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|event6date=1 January 2023}}'''Cascadia''', officially the '''Republic of Cascadia''', was a country and sovereign state located in [[North America (Continent)|North America]]. It | |event6date=1 January 2023}}'''Cascadia''', officially the '''Republic of Cascadia''', was a country and sovereign state located in [[North America (Continent)|North America]]. It had a diverse geography, with rugged landscapes that include rocky coastlines, sandy beaches, forests, lakes, mountains, and grassy plains, and borders the [[Vermont Republic]], [[Canada]], [[Aurora:Illinois|Illinois]], and the Atlantic Ocean to the east; the Pacific Ocean to the west; [[8set|North Alaska]] to the north; and [[Aurora:Mexico|Mexico]], [[Aurora:Texas|Texas]], the Gulf of California, and the Gulf of Mexico to the south. Cascadia peaked at a population of 2,233 in early 2026, making it one of the largest nations in the world. The capital of Cascadia was [[Olympia]] and its largest city was Astoria, with major blocks of population fairly evenly distributed across the nation's territory, with population centers such as [[Grouse]], [[Aurora:Sandrift|Sandrift]], [[Aurora:Purest Pines|Purest Pines]], [[Seattle (Aurora) | Seattle]], [[Aurora:Vancouver|Vancouver]], [[Aurora:Fort Aurelian|FA]], and [[New York (Aurora)|New York]]. | ||
Cascadia originated from the settlement of the city of [[Seattle (Aurora)|Seattle]] on the first day of the server, which was established as the third town in North America. It was founded by Chrysoprasus, along with [[Vorobyevite]], [[EstiQT]], and [[Sayerleft]], and was intended to be a trading outpost and to eventually form a nation called [[Washington (Aurora)|Washington]]. This plan soon turned downhill, with an unfavorable and unstable geopolitical position in the Region dominated by [[California (Aurora)|California]], with many members from this original cast of founders leaving to Russia, leaving Sayerleft alone to run the rump of a settlement, eventually moving to a new settlement in Olympia. Sayerleft created the nation of Cascadia, with its capital in Olympia, and including the town of Seattle, on July 13, 2022, much to the dismay of the nearby [[Oregon Empire]] who saw their northwest hegemony threatened. Cascadia soon became an associate nation of New Mexico, a state of the United States of America, and signed a mutual defense treaty with [[Australia (Aurora)|Australia]]. It soon grew, with many new towns in the area either joining or being founded by Cascadia, and while a full democracy was planned from the start, a Provisional Constitution was ratified and first general elections for President, Chief Judge, and the House of Representatives were held on [[August 2022 Cascadia general election|August 17, 2022]], electing acting President Sayerleft for a full term as its first [[President of Cascadia|President]] with 82.4% of the vote. | Cascadia originated from the settlement of the city of [[Seattle (Aurora)|Seattle]] on the first day of the server, which was established as the third town in North America. It was founded by Chrysoprasus, along with [[Vorobyevite]], [[EstiQT]], and [[Sayerleft]], and was intended to be a trading outpost and to eventually form a nation called [[Washington (Aurora)|Washington]]. This plan soon turned downhill, with an unfavorable and unstable geopolitical position in the Region dominated by [[California (Aurora)|California]], with many members from this original cast of founders leaving to Russia, leaving Sayerleft alone to run the rump of a settlement, eventually moving to a new settlement in Olympia. Sayerleft created the nation of Cascadia, with its capital in Olympia, and including the town of Seattle, on July 13, 2022, much to the dismay of the nearby [[Oregon Empire]] who saw their northwest hegemony threatened. Cascadia soon became an associate nation of New Mexico, a state of the United States of America, and signed a mutual defense treaty with [[Australia (Aurora)|Australia]]. It soon grew, with many new towns in the area either joining or being founded by Cascadia, and while a full democracy was planned from the start, a Provisional Constitution was ratified and first general elections for President, Chief Judge, and the House of Representatives were held on [[August 2022 Cascadia general election|August 17, 2022]], electing acting President Sayerleft for a full term as its first [[President of Cascadia|President]] with 82.4% of the vote. | ||
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Under the [[Presidency of ViolentVampire|presidency of ViolentVampire]], the nation experienced rapid growth, and oversaw the [[Six-Hour War]] and the subsequent liberation of Washington from Oregon and the incorporation of Washington into Cascadia. This, tied with the later outright purchase of Oregon in December 2022, led to Cascadia being the undisputed power in the Western United States, with territory as far north as the Arctic Ocean and as far south as Phoenix. Throughout the course of 2023, Cascadia solidified its influence, both regionally and internationally, while simultaneously fending off against internal and external forces, including divisive politics, regional populism, the secession of the Rocky Mountain Federation, the fascist Osoyoos movement, and the nascent Wagner Group, and dozens of minor forces that chipped at the sovereignty of the Republic. In June 2024, Texas invaded Cascadia and started the Great American War, which concluded in a Cascadian victory with the signing of the Treaty of Vancouver that September. Following the collapse of various regional powers in North America in early 2025, such as Texas, USA, and the Midwestern Union, and the rise of a new enemy in the form of Illinois, Cascadia not just expanded its territory to include portions of Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Texas, and