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| |title1 = Oregon
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| |full_name = Republic of Oregon
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| |national_anthem =
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| |name_in_towny = Oregon
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| |motto =
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| |population = 1
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| |chunks = 1
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| |/n_list_page = N/A
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| |capital_city = [[file:Flag of Portland.png|25px]] [[Nova:Portland (BetaPlain)|Portland]]
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| |largest_city =
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| |oldest_city =
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| |established = Never
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| |disbanded =
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| |leader = [[file:BetaPlain.png|25px]] [[BetaPlain]]
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| |chancellors =
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| |political_system = Federal Constitutional Presidential republic
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| |economic_system = [[file:Capitalism2.png|30px]] [[Free-market Capitalism (Laissez faire capitalism)|Free-market Capitalism]]
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| |official_language = {{English}}
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| |dominions =
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| |official_religion = [[file:Agnostic.png|25px]] [[wikipedia:Agnosticism|Agnosticism]]
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| |part_of = [[file:Cascadia.png|25px]] [[Cascadia (Nova)|Republic of Cascadia]]
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| |past_leaders =
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| |past_capitals = [[Nova:Bend (Chrysoprasus)|Bend]]
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| |discord =
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| }}
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| '''Oregon''', officially the '''Republic of Oregon''', was an attempted republic designed by [[BetaPlain]]. The nation was intended to be created via vote gold and a generous donation from the [[Cascadia (Nova)|Cascadian]] treasury. The nation was endorsed by [[EstiQT|Estonian Mapping]], however most of its planning was done by [[BetaPlain]]. The capital of Oregon was intended to be the town of [[Nova:Portland (BetaPlain)|Portland]], which was already founded. The nation was never created because the town of [[Nova:Bend (Chrysoprasus)|Bend]] or [[Nova:Portland (BetaPlain)|Portland]] were not successful, and funding for the nation was never received from [[EstiQT|Estonian_Mapping]].
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| ==History==
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| '''Origins'''
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| During late 2019, player [[BetaPlain]] quickly became disillusioned with his town of [[Newburn (Nova)|Newburn]], after many attempted but unsuccessful attempts at creating a nation. [[EstiQT|Estonian Mapping]], president of [[Cascadia (Nova)|Cascadia]] and looking to expand [[Cascadia (Nova)|Cascadia's]] influence, contacted [[BetaPlain]] during this troubling time and offered that he would found the nation of Oregon via gold from the [[Cascadia (Nova)|Cascadian]] treasury.
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| '''Early Planning'''
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| [[BetaPlain]] searched for a favorable location to found [[Nova:Bend (Chrysoprasus)|Portland]], with the location of real-life [[wikipedia:Portland,_Oregon|Portland]] in mind. While searching on the map, [[BetaPlain]] found the previous location of Bend, a town that had been abandoned.
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| [[BetaPlain]] took it upon himself to personally survey the area, which he found favorable to found [[Nova:Bend (Chrysoprasus)|Portland]] at. [[BetaPlain]] was under the assumption that the town would expand North to reach the [[wikipedia:Columbia_River|Columbia River]].
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| '''Founding of Portland'''
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| [[BetaPlain]] acquired the 64 gold necessary to found [[Nova:Bend (Chrysoprasus)|Portland]] by unknown means. On 24 December 2019, the town of [[Nova:Bend (Chrysoprasus)|Portland]] was founded near the previous location of Bend. [[BetaPlain]] decided to wait to found the nation of Oregon until the town had been developed further.
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| === Problems with the Original Location ===
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| '''Ruins of Bend'''
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| After [[BetaPlain]] began the development of the ruins of Bend, a problem arose that the town was too far from nearby settlements, and the overambition possessed by [[BetaPlain]] for the town quickly made [[BetaPlain]] realize the reality of the situation, that he did not have the time, resources, or motivation to develop the town effectively.
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| Additionally, [[BetaPlain]] entered into the agreement to found [[Nova:Bend (Chrysoprasus)|Portland]] while not possessing the discipline or motivation necessary to continue projects in the town's location, resulting in a lack of productivity.
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| '''Location'''
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| [[BetaPlain|BetaPlain's]] problems continued when the realization was made that the ruins of Bend were too far away from the [[wikipedia:Columbia_River|Columbia River]], which served as the basis for much of his plans for [[Nova:Bend (Chrysoprasus)|Portland]]. Eventually, development on [[Nova:Bend (Chrysoprasus)|Portland]] nearly completely ended and activity was limited to voting.
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| [[BetaPlain]] decided to expand the town North in a claim arm to the [[wikipedia:Columbia_River|Columbia River]]. However, only a few days in, the cost to claim to the [[wikipedia:Columbia_River|Columbia River]] from [[Nova:Bend (Chrysoprasus)|Portland's]] location was calculated, and it would require hundreds of gold, making it less expensive to create a new town at the desired location.
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| '''Estonian_Mapping'''
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| ''This section may be biased towards [[BetaPlain|BetaPlain's]] point of view.''
