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|political_system = Anocratic | |political_system = Anocratic confederal republic (''de jure'') | ||
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|discord = https://discord.gg/tFgSBUg4uz | |discord = https://discord.gg/tFgSBUg4uz | ||
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'''Weagamow''', officially the '''Weagamow Confederation''', was a country in the geographic Canadian region in [[Terra Aurora]]. It was centered in a swampy area south of the Western Hudson Bay. Its confederal capital was [[Aurora:KalKash|KalKash]]. Founded on 26 February 2026, the nation was dissolved upon the shutdown of Terra Aurora on 12 April 2026 and subsequently discontinued. | '''Weagamow''', officially the '''Weagamow Confederation''', was a country in the geographic Canadian region in [[Terra Aurora]]. It was centered in a swampy area south of the Western Hudson Bay. Its confederal capital was [[Aurora:KalKash|KalKash]]. Founded on 26 February 2026, the nation was dissolved upon the shutdown of Terra Aurora on 12 April 2026 and subsequently discontinued. | ||
== Etymology == | == Etymology == | ||
The name comes from a lake and | The name comes from a lake and Native American tribe in Western Ontario bearing the same name. The town of KalKash's location corresponds roughly to the lake. | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
The history of Weagamow can be traced back to the small town of KowKash, which was founded around 8 February 2024, achieving only three members at its height and having no intention of forming a sovereign nation. KowKash collapsed in late August 2024 due to player inactivity. One of its three members, CallMiiChad, eventually came back and saw that the town was in ruins. He made it an objective to bring the town back to life, an initiative that became referred to as ''the reinvigoration''. He brought along ANAPHIKISTHEMAN, another former citizen of KowKash, and mizellland, an acquaintance unrelated to it. Together, they eventually reformed the town into the Town of KalKash, a misnomer for the former "KowKash", with CallMiiChad as leader. The goals for the future weren't clear, as it was a general consensus that the town should remain independent, but some didn't want to form a nation. The independent stance of the town was reaffirmed when the official name of the town was changed to the ''Free Town of KalKash''. The town grew, and, acknowledging the benefits of national sovereignty and fearing the heightened threats from [[Cascadia|Cascadian]] expansionists, every one of its members began to support CallMiiChad's idea to form a new country. A new project of stockpiling gold was initiated to meet the 2,048G requirement for forming a nation. | The history of Weagamow can be traced back to the small town of KowKash, which was founded around 8 February 2024, achieving only three members at its height and having no intention of forming a sovereign nation. KowKash collapsed in late August 2024 due to player inactivity. One of its three members, CallMiiChad, eventually came back and saw that the town was in ruins. He made it an objective to bring the town back to life, an initiative that became referred to as ''the reinvigoration''. He brought along ANAPHIKISTHEMAN, another former citizen of KowKash, and mizellland, an acquaintance unrelated to it. Together, they eventually reformed the town into the Town of KalKash, a misnomer for the former "KowKash", with CallMiiChad as leader. The goals for the future weren't clear, as it was a general consensus that the town should remain independent, but some didn't want to form a nation. The independent stance of the town was reaffirmed when the official name of the town was changed to the ''Free Town of KalKash''. The town grew, and, acknowledging the benefits of national sovereignty and fearing the heightened threats from [[Cascadia|Cascadian]] expansionists, every one of its members began to support CallMiiChad's idea to form a new country. A new project of stockpiling gold was initiated to meet the 2,048G requirement for forming a nation. | ||
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[[File:WeagamowFlagConstruction.png|thumb|Construction sheet of the flag of the Weagamow Confederation]] | [[File:WeagamowFlagConstruction.png|thumb|Construction sheet of the flag of the Weagamow Confederation]] | ||
[[File:WeagamowFlagUnveiling.png|thumb|left|The founders of KalKash unveil the flag of the Weagamow Confederation before its creation]] | [[File:WeagamowFlagUnveiling.png|thumb|left|The founders of KalKash unveil the flag of the Weagamow Confederation before its creation]] | ||
[[File:WeagamowFlagCoatofArms.png|thumb|Variation of the flag that | [[File:WeagamowFlagCoatofArms.png|thumb|Variation of the flag that bears the coat of arms]] | ||
The flag consisted of four solid colors: a light blue vertical stripe on the left that equated to a third of the length of the flag and three horizontal stripes to the right of it, which saw red on top, white in the middle, and yellow at the bottom. The light blue represents justice, as was the meaning of the color in KalKash, but also a united confederation. The red represented community, the white meant the nation's perpetual neutrality, and the yellow represented the strive for happiness. An alternative version where the coat of arms was placed in the middle of the flag between the blue stripe and other colors had also been used for official purposes, such as the Discord server's icon. The constitution defined the specifications of the flag in its first article of its first section. | The flag consisted of four solid colors: a light blue vertical stripe on the left that equated to a third of the length of the flag and three horizontal stripes to the right of it, which saw red on top, white in the middle, and yellow at the bottom. The light blue represents justice, as was the meaning of the color in KalKash, but also a united confederation. The red represented community, the white meant the nation's perpetual neutrality, and the yellow represented the strive for happiness. An alternative version where the coat of arms was placed in the middle of the flag between the blue stripe and other colors had also been used for official purposes, such as the Discord server's icon. The constitution defined the specifications of the flag in its first article of its first section. | ||