the Great Plains, but Cascadia become the sole superpower in North American politics, overtaking the previous perceived equal status that the nation had shared with Vermont in Eastern North America. | Under the [[Presidency of ViolentVampire|presidency of ViolentVampire]], the nation experienced rapid growth, and oversaw the [[Six-Hour War]] and the subsequent liberation of Washington from Oregon and the incorporation of Washington into Cascadia. This, tied with the later outright purchase of Oregon in December 2022, led to Cascadia being the undisputed power in the Western United States, with territory as far north as the Arctic Ocean and as far south as Phoenix. Throughout the course of 2023, Cascadia solidified its influence, both regionally and internationally, while simultaneously fending off against internal and external forces, including divisive politics, regional populism, the secession of the Rocky Mountain Federation, the fascist Osoyoos movement, and the nascent Wagner Group, and dozens of minor forces that chipped at the sovereignty of the Republic. In June 2024, Texas invaded Cascadia and started the Great American War, which concluded in a Cascadian victory with the signing of the Treaty of Vancouver that September. Following the collapse of various regional powers in North America in early 2025, such as Texas, USA, and the Midwestern Union, and the rise of a new enemy in the form of Illinois, Cascadia not just expanded its territory to include portions of Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Texas, and the Great Plains, but Cascadia become the sole superpower in North American politics, overtaking the previous perceived equal status that the nation had shared with Vermont in Eastern North America. | ||
The Cascadian national government, as established by the [[National Constitution of Cascadia (Aurora)|National Constitution]], | The Cascadian national government, as established by the [[National Constitution of Cascadia (Aurora)|National Constitution]], was a presidential republic and liberal democracy with a separation of powers into three branches, including a unicameral [[legislature]] consisting of an elected House of Representatives, an executive branch headed by a [[President of Cascadia|President]], and a judicial branch headed by a Supreme Court. While a unitary state, for administrative and statistical purposes Cascadia had been divided since 2025 into 25 counties and 1 capital city. The Cascadian political tradition was rooted in Enlightenment ideals of liberty, equality, individual rights, and the rule of law, as well as being heavily influenced by the social-democratic tradition of early Cascadian history, with Olympian democracy and Olympian economic theories (also known as Vampist-Sayerism) being philosophies in which Cascadian institutions are deeply rooted. A nonpartisan democracy, since early 2025, Cascadian politics had been dominated by both nationalist and globalist factions, although Cascadian politics have previously had different dominant factions in different points in its history. It is the largest and longest continuously existing democracy on EarthMC. | ||
A developed country, Cascadia | A developed country, Cascadia ranked high in economic opportunity, activity, productivity, technological innovation, upward mobility, and education, throughout much of Terra Aurora. Cascadia was the largest import economy on the server, and accounted for over 6% of total global economic output in April 2025. It was ranked the #1 best nation to live in in the server. Its economy had been the world's second largest by total wealth since early 2025 just behind Japan, and had very little substantial wealth inequality, with the highest wealth per capita of any major import-driven populated nation. A melting pot of many groups and customs, the culture of Cascadia was shaped by years of immigration, and its soft power influence had a global reach. Cascadia was a member of multiple international organizations, such as the Organization of Free Nations (of which it was a founding and leading member), and played a leading role in global political, cultural, economic, and military affairs throughout much of Aurora. | ||
==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
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==Geography== | ==Geography== | ||
Cascadia | Cascadia was the server's second-largest country by total incorporated chunk area, behind only [[Aurora:Japan|Japan]]. The 204 towns located across Cascadia occupied a combined area of 22,832 plots, equal to 2.8 million square kilometers in claimed territory. The unclaimed territory in between towns, which was especially prevalent in the north of the nation, significantly expanded the territory of Cascadia beyond what is controlled within towns. | ||
The western border of Cascadia | The western border of Cascadia was defined by the Pacific Ocean, which had 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, defined the coastal plains and forested areas that comprises the coast of Cascadia. The Cascade and Sierra Nevada mountains divided 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 was 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 exerted 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. As of 2025, Cascadia also had a presence in the southeastern United States and the Appalachian Mountains, and had two towns on the Atlantic Coast of North America (Rosen_Telia and Tidewater). | ||
The National Parks Service, an agency of the Department of the Interior, | The National Parks Service, an agency of the Department of the Interior, oversaw 8 national parks across Cascadia. Conservation became a prominent issue as a result of increased urbanization and development. | ||
== Infrastructure and Recreation == | == Infrastructure and Recreation == | ||