astoria|Astoria]]. At 6:24 PM PT, Home Secretary Setrus alerted the cabinet that NWT had begun to poach isolated Cascadian towns in the Great North. By 7:00 PM PT, there was widespread violence occurring between Cascadian paramilitaries and NWT forces.

At 8:32 PM PT, xHydre announced that NWT had declared war on Cascadia. He cited the PvP skirmishes that had broken out over the previous 12 hours, as well as Cascadia's siding with Adu and the town of Ythan Adevir. He stated that Cascadia was "...not a nation of democracy, peace, or even tolerance. Rather, Cascadians are colonizers, blood-thirsty, and feel strong in numbers." He proclaimed that NWT would not stop until Cascadia was "eradicated".

== Course of the War ==

=== Johnstone Strait Offensive ===
In the morning hours of November 1, NWT forces began to place siege towns near important Cascadian towns in the Great North. Notably, [[Vancouver]] was targeted. These towns forced the Cascadian government to bring in emergency funds to Vancouver's overclaim shield, preventing a disastrous overclaim of the city. PvP battles, now being organized by the Cascadian National Guard, continued to take places across the Great North with NWT forces. On November 3, a NWT siege town named Yatsburgh was placed on the outskirts of Astoria. Around 9:00 PM PT, Cascadian forces entered into the Battle of Yatsburgh, ultimately leaving the battle with a partial victory (having taken less losses in PvP).

While sporadic fighting between the two armies continued for several weeks, the war quickly devolved into an attrition war while both sides waited for overclaim opportunities or boredom to strike down the other. Dracnoian took the approach that NWT was to be treated less like a near-peer-foe and more like a pest. Meanwhile, xHydre was leading NWT's efforts to poach Cascadian towns to little effect. During this lull in the fighting, Cascadian operations focused on covert actions that mostly remain classified to this day. What is known however is that one of them involved the NWT mayor of Pechorsk Colter, Haines, who was providing intel to the Cascadian [[Cascadia Office of Intelligence|Office of Intelligence]]. The information they provided was used to great effect by Cascadian leadership, who were able to predict NWT warplans and monitor their internal affairs. On November 12, Haines was outed as a spy and kicked from the nation, causing Cascadian forces to rush to their defense. This began the Battle of Pechorsk Crater, which saw Cascadian forces successfully defend the town from NWT attacks. This would be the last major battle of the Johnstone Strait Offensive.

=== NWT Relationship with the PSA ===
On November 1, after declaring war on Cascadia, the NWT began to cooperate with the [[Pacific States of America]], led by [[OIsar]]. The PSA (primarily it's lead nation, [[Aurora:California|California]]), had already been fighting Cascadia for some time. Cascadian officials began to suspect that the two were cooperating as soon as NWT siege towns in Vancouver began to pop up similar to how California siege towns had. Later that afternoon, California hunters began to try and convince RuffWoof to rejoin NWT. At 5:00 PM PT, NWT announced that they had joined the PSA as an observer, confirming suspicions that the two were cooperating. At the same time, it was announced that the nation of BC (British Columbia) had been kicked from the PSA due to tensions between them and NWT.

15 minutes later, NWT declared war on BC. The exact reasonings for this war are unclear, however it's believed that NWT had been the target of isolated hunting from BC citizens. There was a light level of confirmed PvP between the two sides on through November 1 to November 2. On November 2, the PSA announced that it had brokered a peace agreement between BC and NWT. The two sides would agree to a white peace, not engage with each other, and BC would rejoin the PSA as a protectorate of California. BC citizens, notably Snowic and [[PicoTheCat|Pico]], would assist the NWT war effort against Cascadia for the remainder of the conflict.

The scope of cooperation between the PSA and NWT and not entirely clear to this day. It's known that they cooperated to some level in coordinating military operations, and they likely attempted to form a cohesive diplomatic policy, but very little communications between the two entities have ever been released to the public. On November 8, NWT left the PSA and joined the [[Arctic Pact]]. The exact reasoning for this is unknown, however it is known that there was some argument between xHydre and OIsar when they made the decision to leave. This argument would escalate on November 21, when OIsar began to snipe a small number of southernly NWT towns to make a point towards xHydre. Although hostile action was briefly taken between the two sides, it never escalated to the point of a full conflict.

=== NWT Internal Politics ===
The NWT's internal politics during this time are best described as a young nation trying to find its footing through war. Support for the war was high amongst the general public, pushed by a lack of contact with Cascadians and a propaganda effort from xHydre and xStoicx. After the removal of RuffWoof from the Prime Ministership, a new politician was elected to the position, he held very little sway over the nation's actually foreign policy. Only 2 legislatures would ever be elected in NWT, with the second being elected shortly after the war began. The primary focus of those in the legislature was supporting the war effort, connecting towns through infrastructure, and attempting to organize community events. Very few of these goals would ever actually be accomplished, and activity in the nation dropped significantly over the course of November. Although the Legislature still held de jure authority over the government, at this point the majority of the nation's affairs were being operated by xHydre and xStoicx personally. This continued until the collapse of NWT's democracy in a second coup on November 30, 2024.

=== Cascadian Counterattack ===
The second stage of the war was dominated by attempts of negotiation between NWT and Cascadia. A few minutes after NWT joined the Arctic Pact, the Pact's leader, [[8set]], reached out to Cascadian officials asking to mediate a treaty. The next day, NWT leadership informed the Arctic Pact that they were not interested in peace, and the Arctic Pact declared neutrality in the entire affair. On November 14, RuffWoof, whose town was positioned directly south of Hay River, overclaimed the fishing area in the western part of Hay River. This overclaim would be undone a few days later after moderators deemed it a claim arm. On November 16, NWT was warned under EMC Rule 2.1, since there was already a nation named "N.W.T". The nation was then renamed to Mackenzie, after the Mackenzie River (this is also where the name of the war, and present-day Cascadian county, get their name).

Going into the second half of November, Cascadian leaders began to devise a plan to counterattack the NWT and force them to negotiate a surrender. The plan hinged mostly on waiting for Castle John and Hay River to go under their overclaim limits, allowing siege towns to take the offensive. On November 26, xStoicx, at the suggestion of Snowic, requested new negotiations with Cascadia. They presented a draft for the Treaty of Yatsburgh, which would have set a border between the two nations near the 52nd parallel (Z=-11039 line), allowed Ythan Adevir to remain in Cascadia (though not expand), and enforce peaceful relations between the two nations. They also demanded that several other Cascadian towns located north of the proposed border be kicked. Cascadian officials completely rejected the notion of kicking Cascadian towns, and while not completely opposed to a claim map, they did also want to discuss war reparations from NWT. xStoicx refused to negotiate further on the matter, and instead decided to personally attack Cascadians during the negotiations.

In response, on November 27, at 8:10 PM PT, Cascadian forces led by Vice President [[FieryMatter]] commenced the Battle of Hay River, overclaiming nearly half the town in a matter of minutes, and mocking NWT leadership while they watched the attack unfold. The next day, Capitanfra offered a 7-day ceasefire, and submitted Cascadia's demands for NWT's surrender. NWT would be allowed to expand within a neutral zone, however there would be little-to-no exclusive claims of their sovereignty. The Cascadian position was that the land had always been Cascadian, and they had tolerated NWT expansion there, and would continue to tolerate their presence if the NWT tolerated theirs. Despite Snowic's attempts to negotiate, xStoicx continued to refuse any offer that did not include guaranteed NWT territory.

On November 30, 2024, with activity in the nation dwindling, xStoicx announced that the legislature had been dissolved, and he has assumed the position of king. This would be the second and final coup in NWT's history, and was followed immediately by the announcement that NWT would be withdrawing from all wars. In the eyes of Cascadia, this meant surrender. Four days later, on December 3, 2024, Dracnoian declared victory in the conflict, stating that "our defense is complete". He also thanked those who had assisted in the war effort, including Aduwastaken and RuffWoof.

== Aftermath ==
The second coup would be the last major event of NWT as a nation. That same day, Snowic returned fully to BC, and on December 5, xHydre and other mayors began to leave for Alaska. Almost all of them would become inactive after the war. xStoicx would continue to rule as king until December 19, when he quit EMC and sold the nation to [[Fruitloopins]], who led Alaska. The next day, Fruitloopins deleted Mackenzie, ending the nation just 2 months after its founding. Since July 2025, a reincarnated NWT, with xStoicx again as its king, has ruled over a small area near Hay River. There has been neither diplomatic talks, nor military action, between the NWT and Cascadia since the war came to a close.

The Mackenzie War served as a prelude to the coming [[cold war]] which Cascadia would become involved in with Alaska and the Arctic Pact during the months after the war. Cascadia had firmly entrenched itself in its interest in the Great North, and because of this the region's security would remain a political issue in the nation for many months to come. The town of Ythan Adevir, once the center of the conflict, would continue to thrive in Cascadia for some time, and upon the creation of the counties system it became the seat of the new Mackenzie County. Adu would 42-day and the town was deleted sometime in late 2025.{{Republic of Cascadia (Aurora)}}
[[Category:Cascadia (Aurora)]]
[[Category:Wars (Aurora)]]

Mackenzie War

2026-02-07T02:21:42Z

901620386800730142: Course of the war

{{BattleTemplate
| name = The Mackenzie War
| image = {Image}
| caption = {Caption}
| date = October 31 - December 3, 2024 (1 month, 3 days)
| location = [[Great North]], [[Cascadia|Republic of Cascadia]]
| result = Cascadian Victory
| changes = - Status quo ante bellum 
- Led to the dissolution of NWT
| beligerent1 = [[File:NWT flag.png|25px]] '''NWT'''
'''Supported by:''' 
[[File:CaliforniaFlag.png|25px]] California (until 11/8)
| beligerent2 = [[File:Flag of Cascadia.png|25px]] '''[[Cascadia]]'''
| leaders1 = [[File:NWT flag.png|25px]] '''xHydre'''
*[[File:NWT flag.png|25px]] xStoicx
| leaders2 = [[File:Flag of Cascadia.png|25px]] '''[[Dracnoian]]'''
*[[File:Flag of Cascadia.png|25px]] Atlanta0
*[[File:Flag of Cascadia.png|25px]] [[FieryMatter]]
*[[File:Flag of Cascadia.png|25px]] [[Raptormm4]]
}}The '''Mackenzie War''', also sometimes known as the '''Cascadia-NWT War''', was an armed conflict between the [[Cascadia|Republic of Cascadia]] and the nation of NWT (later renamed to Mackenzie) which lasted from October 31, 2024 to December 3, 2024. This followed a secession from Cascadia, primarily by members of the [[Cascadian Communist Party]], who left dissatisfied with the nation. Eventually, a territorial dispute was escalated to war by NWT. Soon therafter, Cascadia's defense apparatus defeated the much smaller nation, leading to a Cascadian victory. Afterward, NWT would merge into [[Aurora:Alaska|Alaska]], and eventually reform as Alaska declined in 2025.

== Background ==

=== Cascadian Political Divisions ===
WIP - Contact UCas Department of Political Science

=== NWT Secession ===
On October 2, 2024, a couple of towns in the far north of Cascadia, exclusively members of the Cascadian Communist Party seceded peacefully from Cascadia to form the nation of NWT. The secession was after...[Writers Note: Research is under progress.]. Though the secession was peaceful, it was not without scorn, and relations between NWT and Cascadia would become cold.

WIP

== Prelude to War ==

=== Settling of Ythan Adevir ===
On October 28, 2024, the town of Ythan Adevir (in present-day [[Mackenzie County]]) was founded by Aduwastaken. It was located only about 300 blocks east of Castle John, xHydre's town and the largest in NWT. She attempted to make contact with NWT to join them, however xHydre was offline at the time. She decided to join Cascadia instead. This was much to the anger of NWT, as her town was placed alongside Highway 94, which had been constructed by the [[Cascadia Department of Interior|Cascadian Department of Interior]] years earlier. The road was a critical connection between Castle John and Hay River, the nation's capital. A little over a day later, xHydre reached out to Adu asking them to join NWT. When they declined, xHydre threatened to claimblock the town.

In the afternoon of October 30, Cascadian diplomats, led by Secretary of State [[Capitanfra]], reached out to NWT leadership requesting an explanation for the threats. xStoicx replied that "of course there’s going to be consequences for your governments actions..." and that NWT viewed the settlement of the town as an act of aggression. Despite NWT's claims, there had been no previous contact between Adu and the Cascadian government. xStoicx then revoked the NAP between the 2 nations, and gave Cascadia 24 hours to remove the town from their claimed territory, or else action would be taken. This ultimatum was notably not approved by the Prime Minister RuffWoof, who attempted to calm tensions between the sides. At the same time, Adu had placed signs at the border of her town stating that it was her land and she would remain "...until the second coming of Jesus Christ. In other words, fuck off." xHydre responded to this promise stating that "it [Ythan Adevir] will perish by my hands then. You're fucking with the wrong player." Cascadian officials maintained throughout the beginning of the crisis that the town was not within NWT territory, and repeatedly stated that they had never even received a claim map from NWT to begin with. NWT would never produce such a map.

=== Skirmishes in the Great North ===
From the night of October 30 into the next morning, PvP skirmishes began to take place between Cascadian citizens and NWT forces. It began with xHydre and others hunting the land around Ythan Adevir, where they entered into combat with Adu. This was met with general outrage from the Cascadian populous, and put paramilitary forces from across Cascadia on alert. By the afternoon of October 31, active PvP skirmishes were happening across the Great North. At the same time, the Cascadian government was occupied responding to military threats in California and supporting their allies in Texas.

In the afternoon of October 31, RuffWoof was removed as Prime Minister in a coup. xHydre and xStoicx had threatened impeachment against him for his refusal to support their calls to action, telling him that "defiance is treason". He fled the nation after his removal and was named an associate in the Cascadian Department of Defense shortly thereafter.

At 6:00 PM PT, Astorian officials raided the NWT embassy in [[Aurora:Astoria|Astoria]]. At 6:24 PM PT, Home Secretary Setrus alerted the cabinet that NWT had begun to poach isolated Cascadian towns in the Great North. By 7:00 PM PT, there was widespread violence occurring between Cascadian paramilitaries and NWT forces.

At 8:32 PM PT, xHydre announced that NWT had declared war on Cascadia. He cited the PvP skirmishes that had broken out over the previous 12 hours, as well as Cascadia's siding with Adu and the town of Ythan Adevir. He stated that Cascadia was "...not a nation of democracy, peace, or even tolerance. Rather, Cascadians are colonizers, blood-thirsty, and feel strong in numbers." He proclaimed that NWT would not stop until Cascadia was "eradicated".

== Course of the War ==

=== Johnstone Strait Offensive ===
In the morning hours of November 1, NWT forces began to place siege towns near important Cascadian towns in the Great North. Notably, [[Vancouver]] was targeted. These towns forced the Cascadian government to bring in emergency funds to Vancouver's overclaim shield, preventing a disastrous overclaim of the city. PvP battles, now being organized by the Cascadian National Guard, continued to take places across the Great North with NWT forces. On November 3, a NWT siege town named Yatsburgh was placed on the outskirts of Astoria. Around 9:00 PM PT, Cascadian forces entered into the Battle of Yatsburgh, ultimately leaving the battle with a partial victory (having taken less losses in PvP).

While sporadic fighting between the two armies continued for several weeks, the war quickly devolved into an attrition war while both sides waited for overclaim opportunities or boredom to strike down the other. Cascadian [[President of Cascadia|President]] [[Dracnoian]] took the approach that NWT was to be treated less like a near-peer-foe and more like a pest. Meanwhile, xHydre was leading NWT's efforts to poach Cascadian towns to little effect. During this lull in the fighting, Cascadian operations focused on covert actions that mostly remain classified to this day. What is known however is that one of them involved the NWT mayor of Pechorsk Colter, Haines, who was providing intel to the Cascadian [[Cascadia Office of Intelligence|Office of Intelligence]]. The information they provided was used to great effect by Cascadian leadership, who were able to predict NWT warplans and monitor their internal affairs. On November 12, Haines was outed as a spy and kicked from the nation, causing Cascadian forces to rush to their defense. This began the Battle of Pechorsk Crater, which saw Cascadian forces successfully defend the town from NWT attacks. This would be the last major battle of the Johnstone Strait Offensive.

=== NWT Relationship with the PSA ===
On November 1, after declaring war on Cascadia, the NWT began to cooperate with the [[Pacific States of America]], led by [[OIsar]]. The PSA (primarily it's lead nation, [[Aurora:California|California]]), had already been fighting Cascadia for some time. Cascadian officials began to suspect that the two were cooperating as soon as NWT siege towns in Vancouver began to pop up similar to how California siege towns had. Later that afternoon, California hunters began to try and convince RuffWoof to rejoin NWT. At 5:00 PM PT, NWT announced that they had joined the PSA as an observer, confirming suspicions that the two were cooperating. At the same time, it was announced that the nation of BC (British Columbia) had been kicked from the PSA due to tensions between them and NWT.

15 minutes later, NWT declared war on BC. The exact reasonings for this war are unclear, however it's believed that NWT had been the target of isolated hunting from BC citizens. There was a light level of confirmed PvP between the two sides on through November 1 to November 2. On November 2, the PSA announced that it had brokered a peace agreement between BC and NWT. The two sides would agree to a white peace, not engage with each other, and BC would rejoin the PSA as a protectorate of California. BC citizens, notably Snowic and [[PicoTheCat|Pico]], would assist the NWT war effort against Cascadia for the remainder of the conflict.

