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|type=National capital city and [[Cascadia#Subdivisions|borough-level]] [[Cascadia#Subdivisions|special municipality]]

|Full_name=National Capital City of Olympia

|political_system=Devolved consolidated metropolitan authority

|otherleader1=City Executive

|otherleader_title1=HawaiianDPG

|otherleader2=Lord Mayor

|otherleader_title2=[[SayerQT]]

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|representative_title2=Metropolitan Assembly

|representative2=* HawaiianDPG

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}}'''Olympia''', formally the '''National Capital City of Olympia''', is the capital city and special municipality of the [[Cascadia|Republic of Cascadia]]. The city is located in Western Washington on the Pacific Ocean, at the southern tip of Puget Sound, covering most of the southern region of the Olympic Peninsula. It shares a municipal land border with Seattle and Salem, and a maritime border with the cities of Victoria and Astoria.

Olympia serves as the seat of the Cascadian national government and is an important regional hub, hosting the Cascadian National Spawn, an international center of commerce and trade. The city is home to the three branches of the Cascadian national government: the House of Representatives in the Cascadia Capitol Building, the Executive Branch in the Presidential Palace, and the Judicial Branch in the Hall of Justice.

The National Capital City of Olympia Act, passed in January 2024, significantly expanded the city's boundaries and authority. This reorganization incorporated the formerly separate city of [[Neah bay|Neah Bay]] and established several parishes under Olympia's jurisdiction, creating a larger metropolitan area under centralized governance. The city now consists of six parishes, which are represented in-game as separate towns but fall under the unified governance of the City.

The city's executive powers are carried out by the City Executive, elected monthly by residents. As of February 2025, HawaiianDPG serves as the city executive, having been elected to a third term. City ordinances are made by the Metropolitan Assembly (sometimes informally referred to as the City Council), consisting of members elected by proportional representation. SayerQT serves as the ceremonial ''Lord Mayor of Olympia''.

Olympia was founded on May 21, 2022, by former [[Seattle (Aurora)|Seattle]] Mayor [[SayerQT]], following Seattle's decline in activity. The city rapidly expanded after becoming the capital of the newly formed nation of Cascadia in July 2022. Throughout its history, Olympia has undergone significant development, including the construction of its downtown area, the Presidential Palace, National Tower, and Union Station. Since late 2024, it has been the subject of political dispute, with mass demolition, reconstruction, and renovations to Downtown and the planned ''Project Olympia'' facing delays, polarization, and gridlock. In late January 2025, Project Olympia finally began construction by the Greater Olympia Construction Taskforce, after much of historical Downtown was demolished by the [[Cabinet of Cascadia#Secretary of the Interior|Department of the Interior]]'s Olympia Renovation Bureau in autumn 2024.

Prior to the creation of the National Capital City by an act of the Legislature in January 2024, what is now the single city was two cities, the City of Olympia and the City of Neah Bay. The City of Olympia was founded in May of 2022, and used a city-manager government, with SayerQT serving as mayor for the entirety of its existence. The City of Neah Bay has a long and seperate history from the City of Olympia, however due to its decline was amalgamated into Olympia by the Legislature in January 2024 with the establishment of the National Capital City

The city of Olympia was founded by former Seattle Mayor SayerQT on May 21, 2022, due to Seattle becoming both a mess, and inactive. SayerQT founded the nation of Cascadia with the capital in Olympia in July 2022, and entered a rapid period of expansion, growth that continued for some time.