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After Haida left the Sunset Confederacy, it rejoined Cascadia on May 7th, 2020 and remains a province of Cascadia to this day. Since Haida rejoined Cascadia, beginning a long period of internal development. This primarily began with the purchase of the former nation of Yukon in August, 2020 for 400 gold, giving Haida its first mainland territory. In the time following the acquisition of Yukon, a number of BC interior towns were acquired, including Valkyria, Achilla and Ba Sing Se.

[[File:Haida.png|thumb|Royal Standard of Haida]]Haida as a province administered as a simple direct administrative government, given its small population. Previously, as an independent nation, Haida was a monarchy, which had been effective and had led to Haida being able to stand its ground even when caught in the crossfire of a war taking place on the mainland.

Haida has had an interesting political history, starting with its creation and reorganization as a new nation. Haida later expressed interest in re-joining Cascadia but hesitated. In early 2020, Haida re-joined Cascadia but quickly left due to the changing political environment within Cascadia. However, just a few months later, on May 7th, 2020, Haida rejoined Cascadia and currently exists as Cascadia's 8th province.

The Province of Haida is a member of the United Nations and also seeks improved relations with its neighbours, and in late April of 2020 started talks with [[Kaska]] and [[Glacier Bay]] to establish a regional alliance of Pacific Northwest island nations, however, this did not happen as Haida rejoined Cascadia.

On September 4th, 2020, the Province of Haida established a provincial legislature for provincial political issues. Each town mayor of Haida, as well as Deputy Governor Oilerator were assigned as Members of Provincial Parliament (MPP). It uses essentially the same format as the Cascadian parliament, where any MPP can propose a change in the parliament and all the MPPs vote on whether or not the change shall be implemented. Currently there are 5 MPP's: Governor 32Oreo, Deputy Governor Oilerator, MPP tsb1001, MPP Rudolf_Hoess and MPP Redstonewonder64.  

Masset is Haida's capital town, being founded by 32Oreo originally at the site of Port Clements today. The current town was settled prior to 32Oreo's arrival on the island of Haida Gwaii by Multicody10 and TheFirstHourrr under the name of Kiusta. It grew gradually to encompass the northern portion of Haida Gwaii. It is the tourism and economic hub for the province, having a population of 11 in December of 2020. It is the seat of the provincial government, and hosts an embassy from the Union of [[British Columbia]].

Haida maintains a small armed force consisting of effectively its entire population for purposes of provincial defence, the Haida Defence Force (HDF). The HDF is a legally separate armed unit formally integrated into the Cascadian Armed Forces after an amendment to Haida's terms of admission into the Cascadian federation was passed by the Cascadian senate. The HDF has seen frontline service in two major conflicts, the [[Cascadian Civil War]] and the [[Cascadian Invasion of Alaskan Union]]. The Haida Defence Force acts as a national police service in peacetime.

The HDF is currently the only unit within the Cascadian Armed Forces that maintains naval elements, operating the CNV Sandspit patrol vessel in its AOR.

Haida is a rocky, but heavily forested province. Most of Haida's original forest still stands and has been expanded through human efforts. Resources such as gravel, coal and iron are in abundance below the province, leading to an expansive network of mines administered by the provincially owned Haida Mine Company.

On September 25, 2020, the parliament of Haida approved the "Haida Anthem Act" proposed by Deputy Governor Oilerator to adopt an official anthem of the province. The anthem is titled "[[:File:Haida Gwaii Is Calling|Haida Gwaii Is Calling]]" and is by Randall Kimball. It talks about the archipelago of Haida Gwaii and its scenery, history and geography.<br />[[File:Haida-24April2020.png|thumb|400px|The Haida Gwaii Archipelago, home of the town of Masset which is the capital of Haida.|alt=]]

The biggest and most important highway to Haida is Haida Highway 1, also known as the Trans Haida Highway. The Trans Haida Highway connects every single town in Haida either directly, or via highways that branch off of the main highway. The Highway officially began construction in late August of 2020 and was originally a lot longer, but a large portion of the highway was given over to Cascadia, after the towns of Valkyria, Ba Sing Se, and Achilla left Haida to join a newly created province. The highway starts in Masset, using the already existing Haida Highway 1 that went from Masset to the South Point Docks. At this stage in the highway, you must use a boat to get across the Hecate Strait from Haida Gwaii to Skeena. In Skeena, the highway heads through the town before travelling along a relatively long river. At the end of the river, the highway travels through the ghost town of Sitika before connecting with Haida Highway 4. From here you can either take highway 4 to Prince Rupert or continue on the Trans Haida Highway to the Haida and Columbia Provincial border. At the border, the Trans Haida Highway ends and beyond the border the highways are ran by Cascadia and have they're own numbers. (Haida is unique as it maintains its own highways and designates its own Provincial highway numbers)

HaidaTransit maintains an iceway that currently connects 2 Provinces and 4 towns, as well as CaribouLou National Park. The ice metro connects the Provinces of Kaska and Haida, and the towns of Rose Harbour, Masset, Sitka and Skeena. It is currently developing a route to Achilla in the Province of Columbia, and the tunnel is currently completed up to the provincial border. It is hoped to eventually be constructed all the way up to the Cascadian Province of Northern Alaska, while also travelling through the provinces of Russian America, Kodiak, North Kodiak and Alaska. It is also a goal to connect it to the rest of the Cascadia ice metro network at some point in the future.  

 

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