The scope of cooperation between the PSA and NWT and not entirely clear to this day. It's known that they cooperated to some level in coordinating military operations, and they likely attempted to form a cohesive diplomatic policy, but very little communications between the two entities have ever been released to the public. On November 8, NWT left the PSA and joined the [[Arctic Pact]]. The exact reasoning for this is unknown, however it is known that there was some argument between xHydre and OIsar when they made the decision to leave. This argument would escalate on November 21, when OIsar began to snipe a small number of southernly NWT towns to make a point towards xHydre. Although hostile action was briefly taken between the two sides, it never escalated to the point of a full conflict.

=== NWT Internal Politics ===
The NWT's internal politics during this time are best described as a young nation trying to find its footing through war. Support for the war was high amongst the general public, pushed by a lack of contact with Cascadians and a propaganda effort from xHydre and xStoicx. After the removal of RuffWoof from the Prime Ministership, a new politician was elected to the position, he held very little sway over the nation's actually foreign policy. Only 2 legislatures would ever be elected in NWT, with the second being elected shortly after the war began. The primary focus of those in the legislature was supporting the war effort, connecting towns through infrastructure, and attempting to organize community events. Very few of these goals would ever actually be accomplished, and activity in the nation dropped significantly over the course of November. Although the Legislature still held de jure authority over the government, at this point the majority of the nation's affairs were being operated by xHydre and xStoicx personally. This continued until the collapse of NWT's democracy in a second coup on November 30, 2024.

=== Cascadian Counterattack ===
The second stage of the war was dominated by attempts of negotiation between NWT and Cascadia. A few minutes after NWT joined the Arctic Pact, the Pact's leader, [[8set]], reached out to Cascadian officials asking to mediate a treaty. The next day, NWT leadership informed the Arctic Pact that they were not interested in peace, and the Arctic Pact declared neutrality in the entire affair. On November 14, RuffWoof, whose town was positioned directly south of Hay River, overclaimed the fishing area in the western part of Hay River. This overclaim would be undone a few days later after moderators deemed it a claim arm. On November 16, NWT was warned under EMC Rule 2.1, since there was already a nation named "N.W.T". The nation was then renamed to Mackenzie, after the Mackenzie River (this is also where the name of the war, and present-day Cascadian county, get their name).

Going into the second half of November, Cascadian leaders began to devise a plan to counterattack the NWT and force them to negotiate a surrender. The plan hinged mostly on waiting for Castle John and Hay River to go under their overclaim limits, allowing siege towns to take the offensive. On November 26, xStoicx, at the suggestion of Snowic, requested new negotiations with Cascadia. They presented a draft for the Treaty of Yatsburgh, which would have set a border between the two nations near the 52nd parallel (Z=-11039 line), allowed Ythan Adevir to remain in Cascadia (though not expand), and enforce peaceful relations between the two nations. They also demanded that several other Cascadian towns located north of the proposed border be kicked. Cascadian officials completely rejected the notion of kicking Cascadian towns, and while not completely opposed to a claim map, they did also want to discuss war reparations from NWT. xStoicx refused to negotiate further on the matter, and instead decided to personally attack Cascadians during the negotiations.

In response, on November 27, at 8:10 PM PT, Cascadian forces led by Vice President [[FieryMatter]] commenced the Battle of Hay River, overclaiming nearly half the town in a matter of minutes, and mocking NWT leadership while they watched the attack unfold. The next day, Capitanfra offered a 7-day ceasefire, and submitted Cascadia's demands for NWT's surrender. NWT would be allowed to expand within a neutral zone, however there would be little-to-no exclusive claims of their sovereignty. The Cascadian position was that the land had always been Cascadian, and they had tolerated NWT expansion there, and would continue to tolerate their presence if the NWT tolerated theirs. Despite Snowic's attempts to negotiate, xStoicx continued to refuse any offer that did not include guaranteed NWT territory.

On November 30, 2024, with activity in the nation dwindling, xStoicx announced that the legislature had been dissolved, and he has assumed the position of king. This would be the second and final coup in NWT's history, and was followed immediately by the announcement that NWT would be withdrawing from all wars. In the eyes of Cascadia, this meant surrender. Four days later, on December 3, 2024, Dracnoian declared victory in the conflict, stating that "our defense is complete". He also thanked those who had assisted in the war effort, including Aduwastaken and RuffWoof.

== Aftermath ==
The second coup would be the last major event of NWT as a nation. That same day, Snowic returned fully to BC, and on December 5, xHydre and other mayors began to leave for Alaska. Almost all of them would become inactive after the war. xStoicx would continue to rule as king until December 19, when he quit EMC and sold the nation to [[Fruitloopins]], who led Alaska. The next day, Fruitloopins deleted Mackenzie, ending the nation just 2 months after its founding. Since July 2025, a reincarnated NWT, with xStoicx again as its king, has ruled over a small area near Hay River. There has been neither diplomatic talks, nor military action, between the NWT and Cascadia since the war came to a close.

The Mackenzie War served as a prelude to the coming [[cold war]] which Cascadia would become involved in with Alaska and the Arctic Pact during the months after the war. Cascadia had firmly entrenched itself in its interest in the Great North, and because of this the region's security would remain a political issue in the nation for many months to come. The town of Ythan Adevir, once the center of the conflict, would continue to thrive in Cascadia for some time, and upon the creation of the counties system it became the seat of the new Mackenzie County. Adu would 42-day and the town was deleted sometime in late 2025.{{Republic of Cascadia (Aurora)}}
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'''KayP7''' is a Cascadian politician and journalist who has served as the 28th president of Cascadia since January 2026. Prior to his election to the presidency, Kay was primarily known for his journalism and activism, founding ''The Cascadian Independent'', a major news organization within the Republic of Cascadia, and authoring of the 16th amendment to the National Constitution relating to press freedom.

== Early EMC Career ==
KayP7 originally joined EarthMC on May 18th, 2023. He was a citizen of Mali, residing in the town of The Goonies. Finding limited opportunities and declining engagement, he left the town shortly after in search of a more vibrant economic environment.

Several months later, on November 6th, 2023, he joined the independent Republic of Kuwait. During his time there, he proposed a megatall structure intended to commemorate the nation's prosperity and stability. This period came to an abrupt and devastating end when Kuwait was unexpectedly sold and annexed by the neighboring Kingdom of Edesse, which itself was later annexed by a successor state known as 2.1NotinPersia. Following these events, KayP7's tower was destroyed, and all of his resources were lost.

With few alternatives, KayP7 relocated to the neighboring nation of Nubia. While living in Nubia, he frequently traveled between cities and regions, including the Himalayas, Lucknow, Cameroon, and Donk City. During this time, he worked within a weapons manufacturer and an armor factory for the nation shop, where he later described the labor conditions as very poor. Seeing this, KayP7 chose to leave Nubia.

Shortly thereafter, he took an extended break from EMC to focus on his studies. However, during this hiatus, he ultimately 42'd, abandoning his town and fully departing from the server.

== Return to EMC and Cascadia ==
After months of absence, KayP7 returned to EMC on June 8th, 2025. Within days, on June 10th, 2025, he was recruited into the Republic of Cascadia. He settled in the city of Vancouver, where he met [[Whatok]] and 4Floppa, two very prominent political figures.

Days later, on June 12th, 2025, KayP7 founded The Cascadian Independent (TCI), a national news organization focused on political transparency, administrative accountability, and opinion journalism. The news organization hosted its first-ever Presidential Debate on June 13th, 2025, which significantly boosted its national recognition.

== The Cascadian Independent ==
The Cascadian Independent is credited with playing a pivotal role in shaping Cascadian press freedom following a series of controversies surrounding alleged government secrecy, corruption, and intelligence overreach, a collection of documents and commentary known as The Setrus Files.

The release prompted significant backlash from government officials, including legal threats from the Office of Intelligence. The TCI alleged that these actions were government censorship. In response, KayP7 began writing the first clauses of a constitutional amendment aimed at protecting journalists and news organizations from government control.

On October 7th, 2025, KayP7 introduced An Amendment to the National Constitution establishing the Rights of the Free Press, which was later ratified as the 15th Amendment to the Constitution of Cascadia.

== KayP7's Political Career ==
KayP7's political career rapidly developed alongside his journalistic work. He was elected as a Representative for the Metropolitan District, serving in the 38th, 39th, and 40th Legislatures of Cascadia.

During the 40th Legislature, he served as the Speaker of the House, a position he held until being unseated in the December 2025 general election.

He also served as the Public Advocate of Cascadia, beginning a two-month term in September 2025. He was re-elected in November 2025, but resigned shortly thereafter due to his candidacy for the Speakership.

== Constitutional Amendments ==
In addition to the 15th Amendment, KayP7 jointly proposed another major constitutional reform during the 40th Legislature. It was titled "An Amendment to the National Constitution of Cascadia to define and limit administrative authority, ensure accountability, and protect citizen rights while retaining necessary moderation authority."

The public referendum passed with 103 YES votes and 33 NO votes, marking it as the highest raw YES vote total in Cascadian referendum history. It was ratified as the 17th Amendment to the National Constitution of Cascadia.

== Legacy ==
KayP7's dual role as a legislator and journalist reshaped public discourse, international diplomacy, strengthened constitutional protections, and expanded the role of the free press within Cascadia. As of December 2025, he announced his proposed Presidential campaign for January 2026. He defeated incumbent president MasterEWild by a 1-vote margin.

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The '''Wagner War''' was a conflict from December 13th, 2023 to March 2024 between [[Aurora:Cascadia|Cascadia]] and multiple groups and nations under the coalition of [[Wagner Group]]. The war came about through the Osoyoos secession just a couple months before, rising tensions between Cascadia and Texas, and most of all, the upcoming update of [[Overclaim]] to be released on the advent of the new year. Most of the fighting happened through fighting over territory mainly through the new Overclaim update, and through PR, with Wagner Group in particular attempting to sway international opinion against Cascadia. The war was almost purely defensive for Cascadia, with the only offensive action taken on their side being the [[San Francisco Offensive of 2024]] at the very end of the conflict. By the time Overclaim had been added on New Year's Day, Cascadian leaders had already prepared the vast majority of their vulnerable towns for the upcoming update. As a result, the only territorial losses Cascadia received were the territorial atrophy of some towns, a section of what is now [[Aurora:Astoria|Astoria]], and a single chunk of [[Chaeronea]] that had been overclaimed by Wagner Group. The conflict is widely considered to be the predecessor to or even the start of the [[Great American War]], of which was fought by many of the same nations and people that fought in this war.

==Background and Prelude to War ==

===Cascadia-Texas Tensions===
Throughout the year of 2023, relations between Cascadia and [[Texas]] were always very cold, as Texas had previously worked against Cascadia. North_Paso, Texas's King at the time, was a major participant in the [[Battle of Oceanside]], having been the one who owned and claimed the land for the Anti-Cascadia side. Texas also attempted a covert operation in April 2023 to get an entire group within Cascadia, the Frontier, to secede from Cascadia, though this was a failure. North_Paso was already well known for spreading rumors now proven to be false about pedophilia within Cascadia's ranks, and used this alongside other allies in Wagner for the effort to hurt Cascadia's reputation during the war.

In November 2023, a nation-hopper named [[Hersheylr]] arrived in Texas, having previously spent time in Cascadia. While in Texas, Hershey obtained perms to the Texan capital of [[Houston]], and severely damaged the Texan capital in a terrorist attack. Houston lost considerable materials in the looting of this attack. Citing this event as a cassus belli, Texas joined the war on Cascadia and Wagner Group on December 18th, 2023. Through this, they also had propped up a puppet state the day before they declared war, the Restored Republic of Cascadia, out of the nation of Oregon led by Bon_Kranch, in order to fight Cascadia at their home turf and attempt to poach Cascadian towns to their cause.

===The Osoyoos Secession to Chad===
''Main Article: [[Osoyoos (political faction)]]''

In August 2023, a political faction known commonly as Osoyoos, named after the town it originally resided from, was formed. It was mainly taken up by people of a friend group who had come to Cascadia on July 3rd, 2023, when the town of Osoyoos was founded. The group was hyper-nationalistic, imperialist, [[wikipedia:Jingoism|jingoist]], and they were often accused of advocating for the Minecraft equivalent to [[wikipedia:Fascism|Fascism]]. This was in major contrast to other Cascadian political factions, such as the Frontier and those who supported the presidency of [[EmpressCorgo]]. As a result, conflict would eventually spring, becoming extremely tense after the September 2023 elections. Eventually, they seceded in response to a tie during the revealing of the results of the October elections, between incumbent president EmpressCorgo and the Osoyoos-backed candidate Flatvent_One, who was also one of the leaders of the movement. They then migrated to central Africa and made the nation of [[Chad]]. The secession was bitter, and they quickly became one of Cascadia's primary adversaries. Chad grew very quickly and even overtook Cascadia in population for a brief period at the beginning of the war. Chad eventually formed the Wagner Group with originally the nations of New Mexico and Prairies, and subsequently declared war on Cascadia on December 13th, 2023, starting the Wagner War.

===Overclaim===
''Main Article: [[Overclaim]]''

Overclaim had been proposed throughout the year of 2023 by the EarthMC staff team, and despite major disapproval among the playerbase, ijt was eventually announced that it would be implemented on New Year's Day, 2024. This brought panic to many of those across EarthMC who had built up their towns and metropolitan areas before Overclaim had even been mentioned. Cascadia was one of these nations, being a major base of Overclaim opposition and many of their core towns would be vulnerable to the new update. At the same time, this gave a unique opportunity to the numerous enemies of Cascadia, who realized that Overclaim could be a way to gut Cascadia's major towns. This would be the reason Wagner Group originally started the war, wanting to seize this opportunity to get revenge on Cascadia for multiple grievances. The Cascadian government had long recognized the threat of Overclaim, however their operation to protect their towns from it, Operation LNCLAIM, was very slow in the buildup to the war itself, prioritizing other goals first, such as recouping from the activity loss caused by the Osoyoos Secession.

==The Course of War==

=== Wagner Offensive ===
[[File:Loss of Seaside.webp|thumb|249x249px|The town of Seaside(in blue) a week after 8set sniped the town. ]]
The war started via declaration by Wagner Group, of which was formed specifically to fight Cascadia between the nations of [[Chad]], [[Aurora:New Mexico|New Mexico]], and [[Prairies]]. It was formed on December 13th, 2023, immediately declaring war on Cascadia at 5:13 PM ET, starting the Wagner War. Other nations would join the war, including the Texas-backed [[Restored Republic of Cascadia]] on the 17th, and the nation of Somalia led by 8set, rebranded as the spiritual successor of the [[Rocky Mountain Federation]], which 8set led during it's original incarnation also declared war on Cascadia on the 17th. They were followed by Texas on the 18th, in which North_Paso drafted a lengthy statement likening several prominent Cascadians to the Seven Deadly Sins and referring to Cascadia as "The most morally bankrupt nation on the server", in the now infamous [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IDht8GeZDWcyCCP1BWR3ooEHKy4dbLARDwOhjAFvCSg/edit?usp=sharing "The Deadly Sins Speech"]. On the 20th, [[Tasmania (Aurora)|Tasmania]] joined the War under RealLimpopo, who had previously stolen most of Cascadia's bank through a botched buyout of the Rocky Mountain Federation. On the same day, the nation of Siberia condemned Cascadia, however they did not officially join the war. On the 22nd, Wagner group was formed again as an even tighter alliance, officially listing it's members as Chad, Tasmania, Rocky Mountain Federation, and the Restored Republic of Cascadia, formerly Oregon. It is not known why the original members of Prairies and New Mexico were not included in the announcement, and it is also not known why Wagner Group was formed twice. Finally on the 27th, the nation of Russian Federation joined the war indirectly by joining Wagner Group, being the last to join the war on the side against Cascadia. Though every nation's announcement differed, the goal of all nations who joined the war was to destroy Cascadia entirely. Most of the fighting during the period before Judgement Day was composed of a smear campaign, and the occasional argument in public chats, as Overclaim had not been added yet. BonZZil_ was unbanned during this time, who would go on to become a major enemy of Cascadia until his eventual reban during the [[Great American War]].

On the Wagner side, they were primarily focused on preparing for a campaign to overclaim Cascadia, planting Overclaim towns near vulnerable Cascadian towns and preparing existing invader towns such as Bakhmut to overclaim neighboring Cascadian towns. This is where one of the only two territorial successes on the side of Wagner happened, in which 8set sniped the town of Seaside, a section of what is now Astoria, which conveniently bordered the Cascadian capital of [[Olympia]]. Some attempts at infiltrating Cascadia intelligence-wise were made, such as when GreshamBTW, a Chadian, planted an alt inside Cascadia, who then founded a town near Chaeronea, one of Wagner's targets. The alt was suspected almost immediately to be a spy by Cascadian leaders, who reacted by deciding to practice basic [[wikipedia:Operations_security|Operations Security]] since the alt was merely a mayor. The alt was later caught by EMC Staff during the Great American War, and Gresham was permanently banned.

