Aurora:Mackenzie: Difference between revisions

|political_system = Monarcho-Communist

|economic_system = Communism

|religion=N/A

Mackenzie's economy follows communist economic principles, although participating in a pseudo-capitalist system as required by the shop system. They achieve this by having a robust welfare system, entitling every town to 100 gold after 2 weeks. Their economy relies on fishing and their nation shop, both of which are new and rapidly growing industries within the nation. Currently, their economy is quite small. There are no major international stores located in Mackenzie. Their are a large array of local shops around different towns, although there is not much of a market for embassy plots. A lot of monetary resources come from mining in the western portions of the country, while fishing in the east.

Mackenzie was originally the territory under the jurisdiction of the Cascadian Communist Party (CCP), (traditionally the former far north of Cascadia), which advocated for Cascadian politics to take a more left-wing turn economically, increasing welfare and extending benefits for citizens and mayors.

=== Cascadian War ===

Tensions arose when [[Aurora:Cascadia|Cascadia]] created the town "Ythan_Adevir" on the road east of Castle John, the most populated city in NWT. The NWT government demanded the town be moved further south away from a road that NWT claimed was to be used for transport by NWT citizens, and as a place for their towns to be founded upon, essentially claiming the open land. The Cascadian settlers declined this offer, which caused NWT to declare war with [[Aurora:Cascadia|Cascadia]] to ensure the safety of their claims. Since the war began Cascadia founded multiple townships around NWT territorial claims including Error and Fort_Toto directly between Castle John and HayRiver. Due to this war, Prime Minister RuffWoof resigned, leaving Beaver_Lake to [[Aurora:Cascadia|Cascadia]], at which point the founders were forced to run the country until a worthy candidate was selected. Eventually, TheSnowic was elected as Prime Minister for the month of November. After this, NWT briefly joined the Californian PSA meganation before later leaving and joining the Arctic Pact alliance due to right-wing ideology being heavily promoted in the nation.

The owner of Pechorsk_Colter, a user by the name of _haines, was removed from NWT for treason after the founders accused him of being a Cascadian spy. This resulted in the battle of Pechorsk_Colter.

==== Downfall of the Empire ====

While Mackenzie may have attempted to present itself as a democracy, its constitution allowed the founders (specifically the nation's owner xStoicx) ultimate executive power. The nation entered a political loop in its final months, electing anti-war, democratic Prime Ministers like RuffWoof and TheSnowic, both eventually resigning from their positions and withdrawing their towns from Mackenzie when threatened with expulsion for not following the founders orders. As the nation fell to infighting between the Western Provinces and the capital, xStoicx proclaimed himself the Supreme King of Mackenzie, seizing all power over the country. As the Western provinces fled the nation to join their western neighbour, The Kingdom of [[Aurora:Alaska|Alaska]], Cascadian troops pushed across the Beaver Lake border, overclaiming HayRiver in a brutal display of Mackenzie's lost power.

Perhaps obsessed with the north and the west, xStoicx sold HayRiver to The Kingdom of [[Aurora:Alaska|Alaska]], disbanded the nation of Mackenzie, and moved as far northwest as he could. He went on to lead the town of ChillVille on the northern shores of the Kingdom of [[Aurora:Alaska|Alaska]].

xHydre and the other mayors of the Western Province appear to have accepted their surrounding Cascadian neighbours as The Kingdom of [[Aurora:Alaska|Alaska]] signed the Treaty of Juneau shortly after they joined, allowing the two nations to share the land, with both countries being members of the Organization of Free Nations (OFN). Other towns further south elected to join the nation of [[Aurora:BC|BC]].