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| Despite the fact that [[Nova:Bend (Chrysoprasus)|Portland]] had not been developed much, [[BetaPlain]] looked to create the nation of Oregon, hoping it would incentivize himself to be more productive in the ruins of Bend.
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| [[BetaPlain]] requested the gold required to found Oregon from [[EstiQT|Estonian Mapping]], but [[EstiQT|Estonian Mapping]] refused, citing that they did not have the required gold. [[BetaPlain]] reminded [[EstiQT|Estonian Mapping]] of their promise, but [[EstiQT|Estonian Mapping]] never gave [[BetaPlain]] any gold.
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| '''Solution to these Problems'''
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| [[BetaPlain]] figured the solution to both of the above problems was to recreate the town on the [[wikipedia:Columbia_River|Columbia River]]. However, [[BetaPlain]] was not sure of this decision, which implored him to create a proposal in [[Nova:Bend (Chrysoprasus)|Portland's]] town discord to ask the community if the town should be moved.
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| The proposal had a unanimous yes vote, which reassured [[BetaPlain]] that his decision was better. On top of this, [[EstiQT|Estonian Mapping]] fully supported the decision, and asked [[BetaPlain]] to sell the town to a nearby resident, Chrysoprasus.
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| [[File:Town Proposal of Portland to move it.png|none|thumb|480x480px|The proposal sent to the Portland town discord to recreate Portland on the Columbia River.]]
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| ===New Portland Location===
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| On 9 December 2020, the town of [[Nova:Bend (Chrysoprasus)|Portland]] was renamed to Bend and was sold to player Chrysoprasus. On the same day, [[BetaPlain]] founded the new town of [[Nova:Bend (BetaPlain)|Portland]] on the [[wikipedia:Columbia_River|Columbia River]].
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| '''Problems Arise with the New Location'''
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| Early in the development of the new [[Nova:Portland (BetaPlain)|Portland]] location, [[BetaPlain]] noticed the local ''Kaye's National Park''. [[BetaPlain]] asked about it on the [[Cascadia (Nova)|Cascadian]] discord, and it was revealed to him that he was not allowed to build or remove anything in the national park without direct approval from the Secretary of Development.
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| Then Secretary of Development, DMKBoyz, did not respond when [[BetaPlain]] asked whether he was allowed to develop the land.
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| [[File:Daye's National Park Viewing Post.png|thumb|280x280px|A view of Daye's National Park from it's viewing post on the opposite side of the Columbia River.]]
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| '''Other Developments'''
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| [[BetaPlain]] began development on creating quays on the side of the [[wikipedia:Columbia_River|Columbia River]], to prepare it for future development on either side while he was waiting for approval from the Secretary of Development.
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| '''Flag'''
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| [[BetaPlain]] never finalized a flag design for Oregon, but he knew he wasn't going to use the [[wikipedia:Flag_of_Oregon|real-life Oregon flag]]. [[BetaPlain]] recognized that the beaver was used in many alternative flag designs for Oregon, and intended to use a beaver in his new flag designed.
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| [[BetaPlain]] contacted leader of [[Haida]] and fellow [[Cascadia (Nova)|Cascadian]], probably 32Oreo to design a flag. The two never came to an agreement and a flag was never designed.
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| ===End of the Oregon Idea===
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| [[Nova:Portland (BetaPlain)|Portland]] was disbanded sometime later, ranging from a few months or weeks. Without funding from [[EstiQT|Estonian_Mapping]], and without being able to expand the town due to Daye's National Park, [[BetaPlain]] disbanded the town and probably returned to [[Newburn (Nova)|Newburn]].
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| ==Government==
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| The government of the Republic of Oregon was intended to consist of a representative democracy similar to the [[wikipedia:United_States|United States]]. The government was intended to initially see [[BetaPlain]] as the first president, then to continue where all nation members could run for and vote for presidential candidacy.
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| [[BetaPlain]] intended to keep at least an influential role in the government, even if he was unelected President.
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| ==Military==
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| [[BetaPlain]] did not plan an armed forces for Oregon, because protection would derive from the [[Cascadia (Nova)|Republic of Cascadia]].
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| ==Buildings ==
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| [[File:City Hall prototype.jpeg|thumb|An example of what a city hall in [[Nova:Bend (Chrysoprasus)|Bend]] could look like.]]
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| The town of [[Nova:Bend (Chrysoprasus)|Bend]] was intended to host a city hall and a presidential palace, as long as other governmental buildings. A large shopping and tourism center was intended to be developed along the [[wikipedia:Columbia_River|Columbia River]].
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| ==Notable People==
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| {| class="wikitable"
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| |[[file:BetaPlain.png|25px]] [[BetaPlain]]
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| |1st President
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| |[[file:EstiQT in 2020.png|25px]] [[EstiQT|Estonian_Mapping]]
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| |Influenced [[BetaPlain]] to start project
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| ==See Also==
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| *[[Newburn (Nova)|Newburn]]
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| *[[BetaPlain]]
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| *[[EstiQT]]
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| *[[Republic of Southwest Alaska (Nova)|Southwest Alaska]]
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