Alongside this, they also lashed out with an informal smear campaign, publicly accusing Cascadia collectively of being a variety of things, often falsely[Writer's Note: This article does portray the smear campaign as organized through it's naming, but it was actually quite informal and unorganized, don't think too much of it.]. This was through a few fronts, one being accusing Cascadia of being a dictatorship, citing the October 2023 elections, in which they claimed [[Sayerleft]] rigged it against [[Flatvent_One]], though this was unfounded. Another was through accusing Cascadia of being a "scam nation" or "nation of scammers", citing primarily the Hanse Library Robbery, which had been committed by Cascadians. This was despite the fact that the government had been returning much of the value and items lost themselves. A last one was accusing Cascadia of being a pedophile ring, using the aforementioned rumors from North_Paso, later proven to be false. All three of these were used with mild success of temporarily damaging Cascadia's reputation on the world stage. Most of this usually just manifested into just promoting these accusations in public chats, usually whenever Cascadia was mentioned or a Cascadian attempted to advertise, or in some cases, whenever a Cascadian merely appeared in public chats.[[File:Texan Declaration of War Against Cascadia 2023.webp|thumb|619x619px|The Texan war declaration, at the end of "The Deadly Sins Speech".]]Poaching was also a common tactic used by Wagner throughout the war, who often used the same accusations to attempt to sway new players away from the nation. Though they hoped they could sweet talk some of Cascadia's active citizens or even mayors into joining them, the most they could get were the occasional new recruit they convinced.

There was an incident at the Cascadian Capitol on December 21st, where several Wagner members entered the building and claimed that they took it over, even attempting to get the event on [[TBI]]. However, then [[President of Cascadia|Cascadian President]] and architect of said building at the time, [[Setrus]], simply closed the entrance behind them while they were inside and effectively trapped them. Another incident occurred between EmpressCorgo, the Treasurer at the time, and [[CDDragon4784]], the leader of the USSR and of the United Front, an alliance Cascadia was apart of. EmpressCorgo joked in a public Cascadian discord channel about starting an Anti-Cascadia group to get donations from those who opposed the nation, scamming them. CDDragon4784 created a discord server known as the "Anti-Cascadia League", also in a joking matter. In response, North_Paso, the King of Texas, took it seriously upon seeing the conversation, and released a statement condemning Cascadia for conspiring to scam them, and even declared war on the Anti-Cascadia League specifically.

=== Operation LNCLAIM ===
Operation LNCLAIM was Cascadia's main defensive response to the Wagner War. It originally was simply Cascadia's response to Overclaim itself when it was first announced in April of 2023, without any particular threat in mind. However, very little progress was made in actually responding to it, though plans were made. Swamped with other duties, nobody actually picked up the operation, and the entire nation effectively procrastinated until the war's start, which acted as a wake up call. Immediately, many of the active and trusted members of Cascadia assembled to respond to Wagner's threat.

Most of the planning and coordination took place in a Discord group chat originally used for coordinating a defunct attempt at developing the town of Vancouver, which would later be known as the "Girlboss GC" within Cascadia after the war. Ironically, the group chat included Osoyans such as Flatvent_One prior to the war, who were now Wagner leaders. Major contributors to Operation LNCLAIM were [[Setrus]], EmpressCorgo, [[Akeboun]], [[EstiQT]], [[Raptormm4]], and [[Milgorn123]], among others. EstiQT was a major contributor to LNCLAIM, as she coordinated the splitting of all of Vancouver Island, alongside Setrus.

At the beginning of the war, most of Cascadia's core towns, including their capital [[Olympia]], were still very vulnerable to Overclaim, some by hundreds of chunks. Some non-core towns such as Chaeronea were also vulnerable to Overclaim, and they would also be covered in the operation. Towns of concern to Operation LNCLAIM include:

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===Judgement Day===
By this point, Cascadia's leaders were tense, although they had thankfully prepared most of their most vulnerable towns just in time for the update. The one major exception to this however was the town of [[Chaeronea]], which was the main town where the Frontier originated, a friend group within Cascadia whom Chad's leaders particularly hated. As a result, they were the only town to be targeted in the Overclaim operation on Judgement Day, though there may have been plans to target the Capital town of [[Olympia]] and it's surroundings through the Wagner-held town of Bakhmut.

New Year's came to Fix's timezone at approximately 6:00 PM ET, however Overclaim would not be implemented for several hours. Eventually, at 1:11:55 AM, on New Year's Day, the staff team shuts down the server to implement the update, with CorruptedGreed testing it out on a neighboring town all the way in Europe while the server was down, becoming the first usage of the new tool.

30 minutes later, the server comes back online with Overclaim enabled at 1:41:38 AM. Immediately, Wagner members 8set, Karn4 and others come online with the town "The_BUFF", positioned against Chaeronea under the nation of Prairies. Unfortunately though, the then mayor of Charonea 3llies came online and enabled Overclaim Shield in the town in the nick of time, leading to Wagner only being able to overclaim a single chunk of the town. The chunk they had overclaimed was actually part of a house with tens of thousands of gold in valuables, however the vast majority of this was evacuated by [[WrestlingWithGod]] prior, and Wagner was only able to acquire a very small fraction of the value stored in the house. After another temporary shutdown of the server between 1:47:56 AM and 1:52:29 AM, the rest of the night would be relatively uneventful, as Wagner was unable to attack any more Cascadian towns with Overclaim. Overall, contrary to Wagner's estimations and the worst fears of Cascadian leadership, very little actually happened and the attacks on Cascadia that night were minimal at best. Had 3llies not come online and enabled Overclaim shield at the right time though, it is likely that Wagner would have ravaged the town, alongside Montana's capital, a nation that the Frontier collectively owned to be a nation shop.

=== Events After Judgement Day===
Chaeronea was the last vulnerable town in Cascadia, and the town only had enough gold in it's bank for two days of Overclaim Shield. WrestlingWithGod, who was a former mayor of the town, put extra gold in the town bank in order to expand the shield's lifespan while they thought of a plan. Due to the fact that chunk refunds had been removed with the official update of Overclaim, town splitting was prohibitively expense, leading to Cascadia deciding to simply downsize the town from it's original 360 chunks to just a third of that.

North_Paso founded an organization of the name "International Court of Justice" on December 30th, likely to be a competitor to the United Front's organization of the same name, an alliance that Cascadia was a part of and close with. North_Paso's ICJ never took off, no record can be found on it outside of the announcement of it's establishment. Wagner members decided to instead infiltrate the existing United Front ICJ, leading to 8set becoming a judge. Then, on Judgement Day itself, Wagner members opened a trial against Cascadia for supposed sexual grooming, likely citing the aforementioned false rumors provided by Paso. Cascadia, not being a signatory of the United Front ICJ, refused to take up the trial for obvious reasons. Not long after and because of this incident, the United Front pulled out of the ICJ on January 4th, which made the entire organization effectively defunct.

Afterwards, not much action occurred between Cascadia and Wagner, with most events simply just being a continuation of Wagner's smear campaign and poaching attempts. Although this too would fade for the most part by the end of January, as Wagner's members gradually became less active and bystanders from neutral nations found the smearing to become increasingly more annoying and obsessive. The last action of the war occurred in March through the [[San Francisco Offensive of 2024]], where towns surrounding the town of San Francisco, part of the Restored Republic of Cascadia, partially overclaimed the town. This caused it's mayor, [[UnbatedAura|Unbated]], to go inactive on the server and leave the town to [[NFISH2021]], who would join the [[Aurora:North Sea Republic|North Sea Republic]] through San Francisco's ingame nation of Norcallia. The NSR would collapse several months later, and to this day San Francisco and Norcal remains in the hands of NFISH, under the nation of Illinois, which is now part of current-day Texas.

==End of War & Aftermath==
The end of the Wagner War was never official, and it only "ended" because Wagner Group eventually fizzled out and mostly stopped their offensive after Judgement Day. As a result, the [[San Francisco Offensive of 2024]] is generally considered the end of the war, as it was the last significant action committed by any belligerent during the war. The end of the war could be compared to the end of [[wikipedia:Korean_War|Korean War]] in the real world, as it never had an official end, and neither South or North Korea made an official peace treaty. By the end of the war, Wagner Group was effectively defunct though it was never officially dissolved.

It is generally considered to be a victory to the Cascadian side of the conflict, as while the town of Seaside was lost, this loss proved to be temporary, particularly as the town was regained in the interwar period between the Wagner War and the [[Great American War]]. Alongside this, the territorial losses for Cascadia could have been severely worse, or even fatal if Operation LNCLAIM was not successful at protecting vulnerable towns, most of which being in the central Metropolitan area. The preparations they made for their towns were permanent too. As a result, the war theoretically made Cascadia more proactive about it's territorial security, preventing another similar crisis in the future.

For the other side, the war was an overall defeat, as their gains against Cascadia were both minimal and temporary, especially compared to their goals at the start of the war. All of the Wagner member nations with the exclusion of Texas and the Russian Federation became inactive by the end of the war, however some of the leaders of said defunct nations would consolidate in Texas and go on to fight in the Great American War, such as Karn4 of Chad and Bon_Kranch of Restored Cascadia. Texas would increase in activity significantly after the war, eventually becoming one of the strongest powers in North America, and they would begin fighting Cascadia again just a couple of months later in the Great American War, which would become a much bigger war than it's predecessor.

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! style="background: #2D703C;" | Notable Towns
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|[[file:Cascadia.png|30px|link=Aurora:Chaeronea]] [[Aurora:Chaeronea|Chaeronea]] • [[file:Cascadia.png|30px|link=Jericho Ranch]] [[Jericho Ranch]] • [[file:Flag of Olympia.png|30px|link=Olympia]] [[Olympia]] • [[File:Copy of Untitled Design 20250427 213407 0000.png|33px|Meridian]] [[Meridian]] • [[file:NeahBayFlag.png|30px|link=Neah bay]] [[Neah bay|Neah Bay]] • [[file:Flag of Phoenix, Arizona.png|30px|link=Phoenix, Aurora]] [[Phoenix (Aurora)|Phoenix]] • [[File:Flag-of-Seattle.png|30px|link=Seattle (Aurora]] [[Seattle (Aurora)|Seattle]] • [[File:FRESNO FLAG - EMC CASCADIA.png|30px|link=Fresno]] [[Fresno]] • [[File:Vancouver.png|30px|link=Vancouver]] [[Vancouver]] • [[File:GrouseFlagDigital.webp|30px|link=Grouse]] [[Grouse]] • [[File:OakwoodFlag.webp|30px|link=Aurora:Oakwood]] [[Aurora:Oakwood|Oakwood]] • [[File:Sandrift.webp|30px|link=Sandrift]] [[Sandrift]] • [[File:AstoriaFlag.webp|15px|link=Astoria]] [[Astoria]] • [[File:VermontRepublicFlag.webp|30px|link=Vermont City]] [[Vermont]] • [[File:FAFlag3.png|30px|link=Aurora:Fort Aurelian]] [[Aurora:Fort Aurelian|Fort Aurelian]] • [[File:LoonLakeFlag.webp|30px|link=Loon Lake]] [[Aurora:Loon Lake|Loon Lake]] • [[File:VirginiaFlag.webp|30px|link=Marseilles]] [[Aurora:Marseilles|Marseilles]] • [[File:The_Osoyoos_Flag.png|30px|link=Osoyoos]] [[Osoyoos|Osoyoos]]
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! style="background: #2D703C;" | Wars, Conflicts, & Notable Battles
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| [[Aurora:Cascadia#Nationhood,_New_Mexico,_and_Hostility_with_Oregon|Cascadia-Oregon hostilities]] • [[Six-Hour War]] • [[Six-Minute War]] • [[Aurora:Cascadia#Operation Dragonflame|Operation Dragonflame]] • [[Aurora:Cascadia#Grand Canyon controversy|Grand Canyon controversy]] • [[RMF Wars]] • [[Battle of Oceanside]] • [[Wagner War]] • [[Great American War]] • [[The Mackenzie War]]
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! style="background: #2D703C;" | Notable Citizens
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| [[AghastBlock]] • [[Akeboun]] • [[Arathorn52]] • [[Bubba_Tea]] • [[Cheeseballfluffy|cheeseballfluffy]] • [[Dapigthatbig|DaPigThatBig]] • [[Dracnoian]] • [[EmpressCorgo]] • [[Setrus]] • [[EstiQT]] • [[Aurora:FieldsofWheat|FieldsofWheat]] • [[Fr0z3nW1nt3r]] • [[Ir0n|Ir0n__]] • [[Jo Star|Jo_Star]] • [[Milgorn123]] • [[PaperLemur12140]] • [[Sayerleft#Sayerleft on Terra Aurora|Sayerleft]] • [[TylenolEC]] • [[ViolentVampire]] • [[Flippizzacake]] • [[Vorobyevite]] • [[xBest_Name_Everx]] • [[Raptormm4]] • [[Duke75]] • [[mjap04]] • [[Xultimate290bc]] • [[MasterEWild]] • [[Wishful|wishful_]] • [[BergenFly]] • [[Dexter_that_boi]] • [[ThePaleoGuy]] • [[Weirdguy]] • [[PavTheYT]] • [[RIP1C]] • [[ElimBessus]] • [[GuyWithALife]] • [[HawaiianDPG]] • [[KARN4]] • [[Lovelyfurball|Lovelyfurball88]] • [[Moxie|Moxicodone]] • [[The Last Comment|The_Last_Comment]] • [[Ka tie|ka_tie]]
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! style="background: #2D703C;" | Politics
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| '''Elections''' [[August 2022 Cascadia general election|Aug 2022]] • [[September 2022 Cascadia general election|Sep 2022]] • [[October 2022 Cascadia general election|Oct 2022]] • [[November 2022 Cascadia general election|Nov 2022]] • [[December 2022 Cascadia general election|Dec 2022]] • [[January 2023 Cascadia general election|Jan 2023]] • [[February 2023 Cascadia general election|Feb 2023]] • [[March 2023 Cascadia general election|Mar 2023]] • [[April 2023 Cascadia general election|Apr 2023]] • [[May 2023 Cascadia general election|May 2023]] • [[June 2023 Cascadia general election|Jun 2023]] • [[July 2023 Cascadia general election|Jul 2023]] • [[August 2023 Cascadia general election|Aug 2023]] • [[September 2023 Cascadia general election|Sep 2023]] • [[October 2023 Cascadia general election|Oct 2023]] • [[November 2023 Cascadia general election|Nov 2023]] • [[December 2023 Cascadia general election|Dec 2023]] • [[January 2024 Cascadia general election|Jan 2024]] • [[Feburary 2024 Cascadia general election|Feb 2024]] • [[March 2024 Cascadia general election|Mar 2024]] • [[April 2024 Cascadia general election|April 2024]] • [[May 2024 Cascadia general election|May 2024]] • [[June 2024 Cascadia general election|Jun 2024]] • [[July 2024 Cascadia general election|Jul 2024]] • [[August 2024 Cascadia general election|Aug 2024]] • [[September 2024 Cascadia general election|Sep 2024]] • [[October 2024 Cascadia general election|Oct 2024]] • [[November 2024 Cascadia general election|Nov 2024]] • [[December 2024 Cascadia general election|Dec 2024]] • [[January 2025 Cascadia general election|Jan 2025]] • [[February 2025 Cascadia general election|Feb 2025]] • [[March 2025 Cascadia general election|Mar 2025]] • [[April 2025 Cascadia general election|Apr 2025]] • [[May 2025 Cascadia general election|May 2025]] • [[June 2025 Cascadia general election|Jun 2025]] • [[July 2025 Cascadia general election|Jul 2025]] • [[August 2025 Cascadia general election|Aug 2025]] • [[September 2025 Cascadia general election|Sep 2025]] • [[October 2025 Cascadia general election|Oct 2025]] • [[November 2025 Cascadia general election|Nov 2025]] • [[December 2025 Cascadia general election|Dec 2025]] • [[January 2026 Cascadia general election|Jan 2026]] '''Executive branch''' [[President of Cascadia|President]] • [[Cabinet of Cascadia#Vice President|Vice President]] • [[Cabinet of Cascadia|Cabinet]] '''Legislative branch''' [[Legislature of Cascadia|House of Representatives]] ([[List of current members of the Cascadia House of Representatives|current members]] • [[List of former members of the Cascadia House of Representatives|former members]] • [[Clerk of the Cascadia House of Representatives|Clerk]] • [[Dean of the Cascadia House of Representatives|Dean]] • [[Speaker of the Cascadia House of Representatives|Speaker]]) • [[List of Cascadian Legislatures|List of Legislatures]] • [[List of Cascadian national legislation|Laws]] '''Judicial branch''' [[Supreme Court of Cascadia|Supreme Court]] ([[Aurora:List of judges of the Supreme Court of Cascadia|List]] • [[Chief Justice of Cascadia|Chief Justice]]) '''Major laws''' [[National Constitution of Cascadia (Aurora)|National Constitution]] (2023) '''Electoral divisions''' ''Current:'' [[Great North (Cascadian House constituency)|Great North]] • [[Metropolitan (Cascadian House constituency)|Metropolitan]] • [[Southern (Cascadian House constituency)|Southern]] • [[The Frontier|Frontier]] • [[Central (Cascadian House constituency)|Central]] • [[Old America (Cascadian House constituency)|Old America]] • [[Laurentia (Cascadian House constituency)|Laurentia]] ''Obsolete:'' [[Pacific (Cascadian House constituency)|Pacific]] • [[Metropolitan (Cascadian House constituency)|Western]] • [[Salish Coast (Cascadian House constituency)|Salish Coast]] • [[Oregon (Cascadian House constituency)|Oregon]] • [[North Metropolitan (Cascadian House constituency)|North Metropolitan (Salish)]] • [[South Metropolitan (Cascadian House constituency)|South Metropolitan (Rainier)]] • [[Olympia (Cascadian House constituency)|Olympia]] • [[Northwest (Cascadian House constituency)|Northwest]] • [[East (Cascadian House constituency)|East]]

