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#REDIRECT [[Portland (disambiguation)]]
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'''Oregon''', officially the '''Republic of Oregon''', was an attempted republic designed by [[BetaPlain]].  The nation was intended to be created via vote gold and a generous donation from the [[Cascadia (Nova)|Cascadian]] treasury.  The nation was endorsed by [[EstiQT|Estonian Mapping]], however most of its planning was done by [[BetaPlain]].  The capital of Oregon was intended to be the town of [[Nova:Portland (BetaPlain)|Portland]], which was already founded.  The nation was never created because the town of [[Nova:Bend (Chrysoprasus)|Bend]] or [[Nova:Portland (BetaPlain)|Portland]] were not successful, and funding for the nation was never received from [[EstiQT|Estonian_Mapping]].
==History==
'''Origins'''
During late 2019, player [[BetaPlain]] quickly became disillusioned with his town of [[Newburn (Nova)|Newburn]], after many attempted but unsuccessful attempts at creating a nation.  [[EstiQT|Estonian Mapping]], president of [[Cascadia (Nova)|Cascadia]] and looking to expand [[Cascadia (Nova)|Cascadia's]] influence, contacted [[BetaPlain]] during this troubling time and offered that he would found the nation of Oregon via gold from the [[Cascadia (Nova)|Cascadian]] treasury.
'''Early Planning'''
[[BetaPlain]] searched for a favorable location to found [[Nova:Bend (Chrysoprasus)|Portland]], with the location of real-life [[wikipedia:Portland,_Oregon|Portland]] in mind.  While searching on the map, [[BetaPlain]] found the previous location of Bend, a town that had been abandoned.
[[BetaPlain]] took it upon himself to personally survey the area, which he found favorable to found [[Nova:Bend (Chrysoprasus)|Portland]] at.  [[BetaPlain]] was under the assumption that the town would expand North to reach the [[wikipedia:Columbia_River|Columbia River]].
'''Founding of Portland'''
[[BetaPlain]] acquired the 64 gold necessary to found [[Nova:Bend (Chrysoprasus)|Portland]] by unknown means.  On 24 December 2019, the town of [[Nova:Bend (Chrysoprasus)|Portland]] was founded near the previous location of Bend.  [[BetaPlain]] decided to wait to found the nation of Oregon until the town had been developed further.
=== Problems with the Original Location ===
'''Ruins of Bend'''
After [[BetaPlain]] began the development of the ruins of Bend, a problem arose that the town was too far from nearby settlements, and the overambition possessed by [[BetaPlain]] for the town quickly made [[BetaPlain]] realize the reality of the situation, that he did not have the time, resources, or motivation to develop the town effectively.
Additionally, [[BetaPlain]] entered into the agreement to found [[Nova:Bend (Chrysoprasus)|Portland]] while not possessing the discipline or motivation necessary to continue projects in the town's location, resulting in a lack of productivity.
'''Location'''
[[BetaPlain|BetaPlain's]] problems continued when the realization was made that the ruins of Bend were too far away from the [[wikipedia:Columbia_River|Columbia River]], which served as the basis for much of his plans for [[Nova:Bend (Chrysoprasus)|Portland]].  Eventually, development on [[Nova:Bend (Chrysoprasus)|Portland]] nearly completely ended and activity was limited to voting.
[[BetaPlain]] decided to expand the town North in a claim arm to the [[wikipedia:Columbia_River|Columbia River]].  However, only a few days in, the cost to claim to the [[wikipedia:Columbia_River|Columbia River]] from [[Nova:Bend (Chrysoprasus)|Portland's]] location was calculated, and it would require hundreds of gold, making it less expensive to create a new town at the desired location.
'''Estonian_Mapping'''
''This section may be biased towards [[BetaPlain|BetaPlain's]] point of view.''
Despite the fact that [[Nova:Bend (Chrysoprasus)|Portland]] had not been developed much, [[BetaPlain]] looked to create the nation of Oregon, hoping it would incentivize himself to be more productive in the ruins of Bend.
[[BetaPlain]] requested the gold required to found Oregon from [[EstiQT|Estonian Mapping]], but [[EstiQT|Estonian Mapping]] refused, citing that they did not have the required gold.  [[BetaPlain]] reminded [[EstiQT|Estonian Mapping]] of their promise, but [[EstiQT|Estonian Mapping]] never gave [[BetaPlain]] any gold.
