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Cascadia is the server's seventh-largest country by total incorporated chunk area, and is the second-largest in North America, behind [[Aurora:Vermont|Vermont]]. The 125 towns located across Cascadia occupy a combined area of 11,248 plots, equal to 1.4 million square kilometers in claimed territory. The unclaimed territory in between towns, which is especially prevalent in the Northern borough of Athabasca, significantly expands the territory of Cascadia beyond what is controlled within towns.

The western border of Cascadia is defined by the Pacific Ocean, which has a significant amount of its population and metropolitan areas, such as Seattle, Olympia, Vancouver, Astoria, and Fresno. Major arterial waterways, such as the Columbia River, Puget Sound, and Salish Sea, define the coastal plains and forested areas that comprises the coast of Cascadia. The Cascade and Sierra Nevada mountains divide the coast from inland regions, which exist as deserts, plateaus, and basins that extend to the Rocky Mountains, with plains beyond the Rockies in Alberta and the Great Prairies. The north of Cascadia is dominated by the Yukon Mountains, which mark Cascadia's northwest border with Alaska, and the Mackenzie River basin that drains into the Arctic Ocean. Cascadia also exerts sovereignty over the eastern portion of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan, as well as a majority of Indiana, since the dissolution of the Midwest Union.