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- Loss of Seaside 
- Overclaiming of San Francisco 
- 1 Chunk of Chaeronea overclaimed|beligerent1='''[[Wagner Group]]:''' 
*[[File:Osoyoos Flag.png|25px]] [[Chad]] 
*[[File:TexasFlag.webp|25px]] [[Texas]] 
*[[Restored Republic of Cascadia]] 
*[[Somalia]] (until 1/25/24) 
*[[File:USA.png|25px]] [[US]] (until 2/1/24) 
*[[Tasmania]] 
*[[Prairies]] 
*[[File:2000px-Flag_of_New_Mexico.svg.png|25px]] [[New Mexico]] 
*[[Bruneian Empire]] (after 1/25/24) 
'''Supported by:''' 
[[Siberia]]|beligerent2=[[File:Flag of Cascadia.png|25px]] '''[[Cascadia]]''' 
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[[File:Soviet_Union.png|25px]] [[United Front]] 
[[File:BrazilImperialFlag.png|25px]] [[Brazil]]|leaders1=[[File:Osoyoos Flag.png|25px]] '''Flatvent''' 
[[File:Osoyoos Flag.png|25px]] '''Karn4''' 
[[File:TexasFlag.webp|25px]] '''[[North_Paso]]''' 
'''Bon_Kranch''' 
'''Unbated''' 
*Nervyana 
*Thither171 
'''[[8set]]''' 
[[File:USA.png|25px]] '''[[OIsar]]''' 
'''RealLIMPOPO''' 
'''Jw0olf''' 
'''[[SML128]]''' |leaders2=[[File:Flag of Cascadia.png|25px]] '''[[Akeboun]]''' 
[[File:Flag of Cascadia.png|25px]] '''[[Setrus]]''' 
[[File:Flag of Cascadia.png|25px]] '''[[Paper1emur]]'''
*[[File:Flag of Cascadia.png|25px]] [[EstiQT]]
*[[File:Flag of Cascadia.png|25px]] [[EmpressCorgo]]
*[[File:Flag of Cascadia.png|25px]] [[Milgorn123]]
*[[File:Flag of Cascadia.png|25px]] [[Blu_Zebra]]}}

The '''Wagner War''' was a conflict from December 13th, 2023 to March 2024 between [[Aurora:Cascadia|Cascadia]] and multiple groups and nations under the coalition of [[Wagner Group]]. The war came about through the Osoyoos secession just a couple months before, rising tensions between Cascadia and Texas, and most of all, the upcoming update of [[Overclaim]] to be released on the advent of the new year. Most of the fighting happened through fighting over territory mainly through the new Overclaim update, and through PR, with Wagner Group in particular attempting to sway international opinion against Cascadia. The war was almost purely defensive for Cascadia, with the only offensive action taken on their side being the [[San Francisco Offensive of 2024]] at the very end of the conflict. By the time Overclaim had been added on New Year's Day, Cascadian leaders had already prepared the vast majority of their vulnerable towns for the upcoming update. As a result, the only territorial losses Cascadia received were the territorial atrophy of some towns, a section of what is now Astoria, and a single chunk of [[Chaeronea]] that had been overclaimed by Wagner Group. The conflict is widely considered to be the predecessor to or even the start of the [[Great American War]], of which was fought by many of the same nations and people that fought in this war.

==Background and Prelude to War ==

===Cascadia-Texas Tensions===
Throughout the year of 2023, relations between Cascadia and [[Texas]] were always very cold, as Texas had previously worked against Cascadia. North_Paso, Texas's King at the time, was a major participant in the [[Battle of Oceanside]], having been the one who owned and claimed the land for the Anti-Cascadia side. Texas also attempted a covert operation in April 2023 to get an entire group within Cascadia, the Frontier, to secede from Cascadia, though this was a failure. North_Paso was already well known for spreading rumors now proven to be false about pedophilia within Cascadia's ranks, and used it for the rise of [[Chad]] and other Anti-Cascadian nations to supply them with ammo for the smear campaign to come.

On the contrary, in November 2023, a nation-hopper named [[Hersheylr]] arrived in Texas, having previously spending time in Cascadia and contributing to the end of the [[RMF Wars]]. While in Texas, Hershey obtained perms to the Texan capital of [[Houston]], and severely damaged the Texan capitol in a terrorist attack. Houston lost considerable materials in the looting of this attack. Sparked by this event alongside the aforementioned, Texas joined the war on Cascadia and Wagner Group on December 18th, 2023. Through this, they also had propped up a puppet state the day before they declared war, the Restored Republic of Cascadia, out of the nation of Oregon led by Bon_Kranch, in order to fight Cascadia at their home turf and attempt to poach Cascadian towns to their cause.

===The Osoyoos Secession to Chad===
In August 2023, a political faction known commonly as [[Osoyoos (political faction)|Osoyoos]], named after the town it originally resided from, was formed. It was mainly taken up by people of a friend group who had come to Cascadia on July 3rd, 2023, when the town of Osoyoos was founded. The group was hyper-nationalistic, imperialist, [[wikipedia:Jingoism|jingoist]], and their ideology is often considered to be the Minecraft equivalent to [[wikipedia:Fascism|Fascism]]. This was in major contrast to other Cascadian political factions, such as the Frontier and those who supported the presidency of [[EmpressCorgo]]. As a result, conflict would eventually spring, becoming extremely tense after the September 2023 elections. Eventually, they seceded in response to a tie during the revealing of the results of the October elections, between incumbent president EmpressCorgo and the Osoyoos-backed candidate Flatvent_One, who was also one of the leaders of the movement. They then migrated to central Africa and made the nation of [[Chad]]. The secession was bitter, and they quickly became one of Cascadia's primary adversaries. Chad grew very quickly and even overtook Cascadia in population for a brief period at the beginning of the war. Chad eventually formed the Wagner Group with originally the nations of New Mexico and Prairies, and subsequently declared war on Cascadia on December 13th, 2023, starting the Wagner War.

===Overclaim===
Overclaim had been proposed throughout the year of 2023 by the EarthMC staff team, and despite major disapproval among the playerbase, ijt was eventually announced that it would be implemented on New Year's Day, 2024. This brought panic to many of those across EarthMC who had built up their towns and metropolitan areas before Overclaim had even been mentioned. Cascadia was one of these nations, being a major base of Overclaim opposition and many of their core towns would be vulnerable to the new update. At the same time, this gave a unique opportunity to the numerous enemies of Cascadia, who realized that overclaim could be a way to gut Cascadia's major towns. This would be the reason Wagner Group originally started the war, wanting to seize this opportunity to get revenge on Cascadia for multiple grievances. The Cascadian government had long recognized the threat of Overclaim, however their operation to protect their towns from it, Operation LNCLAIM, was very slow in the buildup to the war itself, prioritizing other goals first, such as recouping from the activity loss caused by the Osoyoos Secession.

==The Course of War==

=== Start of the war ===
The war started via declaration by Wagner Group, of which was formed specifically to fight Cascadia between the nations of [[Chad]], [[Aurora:New Mexico|New Mexico]], and [[Prairies]]. It was formed on December 13th, 2023, immediately declaring war on Cascadia at 5:13 PM ET, starting the Wagner War. Other nations would join the war, including the Texas-backed [[Restored Republic of Cascadia]] on the 17th, and the nation of Somalia led by 8set, rebranded as the spiritual successor of the [[Rocky Mountain Federation]], which 8set led during it's original incarnation also declared war on Cascadia on the 17th. They were followed by Texas on the 18th, in which North_Paso drafted a lengthy statement likening several prominent Cascadians to the Seven Deadly Sins and referring to Cascadia as "The most morally bankrupt nation on the server", in the now infamous [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IDht8GeZDWcyCCP1BWR3ooEHKy4dbLARDwOhjAFvCSg/edit?usp=sharing "The Deadly Sins Speech"]. On the 20th, [[Tasmania (Aurora)|Tasmania]] joined the War under RealLimpopo, who had previously stolen most of Cascadia's bank through a botched buyout of the Rocky Mountain Federation. On the same day, the nation of Siberia condemned Cascadia, however they did not officially join the war. On the 22nd, Wagner group was formed again as an even tighter alliance, officially listing it's members as Chad, Tasmania, Rocky Mountain Federation, and the Restored Republic of Cascadia, formerly Oregon. It is not known why the original members of Prairies and New Mexico were not included in the announcement, and it is also not known why Wagner Group was formed twice. Finally on the 27th, the nation of Russian Federation joined the war indirectly by joining Wagner Group, being the last to join the war on the side against Cascadia. Throughout all of these, the goal of all nations who joined the war was to kill Cascadia entirely.

Most of the fighting during the period before Judgement Day was composed of a smear campaign, and the occasional argument in public chats, as Overclaim had not been added yet. BonZZil_ was unbanned during this time, who would go on to become a major enemy of Cascadia until his eventual reban during the [[Great American War]].[[File:Loss of Seaside.webp|thumb|249x249px|The town of Seaside(in blue) a week after 8set sniped the town. ]]
[[File:Texan Declaration of War Against Cascadia 2023.webp|thumb|619x619px|The Texan war declaration, at the end of "The Deadly Sins Speech".]]On the Wagner side, they were primarily focused on preparing for a campaign to overclaim Cascadia, planting Overclaim towns near vulnerable Cascadian towns and preparing existing invader towns such as Bakhmut to overclaim neighboring Cascadian towns. This is where one of the only two territorial successes on the side of Wagner happened, in which 8set sniped the town of Seaside, a section of what is now Astoria, which conveniently bordered the Cascadian capital of [[Olympia]]. Alongside this, they also lashed out with a massive smear campaign, accusing Cascadia, usually falsely[Writer's Note: This article does portray the smear campaign as organized through it's naming, but it was actually quite informal and unorganized, don't think too much of it.]. This was through a few fronts, one being accusing Cascadia of being a dictatorship, citing the October 2023 elections, in which they claimed [[Sayerleft]] rigged it against [[Flatvent_One]], though this was unfounded. Another was through accusing Cascadia of being a "scam nation" or "nation of scammers", citing primarily the Hanse Library Robbery, which had been committed by Cascadians. However though, the government had not been involved in the operation, and actively went through the efforts of getting as much of the stolen items back as they could. A last one was accusing Cascadia of being a pedophile ring, using the aforementioned rumors from North_Paso, later proven to be false. All three of these were used with mild success of temporarily damaging Cascadia's reputation on the world stage.

There was an incident at the Cascadian Capitol on December 21st, where several Wagner members entered the building and claimed that they took it over, even attempting to get the event on [[TBI]]. However, then [[President of Cascadia|Cascadian President]] and architect of said building at the time, [[Setrus]], simply closed the entrance behind them while they were inside and effectively trapped them.

One other event that happened before Judgement day was the Anti-Cascadia League incident. It occured between EmpressCorgo, the Treasurer at the time, and [[CDDragon4784]], the leader of the USSR and of the United Front, an alliance Cascadia was apart of. In it, EmpressCorgo joked in a public Cascadian discord channel about starting an Anti-Cascadia group to get donations from those who opposed the nation, scamming them. CDDragon4784 created a discord server known as the "Anti-Cascadia League", also in a joking matter. In response, North_Paso of Texas acted as if it were serious, and released a statement condemning Cascadia for supposedly conspiring to scam, and even declared war on the Anti-Cascadia League specifically.

=== Operation LNCLAIM ===
Operation LNCLAIM was Cascadia's main defensive response to the Wagner War. It started very early, during the EmpressCorgo Presidency, however progress was slow or completely stagnant up to the Wagner War. When the Wagner War started under a month before Overclaim's addition however, it acted as a wake up call to Cascadia's government, who immediately resumed progress. Most of the planning and coordination took place in a Discord group chat originally used for coordinating a defunct attempt at developing the town of Vancouver, which would later be known as the "Girlboss GC" within Cascadia after the war. Ironically, the group chat included Osoyans such as Flatvent_One prior to the war, who were now Wagner leaders. Major contributors to Operation LNCLAIM were Setrus, EmpressCorgo, Akeboun, EstiQT, Raptormm4, and Milgorn123, among others.

[[File:Chaeronea right after Overclaim was implemented.webp|thumb|220x220px|[[File:Chaeronea after Wagner Operations.webp|frameless|215x215px]]Before and after of the Overclaim operation in Chaeronea on Judgement Day.]]

===Judgement Day===
By this point, Cascadia's leaders were tense, although they had thankfully prepared most of their most vulnerable towns just in time for the update. The one major exception to this however was the town of [[Chaeronea]], which was the main town where the Frontier originated, a friend group within Cascadia whom Chad's leaders particularly hated. As a result, they were the only town to be targeted in the Overclaim operation on Judgement Day, though there may have been plans to target the Capital town of [[Olympia]] and it's surroundings through the Wagner-held town of Bakhmut.

New Year's came to Fix's timezone at approximately 6:00 PM ET, however Overclaim would not be implemented for several hours. Eventually, at 1:11:55 AM, on New Year's Day, the staff team shuts down the server to implement the update, with CorruptedGreed testing it out on a neighboring town all the way in Europe while the server was down, becoming the first usage of the new tool.

30 minutes later, the server comes back online with Overclaim enabled at 1:41:38 AM. Immediately, Wagner members 8set, Karn4 and others come online with the town "The_BUFF", positioned against Chaeronea under the nation of Prairies. Unfortunately though, the then mayor of Charonea 3llies came online and enabled Overclaim Shield in the town in the nick of time, leading to Wagner only being able to overclaim a single chunk of the town. The chunk they had overclaimed was actually part of a house with tens of thousands of gold in valuables, however the vast majority of this was evacuated by [[WrestlingWithGod]] prior to these events, and Wagner was only able to acquire a very small fraction of the value stored in the house. After another temporary shutdown of the server between 1:47:56 AM and 1:52:29 AM, the rest of the night would be relatively uneventful, as Wagner was unable to attack any more Cascadian towns with Overclaim. Overall, contrary to Wagner's estimations and the worst fears of Cascadian leadership, very little actually happened and the attacks on Cascadia that night were minimal at best. Had 3llies not come online and enabled Overclaim shield at the right time though, it is likely that Wagner would have ravaged the town, alongside Montana's capital, a nation that the Frontier collectively owned to be a nation shop.

=== Events After Judgement Day===
Chaeronea was the last vulnerable town in Cascadia, and the town only had enough gold in it's bank for two days of Overclaim Shield. WrestlingWithGod, who was a former mayor of the town, put extra gold in the town bank in order to expand the shield's lifespan while they thought of a plan. Due to the fact that chunk refunds had been removed with the official update of Overclaim, town splitting was prohibitively expense, leading to Cascadia deciding to simply downsize the town from it's original 360 chunks to just a third of that.

One incident that occured during and after Judgement Day consisted of North_Paso founding an organization of the name "International Court of Justice" on December 30th, likely to be a competitor to the United Front's organization of the same name, an alliance that Cascadia was a part of and close with. North_Paso's ICJ likely died out immediately, as no record can be found on it outside of the announcement of it's establishment. Wagner members decided to instead infiltrate the existing United Front ICJ, leading to 8set becoming a judge. Then, on Judgement Day itself, Wagner members opened a trial against Cascadia for supposed sexual grooming, likely citing the aforementioned false rumors provided by Paso. Cascadia, not being a signatory of the United Front ICJ, refused to take up the trial for obvious reasons. Not long after and because of this incident, the United Front pulled out of the ICJ on January 4th, which made the entire organization effectively defunct.

Afterwards, not much action occurred between Cascadia and Wagner, with most events simply just being a continuation of Wagner's smear campaign. Although this too would fade for the most part by the end of January, as Wagner's members gradually became less active and onlookers from neutral nations found the smearing to be increasingly more annoying and obsessive. The last action of the war occured in March through the [[San Francisco Offensive of 2024]], where towns surrounding the town of San Francisco, part of the Restored Republic of Cascadia, overclaimed the town partially. This caused it's mayor, [[UnbatedAura|Unbated]], to go inactive on the server and leave the town to [[NFISH2021]], who would join the [[Aurora:North Sea Republic|North Sea Republic]] through San Francisco's ingame nation of Norcal. The NSR would collapse several months later, and to this day San Francisco and Norcal remains in the hands of NFISH, under the nation of Illinois, which is now part of current-day Texas.

==End of War & Aftermath==
The end of the Wagner War was never official, and it only "ended" because Wagner Group eventually fizzled out and mostly stopped their offensive after Judgement Day. As a result, the [[San Francisco Offensive of 2024]] is generally considered the end of the war, as it was the last significant action committed by any belligerent during the war. The end of the war could be compared to the end of [[wikipedia:Korean_War|Korean War]] in the real world, as it never had an official end, and neither South or North Korea made an official peace treaty.

It is generally considered to be a victory to the Cascadian side of the conflict, as while their reputation was damaged temporarily and the town of Seaside was lost, these losses proved to be temporary, particularly as Seaside was regained in the interwar period between the Wagner War and the [[Great American War]]. Alongside this, the territorial losses for Cascadia could have been severely worse, or even fatal if [REDACTED] was not successful at protecting vulnerable towns, most of which being in the central Metropolitan area. The preparations they made for their towns were permanent too. As a result, the war theoretically made Cascadia more proactive about it's territorial security, preventing another similar crisis in the future.

