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'''Bend''', formerly '''Portland''', was a town in [[Cascadia (Nova)|Cascadia]] in the former location of Bend.  The town was founded by [[BetaPlain]] on 24 December 2019, with intentions to form the nation of [[Nova:Oregon (BetaPlain)|Oregon]].  However, due to the lack of proximity with other Cascadian towns and being too far away from real-life Portland's location, activity was sparse, resulting in the town being sold to player Chrysoprasus.
 
==History==
 
=== '''Early Planning''' ===
Early planning for Portland began when [[BetaPlain]] was dissatisfied with his town of [[Newburn (Nova)|Newburn]] and the fact that he was not able to fulfill his wishes to form the nation of [[Republic of Southwest Alaska (Nova)|Southwest Alaska]].  Player [[EstiQT]] contacted [[BetaPlain]] during this troubling moment and asked if he could form the nation of [[Nova:Oregon (BetaPlain)|Oregon]] for the [[Cascadia (Nova)|Republic of Cascadia]], as a new province.  EstiQT offered to fund the nation of [[Nova:Oregon (BetaPlain)|Oregon]] via the [[Cascadia (Nova)|Cascadian]] treasury, in an endeavor to expand [[Cascadia (Nova)|Cascadia's]] political power within the region and its population.
 
[[BetaPlain]] chose a spot for Portland in the ruins of Bend, an old town that was disbanded a long time ago.  BetaPlain chose the ruins of Bend due to its semi proximity to the real-life location of [[wikipedia:Portland,_Oregon|Portland]], and the fact that the ruins could serve as a launch point to expand the town further.
 
[[BetaPlain]] personally inspected the ruins himself via the nation spawn in Astoria and made it clear to [[EstiQT]] that the location was favorable to create a town.  [[BetaPlain]] was under the impression that he would eventually raise enough gold to expand Portland to its real-life location.
 
=== Founding the Town ===
[[BetaPlain]] founded the town of Portland on 24 February 2019, however the source of the required gold is no longer known.  [[BetaPlain]] quickly began development of the area where the town was, and preparations were made to create a town hall in the ruins of Bend, and a new shopping district, akin to his ideas for [[Newburn (Nova)|Newburn]].
 
'''Initial Problems'''
 
Despite initial high hopes for the town, [[BetaPlain]] quickly lost motivation to continue to town due to a variety of factors.  One of the most important factors however was the town's location, which quickly proved to be a problem.
 
The town's lack of proximity to the actual location of [[wikipedia:Portland,_Oregon|Portland]] made the town slightly hard to find on the dynmap and there was nothing stopping anyone from founding another town in [[wikipedia:Portland,_Oregon|Portland's]] real-life location.
 
'''Discord Server and Early Organization'''
 
[[BetaPlain]] began development of a discord server for Portland, which had inspirations from [[Newburn (Nova)|Newburn's]] discord server and the [[Cascadia (Nova)|Cascadian]] discord server.  [[BetaPlain]] developed a new system where town members could make proposals to the mayor via the discord server, and allow all town members to vote.  It was during this time that [[BetaPlain]] also developed the Portland Metropolitan Area idea to be implemented into the new nation of [[Nova:Oregon (BetaPlain)|Oregon]], which [[BetaPlain]] wanted to create.
 
'''Claim Arm'''
 
BetaPlain sought to fix the imminent problem of claiming the real-life location of [[wikipedia:Portland,_Oregon|Portland]] via a large claim arm.  However, [[BetaPlain|BetaPlain's]] lack of gold made [[BetaPlain]] curious of the effective cost of claiming to the location, which prompted him to make a calculation.  In this calculation, it was revealed that it would take hundreds of gold bars to claim all the way to [[wikipedia:Portland,_Oregon|Portland's]] real-life location, and that deleting the town and founding a new one would be cheaper.  It was also at this point that [[BetaPlain]] ended his plans to develop the ruins of Bend, instead making designs for his town in [[wikipedia:Portland,_Oregon|Portland's]] real-life location.
 
'''Proposal to the Town'''
 
[[BetaPlain]], not sure on what to do, made a proposal to the town on 8 February 2020 to delete Portland and recreate it at a more suitable location.  This proposal recieved unanimous support, and support from non-residents of the town were considered.  Shortly following this proposal, [[BetaPlain]] began saving vote gold for the creation of a new town, and player [[EstiQT]] asked [[BetaPlain]] to rename Portland to Bend and sell it to a nearby player.
 
===The Selling of Bend===
However, the name Portland didn't make sense as he had founded his town in the real-life location of Bend, not Portland. BetaPlain expanded his town North until he came to the realization to sell his town and start again. BetaPlain renamed Portland to Bend and sold it to Chrysoprasus who has since run the town.
 
===Daye's National Park Issue===
BetaPlain looked North to find the new Portland. BetaPlain was unaware of the ''Daye's Trail National Park'' ran by the Republic of [[Cascadia]].[[File:Daye's National Park Viewing Post.png|thumb|220x220px]]
BetaPlain attempted to talk to ''Cascadian Secretary of Development DMKBoyz, ''however, DMKBoyz has since not responded.
[[File:Columbia River Decoration.png|thumb|220x220px]]
 
==Buildings==
The only piece of architecture constructed by BetaPlain himself was
 
the widening and decoration of the Columbia River.
 
==Notable People==
*Estonian Mapping
Estonian Mapping influenced BetaPlain to found the town itself.
* DMKBoyz
DMKBoyz disables BetaPlain's ability to expand his town north.
 
==Business==
Portland is home to the business [[Elite Travel]], founded and led by [[BetaPlain]].
[[Category:Towns]]
[[Category:North America]]
[[Category:Cascadia]]

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