'''Solution to these Problems'''
[[BetaPlain]] figured the solution to both of the above problems was to recreate the town on the [[wikipedia:Columbia_River|Columbia River]].  However, [[BetaPlain]] was not sure of this decision, which implored him to create a proposal in [[Nova:Bend (Chrysoprasus)|Portland's]] town discord to ask the community if the town should be moved.
The proposal had a unanimous yes vote, which reassured [[BetaPlain]] that his decision was better.  On top of this, [[EstiQT|Estonian Mapping]] fully supported the decision, and asked [[BetaPlain]] to sell the town to a nearby resident, Chrysoprasus.
[[File:Town Proposal of Portland to move it.png|none|thumb|480x480px|The proposal sent to the Portland town discord to recreate Portland on the Columbia River.]]
===New Portland Location===
On 9 December 2020, the town of [[Nova:Bend (Chrysoprasus)|Portland]] was renamed to Bend and was sold to player Chrysoprasus.  On the same day, [[BetaPlain]] founded the new town of [[Nova:Bend (BetaPlain)|Portland]] on the [[wikipedia:Columbia_River|Columbia River]].
'''Problems Arise with the New Location'''
Early in the development of the new [[Nova:Portland (BetaPlain)|Portland]] location, [[BetaPlain]] noticed the local ''Kaye's National Park''.  [[BetaPlain]] asked about it on the [[Cascadia (Nova)|Cascadian]] discord, and it was revealed to him that he was not allowed to build or remove anything in the national park without direct approval from the Secretary of Development.
Then Secretary of Development, DMKBoyz, did not respond when [[BetaPlain]] asked whether he was allowed to develop the land.
[[File:Daye's National Park Viewing Post.png|thumb|280x280px|A view of Daye's National Park from it's viewing post on the opposite side of the Columbia River.]]
'''Other Developments'''
[[BetaPlain]] began development on creating quays on the side of the [[wikipedia:Columbia_River|Columbia River]], to prepare it for future development on either side while he was waiting for approval from the Secretary of Development. 
'''Flag'''
[[BetaPlain]] never finalized a flag design for Oregon, but he knew he wasn't going to use the [[wikipedia:Flag_of_Oregon|real-life Oregon flag]].  [[BetaPlain]] recognized that the beaver was used in many alternative flag designs for Oregon, and intended to use a beaver in his new flag designed.
[[BetaPlain]] contacted leader of [[Haida]] and fellow [[Cascadia (Nova)|Cascadian]], probably 32Oreo to design a flag.  The two never came to an agreement and a flag was never designed.
===End of the Oregon Idea===
[[Nova:Portland (BetaPlain)|Portland]] was disbanded sometime later, ranging from a few months or weeks.  Without funding from [[EstiQT|Estonian_Mapping]], and without being able to expand the town due to Daye's National Park, [[BetaPlain]] disbanded the town and probably returned to [[Newburn (Nova)|Newburn]].
==Government==
The government of the Republic of Oregon was intended to consist of a representative democracy similar to the [[wikipedia:United_States|United States]].  The government was intended to initially see [[BetaPlain]] as the first president, then to continue where all nation members could run for and vote for presidential candidacy.
[[BetaPlain]] intended to keep at least an influential role in the government, even if he was unelected President.
==Military==
[[BetaPlain]] did not plan an armed forces for Oregon, because protection would derive from the [[Cascadia (Nova)|Republic of Cascadia]].
==Buildings ==
The town of [[Nova:Bend (Chrysoprasus)|Bend]] was intended to host a city hall and a presidential palace, as long as other governmental buildings.  A large shopping and tourism center was intended to be developed along the [[wikipedia:Columbia_River|Columbia River]].[[File:City Hall prototype.jpeg|thumb|An example of what a city hall in [[Nova:Bend (Chrysoprasus)|Bend]] could look like.|none|180x180px]]
==Notable People==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Name
!Rank
|-
|[[file:BetaPlain.png|25px]] [[BetaPlain]]
|1st President
|-
|[[file:EstiQT in 2020.png|25px]] [[EstiQT|Estonian_Mapping]]
|Influenced [[BetaPlain]] to start project
|}
==See Also==
*[[Newburn (Nova)|Newburn]]
*[[BetaPlain]]
*[[EstiQT]]
*[[Republic of Southwest Alaska (Nova)|Southwest Alaska]]

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