For the other side, the war was an overall defeat, as their gains against Cascadia were both minimal and temporary, especially compared to their goals at the start of the war. All of the Wagner member nations with the exclusion of Texas and the Russian Federation became inactive by the end of the war, however some of the leaders of said defunct nations would consolidate in Texas and go on to fight in the Great American War, including Karn4 of Chad and Bon_Kranch of Restored Cascadia. Texas would increase in activity significantly after the war, eventually becoming one of the strongest powers in North America, and they would begin fighting Cascadia again just a couple of months later in the Great American War, which would become a much bigger war than it's predecessor.

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{{BattleTemplate
| name = Great American War
| image = [[File:CascadiaReachesHouston.webp|270px]]
| caption = Cascadian forces arriving in Houston, Circa August 2024
| date = June 24 - September 16, 2024 (2 months, 23 days)
| location = North America
| result = OFN Victory
| changes = Texan withdrawal from California & Mexico; First complete North American borders treaty agreed to (Treaty of Vancouver)
| beligerent1 = [[File:TexasFlag.webp|25px]] '''[[Texas]]'''
| beligerent2 = [[File:OFN.png|25px]] '''[[Organization of Free Nations]]:'''
*[[File:Flag of Cascadia.png|25px]] [[Cascadia]]
*[[File:VermontRepublicFlag.webp|25px]] [[Vermont]]
*[[File:HavaikiFlag2.png|25px]] [[Havaiki]]
*[[File:PilbaraFlagResized.png|25px]] [[Pilbara]]
*[[File:Vinland Flag.png|25px]] [[Laurentia]] (until 7/17)
*[[File:Wollaston.png|25px]] [[Wollaston]]
*[[File:MWU.png|25px]] [[Midwestern Union]]
[[File:1024px-Flag of Mexico.svg.png|25px]] [[Mexican Empire]] 
[[File:Soviet_Union.png|25px]] [[Rossiya]]
| leaders1 = [[File:TexasFlag.webp|25px]] '''[[North_Paso]]'''
*[[File:TexasFlag.webp|25px]] [[Bill 'Rocky' Moor]]
*[[File:TexasFlag.webp|25px]] [[Lukedcool]]
*[[File:TexasFlag.webp|25px]] [[JoeJoe77]]
*[[File:TexasFlag.webp|25px]] [[Samisol]] †
*[[File:TexasFlag.webp|25px]] [[Bonzzil]] †
*[[File:TexasFlag.webp|25px]] [[Karn4]]
*[[File:TexasFlag.webp|25px]] [[Ewhy_]]
*[[File:TexasFlag.webp|25px]] [[LivingHumanBeing]]
*[[File:TexasFlag.webp|25px]] [[TheAmazingMoe]] †
*[[File:TexasFlag.webp|25px]] [[Sometexan]]
| leaders2 = [[File:Flag of Cascadia.png|25px]] '''[[Raptormm4]]'''
[[File:Flag of Cascadia.png|25px]] '''[[Lovelyfurball]]''' (until 7/23) 
[[File:Flag of Cascadia.png|25px]] '''[[Setrus]]''' 
[[File:Flag of Cascadia.png|25px]] '''[[Paradox_1080]]''' (until 8/30) 
[[File:Flag of Cascadia.png|25px]] '''[[Paper1emur]]'''
*[[File:Flag of Cascadia.png|25px]] [[FieryMatter]] (after 7/2)
*[[File:Flag of Cascadia.png|25px]] [[Dracnoian]] (after 7/11)
*[[File:Flag of Cascadia.png|25px]] [[Akeboun]]
*[[File:Flag of Cascadia.png|25px]] [[RAWRyoutube]]
[[File:VermontRepublicFlag.webp|25px]] '''[[SergioTheCrafter]]''' (until 7/5) 
[[File:VermontRepublicFlag.webp|25px]] '''[[Purplepunch]]''' 
[[File:VermontRepublicFlag.webp|25px]] '''[[Mikesworldus]]'''
*[[File:VermontRepublicFlag.webp|25px]] [[Princeling]]
*[[File:VermontRepublicFlag.webp|25px]] [[Xeocas]]
*[[File:VermontRepublicFlag.webp|25px]] [[Farosh_]]
[[File:HavaikiFlag2.png|25px]] '''[[Zqben]]''' 
[[File:HavaikiFlag2.png|25px]] '''[[FoxClient]]''' 
[[File:HavaikiFlag2.png|25px]] '''[[Ahea]]''' 
[[File:PilbaraFlagResized.png|25px]] '''[[Kobikraft]]'''
*[[File:PilbaraFlagResized.png|25px]] [[Panth_r]]
[[File:Vinland Flag.png|25px]] '''[[TylenolEC]]''' 
[[File:1024px-Flag of Mexico.svg.png|25px]] '''[[CMW]]'''
}}The '''Great American War''', also known as the '''Great North American War''', or as the '''Texas War''' in Cascadia, was a large intercontinental conflict between the [[Cascadia|Republic of Cascadia]] and its [[Organization of Free Nations|OFN allies]], and the [[Aurora:The Kingdom of Texas|Kingdom of Texas]]. It is considered a significant part of North America's history.

== Background ==

=== Cascadia-Texas Tensions ===
In November 2023, a player named Hersheylr arrived in Texas, having previously spending time in Cascadia and contributing to the end of the [[RMF Wars]]. While in Texas, Hershey obtained perms to the Texan capital of Houston and Texas at large. He severely damaged the Texan capitol and kicked towns from Texas, which was a considerable loss in materials and power for the nation. On December 18, 2023, Texas declared war on Cascadia, claiming that Cascadia was involved in planning and backing the attack. A Discord announcement by the Texan King, [[North_Paso]], would become infamous due to the way it compared several notable Cascadians to the Christian [[wikipedia:Seven_deadly_sins|seven deadly sins]]. This would mark Texas' entry into the [[Wagner War]], with Texas and other Cascadian enemies, notably [[Chad]] (aka [[Osoyoos (political faction)|Osoyoos]]), planning on using the server's then-new overclaim functionality to take chunks from Cascadian towns and force them to submit to the rule of the Reformed Republic of Cascadia. Ultimately, the war became inactive after [[Wagner]] was able to only take one chunk of Cascadian territory from the town of [[Chaeronea]], and ended de facto in March 2024 after the [[San Francisco Offensive of 2024]]. Notably no official peace treaty was ever signed and the Wagner War is considered by some the start of the later and larger conflict, the Great American War.

During the spring of 2024, the Cascadian government typically treated Texas with reserved resentment, and generally nothing more than a distant threat. Due to Texas being the closest remaining Wagner-aligned nation to Cascadia, it was still treated with particular concern by the Cascadian Department of Defense, and the newly formed [[National Security Agency]]. On May 23, 2024, the NSA received an offer from former Cascadian and [[Michoacán]] leader [[CMW]] to have him spy on Texas in exchange for Cascadian support of a revived Michoacán/Mexico. At the time, Texas controlled a significant area of Northern Texas and the Yucatan. The NSA accepted the offer, and CMW would provide intelligence from the Texan legislature and cabinet until his Cascadia-backed secession on June 16.

On May 28, Cascadian officials were alerted to the beginnings of a chain of Texan towns moving in the direction of California. At the same time, prominent mayors in California alerted defense officials that [[Ewhy]], who now owned the town of Sacramento in Northern California, was attempting to get them to secede with him and join Texas. It was at that point that the Cascadian Department of Defense began to put together war plans in preparation for a Texan invasion. The possibility of Texas using towns meticulously placed within and nearby Cascadian territory to launch another attempt at a mass overclaiming campaign was the primary concern of Cascadian defense officials. North_Paso was banned by 32Andrew on May 29th, 2024 for using forged evidence in a ticket, however he was quickly unbanned.

=== OFN Crises ===
In the [[Organization of Free Nations]], a couple of crises were ongoing amongst the member states. In Cascadia, officials were attempting to negotiate an non-aggression pact and border treaty with the [[Aurora:North Sea Republic|North Sea Republic]] (NSR), who controlled San Francisco. Tensions between the NSR and Cascadia had been high since San Francisco joined the NSR after the Wagner War, to the point that the rivalry between the two has been labelled the [[Cascadia-NSR Cold War]]. Although Cascadian and NSR officials had been somewhat opposed to negotiations for some time, in late May 2024, [[Aurora:Vermont|Vermont]] began to mediate negotiations in an attempt to end the tensions between their two allies. A non-aggression pact was quickly agreed to, though negotiations nearly fell apart as the two sides debated a border agreement. The NSR, pushed by NFISH, desired an agreement where the NSR would be allowed to claim almost any territory in North America outside the Cascadian Metro. Cascadia, in response, pushed for an agreement where the NSR would only be tolerated to claim territory in California and Nevada. During this debate, Cascadian President [[Raptormm4]] would remark that the NSR (whose capital was on the island of Ireland) was a government "From fucking Ireland." This became known as the [[Aurora:"Fucking Ireland" Incident|"Fucking Ireland" incident]]. Negotiations between the two continued for over a month, held together by both sides wishing to please Vermont and not be the first side to break off negotiations. The negotiations would not end until the Treaty of Los Angeles, with NSR settlement limited to the areas south of Nevada's northern border. The final agreement was agreed to by Cascadian officials in order to focus dealing with the increasing threat of Texas.

In [[Aurora:Havaiki|Havaiki]], the [[Zealandia Civil War]] was brewing. The war began on May 29, 2024, when a mayor named Bacon seceded from Havaiki after Havaiki refused to adopt certain amendments to its constitution. Bacon, who was mayor of the north New Zealand town of Port Jason, and a small number of other mayors, declared independence as the nation of [[Zealandia]], and came into open conflict with Havaiki. While Havaiki received strong support from most of its OFN allies, especially Cascadia and Pilbara, Vermont attempted to blame Havaiki for the conflict. [[Princeling]], who at this time was still a major figure in Vermont, would refuse to condemn Zealandia, and would ultimately be one of many voices calling for peace in the region. The war ultimately came to an end with a recognition of Zealandian independence and a ceasefire line on June 15.

In the [[Caucasian Republic]], the OFN came into a crises between one of their member states and the nation of [[Turkey (Aurora)|Turkey]]. The Caucasian Republic joined the OFN on May 11, 2024, having transitioned into a democratic republic in April. However, in late May, the Caucasian Republic's leadership came into a disagreement over their borders with neighboring Turkey. On June 4, Turkey overclaimed the Caucasian Republic's capital of Don Host. The Caucasian Republic's leader and founder, PastaMaster, resigned five days later due to the crisis. In the process, he declared Don Host surrendered to Turkey.

=== Internal Texan Crises ===
During June 2024, Texas entered into a series of internal crises. This began on May 29, when Paso was banned for conspiring to fake evidence in a ticket that led to the banning of former Cascadian [[EstiQT]]. Paso attempted to calm worried citizens in the aftermath of his ban, saying that "I want to reassure people that despite this, I will be unbanned. This is nothing to worry about. If worse comes to worse, [[LivingHumanBeing]] will take over." 8 days later, on June 6, the Texan President, Saddam, resigned in the wake of Paso's ban. Following Saddam's resignation, a power struggle arose in the Texan senate, with Texan Senator Luke declaring that as Saddam's "#2" he should immediately become president. At the same time, [[Bon Kranch]] began pushing for the abolition of the presidential system and for him to become dictator under Paso. In an attempt to gain legitimacy and popular support, CMW, alongside Texas Senator [[Sometexan]], proposed that an immediate nationwide election be held to choose a new President. All 3 of these factions put respective votes before the Texas Senate, with the choice of an election winning with near-unilateral support. Elections would begin later that night, with notable candidates including Sometexan and [[Bill 'Rocky' Moor]], who choose CMW as his Vice President. Rocky was declared the winner on June 9, the same day that North_Paso (and EstiQT) would be unbanned from EMC. Out of fear of leaks to anti-government factions, the Texan cabinet was kept particularly secure, with only 5 members initially having access to it: Bon Kranch, CMW, Rocky, K S, and Sometexan.

On June 8, a number of West Texas towns, upset by Paso's reign as king and seeing his ban as an opportunity for revolution, seceded to form the [[Texan Union]]. The revolutionary nation was based in the large town of Dallas, and took around 3 other towns with it. The revolutionaries demanded that Texas become a democratic republic and do away with the monarchy in the process. Before they officially seceded, the revolution's leaders, Morflux and Violent_Vision, attempted to reach out to the OFN for support. While some OFN members attempted to support the Texan Union, usually through strategic advice, OFN and Cascadian support for the rebellion quickly dwindled as its leaders would discuss their war plans in local chat, quickly leaking it to Texan reconnaissance. Due to the scale of the infighting in the Texas, Cascadian intelligence would remain interested for some time in the prospect of fermenting a larger revolt against Paso, proposing tactics such as spreading propaganda books about Paso's past to Texan mayors and sending propaganda DMs to Texans on Discord. Ultimately, none of these plans would be put into action. The [[Dallas Uprising]] would continue until Morflux's resignation in late June, with the Texan Union's second President, Violent_Vision, surrendering to Texas on June 21.

== Prelude to war ==

=== Events in Mexico ===
Beginning in 2023 with the slow decline of the [[First Mexican Empire]], Texas had gradually increased its own influence over Mexico. This was especially evident in northeast Texas, near the Rio Grande, and in the Yucatan. In an attempt to avoid a conflict, the [[Aurora:North American Union|NAU]]/Mexico agreed that these areas could be under Texan sovereignty, though they were prepared to oppose Texas if they ever decided to threaten the few remaining major towns, notably [[Hermosillo]]. It is generally agreed that Paso's goal in the settlement of Mexico was to conquer most of the country in order to form an empire similar to that of Nova's [[Rio Grande|Rio Grande Empire]]. Paso was, however, hesitant to move too quickly in Mexico, fearing retaliation from the veteran leadership of the NAU. In late May 2024, Paso began to encourage industrial specialization and development in the several districts of Texas, including an upgraded casino at the Texan capitol and new farms in the rapidly developing Yucatan.

By June 9, 2024, CMW had begun to work towards reviving Michoacán in southwestern Mexico, while remaining in Texas. This would briefly cause some tensions with Saph and the remnants of the Mexican Empire, as Michoacán was outside the area Texas had officially claimed up to that point. In order to avoid a conflict, Paso ordered CMW to join Mexico while remaining in the Texas government, since he believed that "Saph only cares about the color on a map." This decision was also apparently made to avoid more problems on top of the internal crises that Texas was facing at the time. Paso's plan was to have CMW secretly recruit Mexican towns while in Mexico to eventually rejoin Texas as the State of Michoacán. While CMW would begin speaking to other Mexican mayors, Paso was not aware that it was to bring them into a stronger, independent Mexican nation, not Texas. Unfortunately for Cascadian intelligence, this plan would greatly speed up the time they had with CMW in Texas, as CMW would now need to declare independence as a set time rather than waiting for Texas to collapse in on itself.

Around June 11, Texas was struggling from even more internal struggles and further difficulties in Mexico. Saph had forced Texas to kick 2 towns in Baja, and the continued game of cat and mouse between Texas and Mexico kept the foreign affairs of the Texan government quite occupied. It should be noted that the events from June 10-14 took place while EMC was down for maintenance. Internally, Texas was also facing yet more division. On June 11, CMW described the situation to Cascadian intelligence with 5 different factions: The Michoacán, led by CMW and Thinkfast in Mexico, the lower senate, consisting of non-government senators growing gradually more opposed to the Rocky Administration, the Rocky Administration, which was backed by Paso, the Rocky opposition, led by Sometexan and possibly backed by LivingHumanBeing, and the Dallas Rebels, who were in the process of being destroyed. By this time, CMW had been replaced as Vice President due to his attempts to side with Sometexan's opposition faction. On June 12, Rocky passed the Diplomatic Regulations Bill, which made it illegal to conduct negotiations without government permission or to discuss Texas foreign policy with foreigners. This was in response to Saph getting a hold of a Texan claim map which violated Mexican sovereignty, though to this date it remains unknown who provided it to her. During this incident, Sometexan was interrogated as a possible suspect, in the process revealing the opposition and its membership, effectively destroying it. This led almost immediately to secession amongst the various opposition members, with Sometexan fleeing to Nebraska where he would shortly thereafter become a Texas state.

On June 15, Michoacán declared independence from Texas, declaring itself completely free of Texan rule and criticizing the policies of both Paso and the Rocky Administration. The secession was backed by Cascadian funding that had been secretly transferred to Michoacán earlier that day. On June 18, Paso proposed a new claim map in Mexico, which had almost all of Mexico within Texas territory. This map was completely rebuked by Mexican officials, though by that point there was little they could do. Critically, the map included the territory of Michoacán as Texan.

=== Communist Oklahoma ===
On June 7, 2024, [[Moxie|Moxiecodone]] began receiving DMs from Ewhy_ recruiting her to join Texas. Not having any interest in joining Texas, Moxie and Cascadian Vice President [[Setrus]] decided to perform a non-government sanctioned private psychological operation (psyop) on Texan leadership. Moxie told Ewhy that her and Setrus were getting tired of Cascadia and were considering leaving, prompting North_Paso to start DMing Setrus. The two decided to tell North_Paso that they were interested in leaving Cascadia, saying that Cascadia "Wasn't gay enough". Setrus and Moxie would then begin to rant about their plans, including the foundation of a gay and socialist nation closer to Texas. This rant eventually led to the pair presenting a map of where they wanted to settle, choosing to settle in a location marked in Oklahoma. Setrus also said he'd be getting upwards of 70 active players from a 580 member discord server he owned, providing the link to said real server to Texas, who by now had talked about the group within their upper government. Texas, seeing that the server was in fact real with some server members playing into the bit, immediately became quite concerned by this possibility.

Thus, Texas officials attempted to organize a voice call to discuss the rebellion and how they could work alongside Texas. Instead, Setrus and Moxie ghosted them until June 9, when they said that they decided for sure to form a nation in Oklahoma, wishing Texas good luck. On June 11, Setrus put together a fake constitution for the fake nation named the Queer Cummunocracy of Oklahoma. Eventually, concerned about the concept of a large, gay, socialist nation popping up on their northern border, Texas began to push for the group to join the Texas meganation and settle further northwest, in Colorado. On June 11, a VC was held between Setrus, his non-EMC friend posed as a co-founder, and Texan President Bill 'Rocky' Moor, with Rocky informing the duo that "If you settle somewhere else, or you are not under Texas, we will have a problem. And I have no reservations about going to war after the fact, if you decide to violate this agreement. Now under the Texas government you would be able to have an N-spawn, but every other town must be under Texas...." After Setrus agreed to speak to his people on Rocky's proposal of settling further northwest, Rocky gave the [["I Do Not Give A Shit"|now-infamous response]], "Good, and if it don't work with your people I do not give a shit. If it's a democracy, whip the Goddamn votes. Call a vote, call another one, and call another one, until it passes. And if it don't pass, don't come to me with that as an excuse." On June 18, another VC was held, with Setrus trying to gain more information on what was happening in Texas before they would supposedly join. After this call, Paso broke off the negotiations, saying "We're done here." Cascadian intelligence would find that the psyop was treated completely seriously by the Texan government, and was one of the many crises (alongside the events in Mexico and internal divisions in Texas) that kept Texas from going forth with their invasion plans during early June. The psyop would continue to be used to spread paranoia in Texas until it finally began to wither out in early July.

=== Invasion of California ===
By June 2024, Ewhy was the owner of the town of Sacramento, holding the California nation name. The town and nation had long been a problem in northern California for Jefferson and Cascadia. On June 7, 2024, Ewhy began trying to poach both Jeffersonian and Cascadian mayors in California, including Moxie, telling her: "Moxie why don't you guys just join Texas? If you don't like Cascadia government. Texas is good." These early attempts at poaching were not successful, but did make it clear to Cascadian officials the intention of Texas to begin making their way into California, especially with a line of Texas towns quickly expanding west. On June 18, Sacramento officially joined the Texas nation, marking the first time that Texas had undisputedly invaded Cascadian territory. Almost immediately following this, the Cascadian government began to make final preparations for war to begin, and issued warnings to the OFN that the security situation in California was rapidly devolving, and for other OFN members to make preparations. Havaiki, Cascadia's closest ally at this point in time, was specifically informed that a war with Texas was imminent, and to take proper preparations.

On June 22, Raptor ordered Secretary of State [[Milgorn123]] to issue to Texas a diplomatic complaint regarding their actions in California and demand a conversation with them. This would be the last attempt at a peaceful resolution to the conflict. On June 23, Milgorn issued the complaint, and shortly thereafter a GC was created for negotiations between Raptor, Milgorn, North_Paso, and President Rocky. Cascadian officials directly informed Rocky of the attempts at poaching Cascadian mayors and the direct violations of the Cascadian claim map. The demand was made that Texas respect Cascadia's territorial sovereignty. The ultimatum was given a deadline of 9:00 AM PT (11:00 AM CT). The next morning, at 9:24 AM PT, Rocky refused to "cede Texan towns against the will of said towns without just compensation." Raptor would request an authorization of military force against Texas from the House of Representatives 6 minutes later. The resolution passed at 8:07 PM PT, June 24, 2024, officially marking the beginning of the war. Before news reached of the Cascadian declaration, Texas unilaterally declared war on Cascadia on their own accord, at 9:16 PM PT (11:16 PM CT). Technically, Texas never considered themselves at peace with Cascadia after the de facto end of the Wagner War, but made an announcement nonetheless. The OFN was informed shortly after the AUMF was issued that Cascadia had activated Article 5 of the OFN Charter, declaring that they were being invaded by Texas and activating the mutual defense clause of the OFN. Havaiki, Vermont, Pilbara, and Laurentia would thus declare war on Texas shortly thereafter. Vermont, notably, declared war through an executive order issued by President [[SergioTheCrafter]], as there was no set war powers in their constitution at the time. Rocky would raise the argument in his war speech that they had been contacted by towns in California seeking to escape the "tyranny and injustice that lays within Cascadian Walls" and join a "True Republic." Texas would continue to maintain that Cascadia were the aggressors in the conflict until the end of the war.

== Course of the war ==
The Cascadian plan at the outset of the Great American War was to invade Texas from all possible fronts until eventually winning an outright victory, forcing Texas to withdraw from the lands west of the Rockies. On a large scale, Cascadian planners intended to use Cascadia's many allies to surround Texas. From the west, Cascadia would hold their ground in California and move towards Texas. In the east, Vermont would be amongst the first to arrive in Texas proper. In the south, Mexico would begin to combat Texan claims in south of the Rio Grande and hunt Texans outside claims. And in the north, Cascadian Intelligence intended to use a propaganda campaign to revive a pro-democracy rebellion in Texas who could apply more pressure on Paso. At the onset of the war, Cascadian officials also attempted to convince the NAU to enter the war against Texas, citing that Texas would likely come for them next. The NAU declined. While Cascadia had set in motion many of these initial war plans, it declined to inform the OFN of them, making the assumption that such actions would have either been common sense or would come into being shortly.

The first war plan attempted by Cascadian was Operation John Brown, a plan to overclaim a significant portion of Sacramento. This plan was originally going to be put into place on June 24, but was delayed as Raptor and Cascadian diplomats awaited the passing of the AUMF. Once the AUMF was passed, the operation faced further delays as no one was able to withdraw gold and get it to an online holder to undergo the overclaiming. Ultimately, the operation would be cancelled the next day, after Sacramento realized their weakness and enabled overclaim shield. The second plan worked out by Cascadian leadership came to be known as Operation Alamo, and focused on the invasion of Texas proper. The plan, put into place on June 26, was to place 3 towns in the core of Texas' territory: San_Antonio, in Central Texas, USS_Lexington, off the coast of Houston, and an unnamed town in northeast Texas. The goal was to use these towns as an outpost to hunt Texans, impress Cascadia's ability to wage war upon Texans, and to eventually overclaim underpopulated Texan towns, notably Port Lavaca and eventually Houston. Ultimately, Operation Alamo would also be cancelled as Cascadia lacked the holders at the time to properly organize the plan. Milgorn, a Texas native who volunteered to provide a holder for USS_Lexington, would be asked about the issue until mid-July, when the plan was effectively abandoned.

=== The Texas Western Offensive ===
At the onset of the war Texas would launch two major offensives, both focuses on poaching and overclaiming enemy towns. In the west, this effort was focused on Cascadia, especially in California and the Cascadian Metro. On all fronts, most of these efforts were commanded by [[Samisol]], the mayor of Rio Grande. Samisol was noted for his ability to sway and control others, especially younger and more easily convinced players. He was also noted on the Eastern Front for his PvP abilities and using them to extort mayors into joining Texas. Across the Western Front, Texas saw very little success poaching Cascadian towns, with Cascadian mayors long adjusted and prepared for the threats of poachers. In California, Texas instead succeeded in poaching towns which were already hostile to Cascadia. Sometime after July 17, 2024, the Norcallian towns of Silicon Valley, San Diego, and California (town) joined Texas. Eventually, a break-up in the friend group of [[Ghostyuu]] and Bonzzil would lead to the towns formerly beloning to the New California Republic in Nevada would also join Texas at Bonzzil's suggestion. On July 18, the town of South Lost Coast was poached by Samisol, who then used it to overclaim and hold at ransom the historic district of Lost Coast proper. In an attempt to get back his items and historic buildings, [[Rocksthunder]] and many other [[Jeffcadians]] would join Texas.

Further north, Samisol raised town holders to place claimblock towns across the Cascadian Metro. This included OBLOCKFENTGANG, which claimblocked [[Oceanside]] (now Astoria) on June 25. The former RMF towns of Catalina, Bakhmut, I_WANT_GOLD, and Astoria (Bon_Kraunch) also joined Texas shortly thereafter. Texas' Western Offensive reached its furthest point on June 30, when Mackenzie_CFOB was founded just north of [[Corgo's Pass]]. The towns of SodaGang and TK_ville would also be founded near the northern border of Vancouver on July 13 and 15.

Although the Western Offensive was successful in penetrating the Cascadian homeland, it ultimately failed to significantly dent Cascadia's morale or ability to respond. The most significant incidents from the Western Offensive were the successful claimblockings of Oceanside (which continues to the present), Corgo's Pass, and Vancouver. In Corgo's Pass, a large lesbian pride flag was built to overshadow Mackenzie_CFOB. The Western Front during this phase of the war also saw the beginnings of the invasion of Texas proper, with Cascadia successfully reaching the gates of Houston on July 6. A chain of towns which had begun to be set up shortly before the war would culminate in the establishment of Texas (town), and the Pilbaran siege town of Weezer2 outside Houston and Port Lavaca. These towns were originally designed to be the beginning of the larger Operation Alamo counteroffensive, but would instead be the only OFN towns in Texas proper until the Cascadian Summer Offensive. Until then, Cascadian efforts on the Western Front would be focused on securing unclaimed areas in Cascadian territory through homestead grants.

=== The Texas Eastern Offensive ===
On the Eastern Front, Samisol saw much greater success with poaching, hunting, and placing towns. The initial Cascadian plan for the Eastern Front was for Vermont to provide general assistance, mostly through funds and gear, to the war effort, before eventually mobilizing their large population to lead their own invasion of the Texas homeland from the east. Cascadian officials were not aware at that time that Vermont was relatively poor, and their citizens unprepared for any kind of conflict. Texas launched the Eastern Offensive around the beginning of July, creating a chain of towns approaching the Vermont Metro. Alongside this, Texas had already begun a large-spread campaign of hunting and threatening Vermont mayors (especially those in the American South). By July 3, Vermont Assemblyman LyoshaFury pushed the government into the first of many rounds of negotiations with Texas leadership. The threat of hunting and overclaim was already considered too much by many Vermonters, and anti-war sentiments had begun to worsen across the nation. These sentiments were only worsened by the opinions of Vermont's pacifist founder Princeling. During the first round of negotiations, Texas demanded Vermont's unconditional surrender, aiming to take them out of the war quickly and focus on Cascadia. Vermont refused this offer, insisting on a negotiated peace that returned towns Texas had poached from them in the American South. The first round of negotiations went no further. Princeling insisted that the Vermont government should assist Cascadia without actually being at war itself, viewing the compromise as a way to both support its allies while also keeping Vermont out of harm's way from a war many felt wasn't their's to fight. Others, notably Vice President PurplePunch, wanted to accept Texas' offers for peace and become allies. President SergioTheCrafter, themselves a former Cascadian president, continued their support for the war. In the evening of July 3, the Vermont General Assembly voted to overturn the president's declaration of war. Texas declined to accept this withdraw, saying their war with Vermont would not conclude until a treaty was agreed to.

On July 4, Samisol used a loophole in the rules and Vermont's nation spawnpoint to have their name removed under Rule 2.1 (Nation named after inappropriate location). Evidently, the Vermont nation spawn was not in the U.S. state of Vermont, despite most of the capital town being in Vermont. With Vermont's name removed, Samisol created the nation of Vermont himself, declaring it to be the true Vermont, and joining Texas as a state. Shortly after this move, Texas proposed a treaty with Vermont which would have all of southern Vermont annexed into Texas, with Vermont itself contained into New England and Canada. Texas also demanded 1.2k in gold from Vermont to make up for Texas' expenditures in their Eastern Offensive. Both Sergio and Prince rejected this deal, despite LyoshaFury's increasingly desperate cries for peace. LyoshaFury would also claim in OFN channels that Vermont had no part in the war, and that Cascadia had "done nothing." This was quickly rebutted by Cascadian leadership, who stated they had already begun placing towns in Texas and were actively trying to help Vermont get its nation name back. When asked what they could do to help Vermont more, Princeling requested gold, and on July 9 the Cascadian Legislature issued a loan of 750g to be given to Vermont so long as they remained in the war. Vermont never accepted the gold due to their ongoing peace negotiations. On July 5, with anti-war sentiments mounting, the General Assembly voted to impeach Sergio, making PurplePunch president. With Sergio gone, Vermont entered into a 3rd round of peace negotiations. Texas demanded good relations with Vermont, that Vermont explicitly say they had surrendered, and the border agreement and gold payment from the previous round of negotiations. These terms were seemingly agreed to at first by President PurplePunch, though less supported by Princeling and others. Samisol then added that they could not "let Cascadia fuck this up" and that "The town of Weezer2 needs to be kicked from the nation tonight or the price of surrender goes up." Weezer2 was still in Cascadia at this time. On July 6, Vermont's nation name was returned to them by EMC mods and PurplePunch proposed a bill to surrender to Texas and agree to terms. The bill failed, likely due to lobbying from Princeling and others.

Outside peace negotiations, Texas continued its offensive into Vermont territory by capturing more towns, notably the anti-war town of Philadelphia. By July 17, nearly all of the American South was predominantly under Texan control, with Vermont pushed back to New England. On July 14, Princeling (who by this time was considered by many to be the de-facto leader of Vermont) published an OP-ED regarding the war to [[TBI]], which he used to justify Vermont's actions in the war thus far, including the anti-war sentiments in Vermont, his feelings regarding Texan aggression, and his thoughts on Vermont's new alliances with the NSR. Notably, the OP-ED criticized Cascadia and directly referred to them as a bad ally, going so far as to suggest that the war was entirely Cascadia's fault and that Vermont was beholden to their treaty agreements with Cascadia. On July 22, Vermont agreed to a ceasefire with Texas, with both sides promising not to place more siege towns, many towns poached from Vermont being given permanently to Texas, and Vermont paying 200g. Neither of these developments were taken lightly by Cascadia and other OFN allies, notably Laurentia and Havaiki (the latter of which still recalled Vermont's actions during the Zealandia Civil War). Vermont's actions leading up to this point even led Laurentian founder and former Cascadian President [[TylenolEC]] to post a vote to expel Vermont from the OFN on July 14. According to Tylenol and [[MasterEWild]], Vermont had not only been attempting to escape OFN obligations, but also their treaty obligations with their former nation of Laurentia. The vote would fail as most OFN members agreed it was better to keep working with Vermont even as they tried to leave the war. After the July 22 ceasefire, activity on the Eastern Front would mostly slow to a halt by late July, though sporadic Texan hunting against Vermonters would continue to keep Vermont engaged until the end of the war.

=== The 7/23 Nuking ===
On July 21, 2024, Raptor's term as President of Cascadia came to a close, and Lovelyfurball succeeded him. Furball had been Raptor's preferred choice, due to his involvement in the war up to that point, his recruiting skills, and his experience fighting wars in the Middle East as King of [[Aurora:Israel|Israel]]. Around 10:05 PM PT (12:05 AM CT; 1:05 AM EST) on July 22, Furball was attempting to add the "cesspool" role to Samisol shortly before going to bed. By accident, he instead gave Samisol the "admin" role, giving Samisol complete access to the Cascadian discord. Samisol then alerted a GC of high-ranking Texans and allied leaders. A plan of action was quickly formulated in-call: first, channels deemed 'noteworthy' would be downloaded via Samisol's modified discord client and packaged into a .rar file for later review. Samisol himself, alongside a younger Texan named jp.f, would complete the nuking. Nearly 300 Cascadians were banned or kicked, almost all roles were deleted, and all but 2 channels were deleted. To the amazement of Cascadian officials, these were the passed-laws and passed-resolution channels, the only channels needed to keep the institutions of the nation intact. The total 'active time' in the nuke was around 30min, and Cascadian response was delayed due to it being extremely early in the morning. Among the final changes was the name and icon of the server changed to "Total Texan Victory". As Cascadian leadership scrambled to figure out what had happened, Furball was removed from many government channels for fear of him being a Texan spy, and the government began to discuss how to reassure confidence amongst Cascadians after the nuking of the Discord. [[Arcadian]] and experienced Discord admin [[Dracnoian]] was given admin powers in the immediate aftermath of this incident, in order to help rebuild the discord from scratch. By morning on July 23, most channels and roles had been restored.

The personal security threat of the Texan nuking was also deemed extreme by many. Texas at this time was still harboring a number of known doxxers, most notably Bonzzil. Cascadian leaders were advised to change passwords on their accounts and check their personal internet footprints for leaks. The fact that Furball, who up to this point was still a major suspect in the nuking, had access to the casual GC with personal information of Cascadian leadership was also concerning. Rocksthunder, in an attempt to protect his personal information from being doxxed, would leave the GC and swear further fealty to Texas. At 11:03 PM PT, July 22, the cabinet declared Furball (who was asleep by that time) inable to exercise his powers as president, making Vice President Setrus Acting President. Furball, embarrassed by the incident and recognizing it would be difficult to recover from, officially resigned from the presidency at 10:41 AM PT on July 23. Texas would declare victory over Cascadia at 11:15 PM PT (1:15 AM CT; 2:15 AM EST), July 22, citing the nuking of the Cascadian discord and the capture of most of California. Cascadia immediately rejected the declaration of victory that same day, with Milgorn stating that "Cascadia firmly rejects the declaration of victory by Texas. The Texan bastards will pay for their action. We will never surrender, even if it is us against the world." An additional Cascadian response would be issued on July 26, making note of recent Texan bans (including some for doxxing), and promising the continue the war.

The nuking drew widespread reactions from across the international community. Nunavik, who effectively succeeded Laurentia around July 17, condemned Texas and demanded that they return the download of the Cascadian discord to Cascadia. Pilbara, whose involvement was limited to the placement of Weezer2, effectively withdrew their active involvement from the conflict due to Vermont's ceasefire and the nuking. In the aftermath of the 7/23 Nuking, the war would enter into a period of relative inactivity. Many in Texas believed that the war was effectively over, and that they had won it. Samisol's activity would begin to dwindle after the nuking, until he eventually quit and never returned in early August. The wartime presidencies of Rocky and Lukedcool (the latter of whom presided over the nuking) would fade into the activity and economic-focused presidency of JoeJoe77. For Cascadia, the 7/23 Nuking was a major milestone in both the war and the nation's history. It is considered by many to have been the most significant attack against Cascadia in the nation's history. It wouldn't be until several weeks later that Cascadia began to operate normally again, and counteroffensives returned as an option. Despite the loss of nearly 2 years of national history in the nuking, the event would eventually become a symbol of Cascadian resilience, often compared to the [[Battle of Oceanside]]. The 7/23 Nuking is also considered to have been the turning point of the war. As Raptor would say of the attack, quoting Winston Churchil, "The darkest hour is just before dawn."

=== The Cascadian Summer Offensive ===
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=== The Fall of Texas ===
Throughout the Summer of 2024, many significant Texan figures and close friends of North_Paso were banned including LivingHumanBeing, BonZZil, and TheAmazingMoe. Ghostyuu, then leader of the nation [[Aurora:USA|USA]], was responsible for these bans and notably utilized knowledge of doxx lists and other illegal behavior for the bans.

In early September 2024, a Discord call occurred between KARN4, 911saph, North_Paso, 2SCAVA (aka ChildMineWorker, CMW), and a furry known as Nephi affiliated with KARN4. The call acted as a conference between the Mexican Empire and Texas with the goal of sorting out border conflicts and other disagreements. 2SCAVA secretly recorded the call and posted them to the EarthMC Discord forums as three videos.[https://discord.com/channels/219863747248914433/1282883893116010496/1282883893116010496 <nowiki>[1]</nowiki>] Things quickly heated up between KARN4 and North_Paso, who was particularly frustrated about the failures of Texas forming the Rio Grande Empire, something that required parts of Northern Mexico, the Yucatan, and California. After 1 minute and 3 seconds into the third video, North_Paso stormed out of the call yelling, "Now I'm off my fucking rocker ... I gotta [5x] fucking leave I gotta- gotta fucking leave the VC so that I can fucking calm down. Lets talk again tomorrow, okay? I am fucking open to negotiations, I'm just a little upset, okay? I'll let you go and-see ya."[https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1251286254990000259/1282594487482454057/Paso_coke_freakout_3.mp4?ex=697514f3&is=6973c373&hm=e19a149c36aa7c8ba09a960b54cb7f19ea8af79c71e35f8d41ee96ba716b1c4f& <nowiki>[1]</nowiki>] A little afterwards this call, KARN4 would end up stealing the entirety of the I WANT GOLD casino profits, over 50,000 gold, which North_Paso had access to however kountr (friend of Ghostyuu) technically owned.

By the end, North_Paso stepped down from his title as king and quit EarthMC, although he later returned in 2025.

=== Negotiations & Peace ===
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== Aftermath ==
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== References ==

# Multiple Sources - [VIDEOS] North Paso crashing out after Mexican Empire Negotiations , leading to 50000g stolen. (2024). ''EarthMC Discord Forum''. - 2SCAVA. (2024, September 9). ''Untitled'' [Video]. Discord. <nowiki>https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1251286254990000259/1282563958028374017/Untitled_video_-_Made_with_Clipchamp.mp4?ex=6974f884&is=6973a704&hm=5969741762bb1b15755b64bb5caaacd53dfd4f70a108ad5809168df294cefbae&</nowiki> - 2SCAVA. (2024, September 9). ''paso coke freakout pt 2'' [Video]. Discord. <nowiki>https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1251286254990000259/1282594486928670730/paso_coke_freakout_pt_2.mp4?ex=697514f3&is=6973c373&hm=0492a3cbf1d4a428719190c4a93058eba42e8bb47d14dc33f98c9b9f68232114&</nowiki> - 2SCAVA. (2024, September 9). ''Paso coke freakout 3'' [Video]. Discord. <nowiki>https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1251286254990000259/1282594487482454057/Paso_coke_freakout_3.mp4?ex=697514f3&is=6973c373&hm=e19a149c36aa7c8ba09a960b54cb7f19ea8af79c71e35f8d41ee96ba716b1c4f&</nowiki>

Great North Icerail Crisis

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{{Infobox civil conflict|part_of=Second Setrus Administration|name=Great North Icerail Crisis|date=February 8 - February 29, 2024|location=[[Cascadia|Republic of Cascadia]]|causes=Icerail Preservation Act (2024)|methods=Hostile takeover of certain icerail lines|status=Concluded|result=Icerails in the Great North temporarily privatized|party1=Great North Icerail Co|party2=[[Cascadia Department of Interior]]|leaders1='''[[Paper1emur]]''' 
[[Ruffwoof]] 
[[DavidPlayz]] 
Orbitz 
[[HersheyJr]]|leaders2='''[[Setrus]]''' 
[[Moxie|Moxiecodone]]|goals=Return of icerails ownership to the towns|image=[[File:NorthernIcerailHV.webp|260px]]|caption=An icerail intersection in Husky Valley}}The '''Great North Icerail Crisis''' was a domestic political crisis in the [[Cascadia|Republic of Cascadia]] during the Second Setrus Administration. It began on February 8, 2024, when Secretary of Interior [[Moxie|Moxiecodone]] pushed through the Icerail Preservation Act. The law, which placed all icerails in Cascadia under the jurisdiction of the [[Cascadia Department of Interior|Department of Interior]], came under fire from several mayors and politicians, especially from the [[Great North]] region of Cascadia. Shortly after the law was passed, these mayors would establish the Great North Icerail Company, declaring the icerail lines traveling through their towns to be their property, and not the Department of Interior's, separating them from the national system. After several days of arguing and disputes Moxie would eventually acquiesce and give up on plans to improve icerail service nationwide. The crisis came to a close on February 29, 2024, with the passing of the Icerail Management Act, which clarified the differences between privately and publicly owned icerails and gave greater autonomy to mayors who had icerails running through their towns.

== Background ==
The [[Cascadian icerail system]] was initially built over the course of several years by a series of builders and Secretaries of Interior. The largest expansions of the system were under the work of Secretaries of Interior Falcoeur and [[EmpressCorgo]] from October 2022 to July 2023. There were also many areas, especially outside the metropolitan core, where regional groups and individual mayors built their own sections of the icerail system. The most notable example of this practice was in the [[The Frontier|Frontier]], where an above-ground icerail was built, but the practice can also be identified in the Great North, where many of the icerails were constructed by individual mayors. The apparent lack of interest from the Department of Interior in maintaining icerails in the Frontier was amongst the major complaints laid against the national government by Frontiersmen through 2023.

The official name for the Cascadian icerail network was the "National Cascadian Icerail System". However, it was more commonly referred to as "CasGate", which was the name of a 2023 Department of Interior program to repair and extend the icerail network.
[[File:December2023CascadiaIcerailMap.webp|none|thumb|620x620px|Map of the National Cascadian Icerail System, created by Secretary Moxiecodone, Circa December 2023]]

As 2023 progressed, the Department of Interior began to pay increasingly less attention to icerail projects, instead focusing on building projects, such as [[Project Fresno]]. Entering 2024, this began to be the cause of general dissatisfaction amongst Cascadians. Several representatives, including some of those from the Frontier, began to ran on campaigns promising improved national infrastructure. Within government channels, including the [[Girlboss GC]], notable political leaders began complaining about the state of the system. With Project Fresno wrapping up in January 2024, Secretary of Interior Moxie decided that she was now ready to begin the process of repairing and upgrading the national icerail system.

== The Crisis ==

=== The Icerail Preservation Act ===
The Icerail Preservation Act was proposed by Moxie on February 6, 2024. The bill made it illegal to "modify, extend, damage, or demolish the National Cascadian Icerail system without permission from the Department of Interior," punishable by a 10-50g fine. The bill also explicitly provided an exception for the aesthetics of stations and tunnels, provided that the functionality of the icerails wasn't effected. Moxie believed that the bill was a critical step towards fixing the national icerail system, and that without it, mayors would be able to modify the Department of Interior's efforts and damage the system even further. The bill was passed by the House of Representatives by a vote of 12-0, with 1 abstention and 2 absences. It was signed into law by President [[Setrus]] on February 8, 2024.

=== Resistance Efforts ===
[[File:NorthernIcerailHV.webp|left|thumb|433x433px|An icerail intersection showing the Northern Icerail and National Icerail in Husky Valley, Johnstone County]]

Shortly after the Icerail Preservation Act was signed into law, it was broken by Great North mayor Orbitz. Orbitz was mayor of Fairview, in present-day [[Nelson County]]. The mayor had disconnected the icerail traveling through his town in protest of the new law, which he considered to be a violation of his town's constitutional rights. Orbitz had previously been a member of the [[Rocky Mountain Federation]], a rebel nation that fought with Cascadia during the [[RMF Wars]]. Due to this fact, the government initially felt that Orbitz was a lone agitator attempting to sabotage the government. This assumption was corrected not long after when other mayors in the Great North began to join in the protest against the law.

The majority of the unrest against the law originated with mayors in [[Johnstone County]], most notably [[Paper1emur]], the mayor of Sullivan Bay, and [[RuffWoof]], the mayor of Husky Valley. They would soon thereafter be joined by another Great North mayor, [[HersheyJr]]. These mayors felt that the law violated their [[National Constitution of Cascadia (Aurora)|constitutional rights]] to manage their internal municipal affairs. Article III, Section 7, Clause III of the National Constitution reads that "The towns shall have power to manage the sale and management of property within the jurisdiction of the town." Those in opposition to the law felt that this meant they had complete ownership over the icerails passing through their towns. They also stated concerns that the law took away their ability to modify icerails around builds and into their already-built stations.

The response of the Department of Interior was to argue that they had ownership over the icerails due to their role in constructing them. The Department of Interior had paid for and provided much of the labor for building the icerails. While many in the House of Representatives, and some in the Great North, found this to be a reasonable conclusion, the opposition was quick to point out that many of the icerails in the Great North had been built by individual citizens, not the Department of Interior. In many cases, it was difficult to determine which icerails had been built by who, since the extent of the system was poorly defined and poorly mapped.

The crisis escalated a few days later, when both Sullivan Bay and Husky Valley cut off their connections to the national icerail system, promising to keep them cut off until the Icerail Preservation Act was repealed. The Department of Interior threatened to fine them and continue with icerail projects regardless of what they did. At the same time, the Fresno-based news outlet [[CTN]] was publishing stories taking the side of the opposition and attempting to raise public outcry.

=== The Great North Icerail Company ===
[[File:FresnoIcerail.webp|thumb|418x418px|The Fresno Icerail in Fresno, San Joaquin County]]

Around a week after the Icerail Preservation Act was signed into law, the outraged mayors in the Great North organized their opposition into the Great North Icerail Company (GNIC). The company was founded by Paper1emur, RuffWoof, and Orbitz, with the goal of managing their own private system of icerails in the Great North. The town of Castle John, owned by xHydre, in present-day [[Klondike County]], also joined the company the next day. The GNIC claimed ownership over all icerails within the member towns, the icerails connecting member towns, and all icerails that they would build in the future. This was immediately met with protest from the Department of Interior, as Moxie felt that the company would threaten the consistency of the national icerail system.

While Paper1emur and RuffWoof generally treated the company as a serious endeavor that would work in cooperation with the government, Orbitz and HersheyJr would take a more hostile stance against the central government. Most of these debates were targeted towards Moxie, calling her a fascist, and usually amounted to [[wikipedia:Rage-baiting|rage bait]].

In [[Aurora:Fresno|Fresno]], a new municipal above-ground icerail had recently been built by councillor [[DavidPlayz]], who was also the owner of CTN. This icerail was owned by the City of Fresno, not the Department of Interior, since the national icerail system was far below ground. Since David already supported the opposition in the Great North, he decided to use his authority as a councillor to have Fresno's icerail system join the GNIC. The announcement of this change was made in CTN news channels. The transfer of the Fresno icerail to the GNIC was reversed later that day by the mayor, x_______. The mayor's unhappiness with the transfer would eventually lead to a decline in David's influence over Fresno. The transfer was the last significant expansion of the GNIC.

=== Orbitz Kicked ===
Following the reversal of Fresno's entrance into the GNIC, Orbitz began to target x_______ for his opposition to the company. After a few days, this began to amount to near-constant harassment both in the Cascadian discord and nation chat. This eventually led to x_______ temporarily leaving Cascadia in order to avoid Orbitz. At the same time, the Cascadian government was increasingly concerned that Orbitz's actions could be a planned attempt to cause unrest on behalf of the [[Wagner War|Wagner Alliance]], within which he had old connections.

These factors led to a February 10 vote to kick Orbitz from the nation. The resolution was proposed by President Setrus, Vice President [[Rocksthunder]], and Secretary of State [[Milgorn123]], and cited:

# For the harassment of the mayor of Fresno, Cascadia, despite repeated warnings to end harmful speech.
# For disturbing public order and the unity of the Republic of Cascadia when indirectly encouraging the town of Fresno to leave the nation.
# For repeatedly aligning in the past with enemies of the Republic of Cascadia, including during initial departure from the nation.
# For sowing division and hatred between Cascadians.

The vote was passed 12-0, with 2 abstentions (Including Paper1emur) and 1 absence, on February 11. HersheyJr left the nation shortly thereafter. The actions of Orbitz to harass other Cascadians was followed by a deescalation from the other Great North mayors.

== Aftermath ==
After the exit of Orbitz and HersheyJr from Cascadia, the remaining Great North mayors became much less vocal about their icerail efforts. While plans to expand private icerails in the Great North were eventually abandoned, the blockades separating them from the national system would remain until May 2024. Even after the icerails were reconnected to the national system, many intersections between the two continue to state which lines are "Great North" icerails and "CascGate" icerails.

Moxie, exhausted after the harsh criticism of her efforts, would abandon the Department of Interior's efforts to revive the national icerail system. The Department of Interior would not return to the icerail issue until the tenure of Secretary [[Aylywyn]].

In an attempt to close the icerail issue once-and-for-all, Representative [[Raptormm4]] proposed the Icerail Management Act following his [[February 2024 General Election|reelection]] in February 2024. The act repealed the Icerail Preservation Act, and set a legal standard for the difference between the national icerail system and private icerails, with icerails built and paid for by the Department of Interior being expressly national government property. The act also split the national icerail system into regions, each led by the head of a regional office, in an attempt to provide more regional management and involvement. Additionally, mayors were given numerous privileges, including the right to modify aesthetics, build stations in cooperation with the Department of Interior, and the right to inspect the icerails traveling through their towns. The regions and advisory board created by the act would be repealed by the National Commission on Transportation Act in May 2024.

== Legacy ==
The Great North Icerail Crisis was the largest domestic political crisis of the Second Setrus Administration, and marked the end of that administration's large-scale projects. It was also one of the defining events near the beginning of the political careers of the Post-Osoyoos Generation of politicians. Paper1emur would run for that President in February 2024, losing to Setrus with only 37.5% of the final vote. He would run again, and win the presidency, in [[March 2024 General Election|March 2024]], beating Moxie with 53.85% of the final vote. Raptormm4 would continue to put declining icerails to the forefront throughout his political career, including his eventual presidency in summer 2024. The Crisis is also one of the largest events of the Towns Rights movement.{{Republic of Cascadia (Aurora)}}

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The '''University of Cascadia''' ('''UCas''') is a public university in the [[Cascadia|Republic of Cascadia]]. It is the national university of the nation, and was founded on November 21, 2024, by the EDUCATE Act.

The university is currently focused on the update of the EarthMC wiki, focusing on pages relating to Cascadian history, culture and politics. It is also tasked with research, collecting information, and disseminating knowledge to the public. It currently consists of 2 departments - including History and Political Science. The university's seal consists of a badge with a doug tree, book, and an olympic torch, on a green background. Its motto is "Veritas Liberat", which translates to "Truth Liberates".

== History ==
WIP

== Academics ==
WIP

== Leadership ==

=== Chancellor ===
The department is led by the Chancellor of the University of Cascadia, who answers to the Home Secretary. The current and 3rd chancellor is Raptormm4, who was appointed by President 4Floppas on June 6, 2025.
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!Took office
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=== {{Republic of Cascadia (Aurora)}} ===

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University of Cascadia

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The '''Cascadia Department of Interior''' is an executive department of the [[Cascadia|Republic of Cascadia]] responsible for the management of most public lands, building projects, transportation, and natural conservation. The department was created on September 20, 2022, as part of the Executive Reorganization Act of September 2022. It is headquartered at the DOI Headquarters building in [[Olympia]].

The department is headed by the Secretary of Interior, who is a principal member of the [[Cabinet of Cascadia|cabinet]] and reports directly to the [[President of Cascadia]]. The current interior secretary is [[Princessplushie]], having served since August 17, 2025.

As of mid-2025, the department is responsible for the management of 10 parks as part of the [[National Parks System]], consisting of 649 chunks and 8 national parks, 1 national memorial, and 1 national monument. The National Parks System is administered by the [[National Parks Service]], which is a child agency of the Department of Interior. Additionally, the department has historically led several building projects in major cities across Cascadia, including [[Project Seattle]] in summer 2023, [[Project Fresno]] in December 2023, [[Project Vancouver]] throughout 2023, and [[Project Olympia]] in March 2025. The department is also responsible for managing the nation's transportation network, including its highways and vast icerail network. The transportation systems are administered through the [[Cascadia Transportation Agency]], another child agency of the Department of Interior.

== History ==
WIP

== Organization ==
The Department of Interior consists of two child agencies, the National Parks Service and the Cascadia Transportation Agency. Additionally, the department at-large participates in building projects. It is organized as follows:

* Secretary of Interior
** Vice Secretary of Interior
*** Undersecretaries of Interior
*** Director of National Parks
*** Director of Transportation

The National Parks Service specializes in the management, construction, and maintenance of the National Parks System, which consists of 10 parks across the North American continent. Most parks are located in Cascadia's historical core west of the Mississippi River, however Transcontinental National Memorial is located on the Eastern Seaboard in Tidewater, Atlantic County. The National Parks Service has primarily focuses on repairing griefed iconic landmarks in the western U.S., including Yellowstone, The Cascades, Yosemite, and the Grand Canyon.

The Cascadia Transportation Agency was founded in July 2025 in order to specialize in the management and expansion of the national icerail network and the other transportation systems used across Cascadia. Under the leadership of Secretary of Interior BergenFly, much of this expansion occurred in the previously-underserved Frontier counties.

== Leadership ==

=== Secretary of Interior ===
The department is led by the Secretary of Interior, who is one of the principal members of the executive cabinet. The current and 19th secretary is Princessplushie, who was appointed former secretary President BergenFly upon their victory on August 17, 2025. The secretary is responsible for organizing the various activities and constituent agencies of the department, and has historically focuses on one particular niche within the department. Secretary Princessplushie has continued Secretary BergenFly's focus on icerail and transportation projects.
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|Setrus
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|October 20, 2024
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|'''11'''
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|November 17, 2024
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|January 19, 2025
|4whatok
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=== {{Republic of Cascadia (Aurora)}} ===

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Great North Icerail Crisis

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{{Infobox civil conflict|part_of=Second Setrus Administration|name=Great North Icerail Crisis|date=February 8 - February 29, 2024|location=[[Cascadia|Republic of Cascadia]]|causes=Icerail Preservation Act (2024)|methods=Hostile takeover of certain icerail lines|status=Concluded|result=Icerails in the Great North temporarily privatized|party1=Great North Icerail Co|party2=[[Cascadia Department of Interior]]|leaders1='''[[Paper1emur]]''' 
[[Ruffwoof]] 
[[DavidPlayz]] 
Orbitz 
[[HersheyJr]]|leaders2='''[[Setrus]]''' 
[[Moxie|Moxiecodone]]|goals=Return of icerails ownership to the towns|image=[[File:NorthernIcerailHV.webp|260px]]|caption=An icerail intersection in Husky Valley}}The '''Great North Icerail Crisis''' was a domestic political crisis in the [[Cascadia|Republic of Cascadia]] during the Second Setrus Administration. It began on February 8, 2024, when Secretary of Interior [[Moxie|Moxiecodone]] pushed through the Icerail Preservation Act. The law, which placed all icerails in Cascadia under the jurisdiction of the [[Cascadia Department of Interior|Department of Interior]], came under fire from several mayors and politicians, especially from the [[Great North]] region of Cascadia. Shortly after the law was passed, these mayors would establish the Great North Icerail Company, declaring the icerail lines traveling through their towns to be their property, and not the Department of Interior's, separating them from the national system. After several days of arguing and disputes Moxie would eventually acquiesce and give up on plans to improve icerail service nationwide. The crisis came to a close on February 29, 2024, with the passing of the Icerail Management Act, which clarified the differences between privately and publicly owned icerails and gave greater autonomy to mayors who had icerails running through their towns.

== Background ==
The [[Cascadian icerail system]] was initially built over the course of several years by a series of builders and Secretaries of Interior. The largest expansions of the system were under the work of Secretaries of Interior Falcoeur and [[EmpressCorgo]] from October 2022 to July 2023. There were also many areas, especially outside the metropolitan core, where regional groups and individual mayors built their own sections of the icerail system. The most notable example of this practice was in the [[The Frontier|Frontier]], where an above-ground icerail was built, but the practice can also be identified in the Great North, where many of the icerails were constructed by individual mayors. The apparent lack of interest from the Department of Interior in maintaining icerails in the Frontier was amongst the major complaints laid against the national government by Frontiersmen through 2023.

The official name for the Cascadian icerail network was the "National Cascadian Icerail System". However, it was more commonly referred to as "CasGate", which was the name of a 2023 Department of Interior program to repair and extend the icerail network.

As 2023 progressed, the Department of Interior began to pay increasingly less attention to icerail projects, instead focusing on building projects, such as [[Project Fresno]]. Entering 2024, this began to be the cause of general dissatisfaction amongst Cascadians. Several representatives, including some of those from the Frontier, began to ran on campaigns promising improved national infrastructure. Within government channels, including the [[Girlboss GC]], notable political leaders began complaining about the state of the system. With Project Fresno wrapping up in January 2024, Secretary of Interior Moxie decided that she was now ready to begin the process of repairing and upgrading the national icerail system.

== The Crisis ==

=== The Icerail Preservation Act ===
The Icerail Preservation Act was proposed by Moxie on February 6, 2024. The bill made it illegal to "modify, extend, damage, or demolish the National Cascadian Icerail system without permission from the Department of Interior," punishable by a 10-50g fine. The bill also explicitly provided an exception for the aesthetics of stations and tunnels, provided that the functionality of the icerails wasn't effected. Moxie believed that the bill was a critical step towards fixing the national icerail system, and that without it, mayors would be able to modify the Department of Interior's efforts and damage the system even further. The bill was passed by the House of Representatives by a vote of 12-0, with 1 abstention and 2 absences. It was signed into law by President [[Setrus]] on February 8, 2024.

=== Resistance Efforts ===
[[File:NorthernIcerailHV.webp|left|thumb|433x433px|An icerail intersection showing the Northern Icerail and National Icerail in Husky Valley, Johnstone County]]

Shortly after the Icerail Preservation Act was signed into law, it was broken by Great North mayor Orbitz. Orbitz was mayor of Fairview, in present-day [[Nelson County]]. The mayor had disconnected the icerail traveling through his town in protest of the new law, which he considered to be a violation of his town's constitutional rights. Orbitz had previously been a member of the [[Rocky Mountain Federation]], a rebel nation that fought with Cascadia during the [[RMF Wars]]. Due to this fact, the government initially felt that Orbitz was a lone agitator attempting to sabotage the government. This assumption was corrected not long after when other mayors in the Great North began to join in the protest against the law.

The majority of the unrest against the law originated with mayors in [[Johnstone County]], most notably [[Paper1emur]], the mayor of Sullivan Bay, and [[RuffWoof]], the mayor of Husky Valley. They would soon thereafter be joined by another Great North mayor, [[HersheyJr]]. These mayors felt that the law violated their [[National Constitution of Cascadia (Aurora)|constitutional rights]] to manage their internal municipal affairs. Article III, Section 7, Clause III of the National Constitution reads that "The towns shall have power to manage the sale and management of property within the jurisdiction of the town." Those in opposition to the law felt that this meant they had complete ownership over the icerails passing through their towns. They also stated concerns that the law took away their ability to modify icerails around builds and into their already-built stations.

The response of the Department of Interior was to argue that they had ownership over the icerails due to their role in constructing them. The Department of Interior had paid for and provided much of the labor for building the icerails. While many in the House of Representatives, and some in the Great North, found this to be a reasonable conclusion, the opposition was quick to point out that many of the icerails in the Great North had been built by individual citizens, not the Department of Interior. In many cases, it was difficult to determine which icerails had been built by who, since the extent of the system was poorly defined and poorly mapped.

The crisis escalated a few days later, when both Sullivan Bay and Husky Valley cut off their connections to the national icerail system, promising to keep them cut off until the Icerail Preservation Act was repealed. The Department of Interior threatened to fine them and continue with icerail projects regardless of what they did. At the same time, the Fresno-based news outlet [[CTN]] was publishing stories taking the side of the opposition and attempting to raise public outcry.

=== The Great North Icerail Company ===
[[File:FresnoIcerail.webp|thumb|418x418px|The Fresno Icerail in Fresno, San Joaquin County]]

Around a week after the Icerail Preservation Act was signed into law, the outraged mayors in the Great North organized their opposition into the Great North Icerail Company (GNIC). The company was founded by Paper1emur, RuffWoof, and Orbitz, with the goal of managing their own private system of icerails in the Great North. The town of Castle John, owned by xHydre, in present-day [[Klondike County]], also joined the company the next day. The GNIC claimed ownership over all icerails within the member towns, the icerails connecting member towns, and all icerails that they would build in the future. This was immediately met with protest from the Department of Interior, as Moxie felt that the company would threaten the consistency of the national icerail system.

While Paper1emur and RuffWoof generally treated the company as a serious endeavor that would work in cooperation with the government, Orbitz and HersheyJr would take a more hostile stance against the central government. Most of these debates were targeted towards Moxie, calling her a fascist, and usually amounted to [[wikipedia:Rage-baiting|rage bait]].

In [[Aurora:Fresno|Fresno]], a new municipal above-ground icerail had recently been built by councillor [[DavidPlayz]], who was also the owner of CTN. This icerail was owned by the City of Fresno, not the Department of Interior, since the national icerail system was far below ground. Since David already supported the opposition in the Great North, he decided to use his authority as a councillor to have Fresno's icerail system join the GNIC. The announcement of this change was made in CTN news channels. The transfer of the Fresno icerail to the GNIC was reversed later that day by the mayor, x_______. The mayor's unhappiness with the transfer would eventually lead to a decline in David's influence over Fresno. The transfer was the last significant expansion of the GNIC.

=== Orbitz Kicked ===
Following the reversal of Fresno's entrance into the GNIC, Orbitz began to target x_______ for his opposition to the company. After a few days, this began to amount to near-constant harassment both in the Cascadian discord and nation chat. This eventually led to x_______ temporarily leaving Cascadia in order to avoid Orbitz. At the same time, the Cascadian government was increasingly concerned that Orbitz's actions could be a planned attempt to cause unrest on behalf of the [[Wagner War|Wagner Alliance]], within which he had old connections.

These factors led to a February 10 vote to kick Orbitz from the nation. The resolution was proposed by President Setrus, Vice President [[Rocksthunder]], and Secretary of State [[Milgorn123]], and cited:

# For the harassment of the mayor of Fresno, Cascadia, despite repeated warnings to end harmful speech.
# For disturbing public order and the unity of the Republic of Cascadia when indirectly encouraging the town of Fresno to leave the nation.
# For repeatedly aligning in the past with enemies of the Republic of Cascadia, including during initial departure from the nation.
# For sowing division and hatred between Cascadians.

The vote was passed 12-0, with 2 abstentions (Including Paper1emur) and 1 absence, on February 11. HersheyJr left the nation shortly thereafter. The actions of Orbitz to harass other Cascadians was followed by a deescalation from the other Great North mayors.

== Aftermath ==
After the exit of Orbitz and HersheyJr from Cascadia, the remaining Great North mayors became much less vocal about their icerail efforts. While plans to expand private icerails in the Great North were eventually abandoned, the blockades separating them from the national system would remain until May 2024. Even after the icerails were reconnected to the national system, many intersections between the two continue to state which lines are "Great North" icerails and "CascGate" icerails.

Moxie, exhausted after the harsh criticism of her efforts, would abandon the Department of Interior's efforts to revive the national icerail system. The Department of Interior would not return to the icerail issue until the tenure of Secretary [[Aylywyn]].

In an attempt to close the icerail issue once-and-for-all, Representative [[Raptormm4]] proposed the Icerail Management Act following his [[February 2024 General Election|reelection]] in February 2024. The act repealed the Icerail Preservation Act, and set a legal standard for the difference between the national icerail system and private icerails, with icerails built and paid for by the Department of Interior being expressly national government property. The act also split the national icerail system into regions, each led by the head of a regional office, in an attempt to provide more regional management and involvement. Additionally, mayors were given numerous privileges, including the right to modify aesthetics, build stations in cooperation with the Department of Interior, and the right to inspect the icerails traveling through their towns. The regions and advisory board created by the act would be repealed by the National Commission on Transportation Act in May 2024.

== Legacy ==
The Great North Icerail Crisis was the largest domestic political crisis of the Second Setrus Administration, and marked the end of that administration's large-scale projects. It was also one of the defining events near the beginning of the political careers of the Post-Osoyoos Generation of politicians. Paper1emur would run for that President in February 2024, losing to Setrus with only 37.5% of the final vote. He would run again, and win the presidency, in [[March 2024 General Election|March 2024]], beating Moxie with 53.85% of the final vote. Raptormm4 would continue to put declining icerails to the forefront throughout his political career, including his eventual presidency in summer 2024. The Crisis is also one of the largest events of the Towns Rights movement.{{Republic of Cascadia (Aurora)}}

Great North Icerail Crisis

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{{Infobox civil conflict|part_of=Second Setrus Administration|name=Great North Icerail Crisis|date=February 8 - February 29, 2024|location=[[Republic of Cascadia]]|causes=Icerail Preservation Act (2024)|methods=Hostile takeover of certain icerail lines|status=Concluded|result=Icerails in the Great North temporarily privatized|party1=Great North Icerail Co|party2=[[Cascadian Department of Interior]]|leaders1='''[[Paper1emur]]''' 
[[Ruffwoof]] 
[[DavidPlayz]] 
[[Orbitz]] 
[[HersheyJr]]|leaders2='''[[Setrus]]''' 
[[Moxiecodone]]|goals=Return of icerails ownership to the towns}}The '''Great North Icerail Crisis''' was a domestic political crisis in the [[Cascadia|Republic of Cascadia]] during the Second Setrus Administration. It began on February 8, 2024, when Secretary of Interior [[Moxie|Moxiecodone]] pushed through the Icerail Preservation Act. The law, which placed all icerails in Cascadia under the jurisdiction of the [[Cascadia Department of Interior|Department of Interior]], came under fire from several mayors and politicians, especially from the [[Great North]] region of Cascadia. Shortly after the law was passed, these mayors would establish the Great North Icerail Company, declaring the icerail lines traveling through their towns to be their property, and not the Department of Interior's, separating them from the national system. After several days of arguing and disputes Moxie would eventually acquiesce and give up on plans to improve icerail service nationwide. The crisis came to a close on February 29, 2024, with the passing of the Icerail Management Act, which clarified the differences between privately and publicly owned icerails and gave greater autonomy to mayors who had icerails running through their towns.

== Background ==
The Cascadian icerail system was initially built over the course of several years by a series of builders and Secretaries of Interior. The largest expansions of the system were under the work of Secretaries of Interior Falcoeur and [[EmpressCorgo]] from October 2022 to July 2023. There were also many areas, especially outside the metropolitan core, where regional groups and individual mayors built their own sections of the icerail system. The most notable example of this practice was in the [[The Frontier|Frontier]], where an above-ground icerail was built, but the practice can also be identified in the Great North, where many of the icerails were constructed by individual mayors. The apparent lack of interest from the Department of Interior in maintaining icerails in the Frontier was amongst the major complaints laid against the national government by Frontiersmen through 2023.

The official name for the Cascadian icerail network was the "National Cascadian Icerail System". However, it was more commonly referred to as "CasGate", which was the name of a 2023 Department of Interior program to repair and extend the icerail network.

As 2023 progressed, the Department of Interior began to pay increasingly less attention to icerail projects, instead focusing on building projects, such as Project Fresno. Entering 2024, this began to be the cause of general dissatisfaction amongst Cascadians. Several representatives, including some of those from the Frontier, began to ran on campaigns promising improved national infrastructure. Within government channels, including the Girlboss GC, notable political leaders began complaining about the state of the system. With Project Fresno wrapping up in January 2024, Secretary of Interior Moxie decided that she was now ready to begin the process of repairing and upgrading the national icerail system.

== The Icerail Preservation Act ==
The Icerail Preservation Act was proposed by Moxie on February 6, 2024. The bill made it illegal to "modify, extend, damage, or demolish the National Cascadian Icerail system without permission from the Department of Interior," punishable by a 10-50g fine. The bill also explicitly provided an exception for the aesthetics of stations and tunnels, provided that the functionality of the icerails wasn't effected. Moxie believed that the bill was a critical step towards fixing the national icerail system, and that without it, mayors would be able to modify the Department of Interior's efforts and damage the system even further. The bill was passed by the House of Representatives by a vote of 12-0, with 1 abstention and 2 absences. It was signed into law by President [[Setrus]] on February 8, 2024.

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