Nova:Cascadia

Overview

The Republic of Cascadia is a mega-nation that occupies territory in the western and northern portions of North America. The Republic is one of the oldest nations in the server, and the oldest nation that practices democracy.

History

Early History

Before the nation of Cascadia was founded, there was the town of Astoria. Founded in the Beginning era, on November 26th, it is the oldest surviving town in the Pacific Northwest. Although Cascadia did not exist in the first few weeks, the idea was already conceptualized. The founders envisioned the birth of a democratic nation that would unite the region. Thus sparked the creation of Cascadia.

December Beginnings

Cascadia
Capital	Astoria
Claimed Area	6109 Chunks
Information
Alliances	Cascadia
Age	697 Days
Anthem	O' Cascadia
Demonym	Cascadian
/n list	3
Army Size	[Redacted by the CID]
Government
Advisors	BigBroPro0425, Dornan_ Fractured_Soul

Formation of a Nation

Cascadia was a four-way creation between the players RangerMK01, Banthos, Kathulos, and Think Geek. Because the cost of nations was cheaper during the inception of the server, it took only a short while to acquire the materials. After a few days of raising funds for the nation, its founding members had enough to create Cascadia.

The capital was initially intended to be Olympia, but Banthos, the mayor, was accidentally banned after he was falsely accused of doxxing. And so, the nation of Cascadia was founded on the 11th of December, 2018, by RangerMK01, with its capital in Astoria.

Creation of a Discord

The newly made nation needed a discord server, and one was created. The first message was by Morthalis, at 09:15 PM, Dec 11th, "Long live Cascadia!". The discord quickly grew, including the mayors of the towns, as well as the other national leaders.

January Expansion

Growth of Cascadia Other nations such as California, which had been founded the month before, dominated the area South of the nation. After a few days, however, it became apparent Cascadia was outpacing its neighbor California, to the dismay of No_Jewtsu, the leader of the nation. California suffered its own issues that month, with the succession and break-away of nations such as Arizona, and the towns of Lompoc and San Diego as well.

February

SalC1 Gold Duplications

In a video by Minecraft YouTuber SalC1 published on the 14th of February, he traveled to Astoria to inflate the economy by duplicating and distributing gold while using an invisibility potion. The many stacks SalC1 gave out caused confusion among the several players online at the time.

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One of SalC1's victims was Code456, founder of Port Angeles. Another was Hack3ermann, a founding member of Cascadia. CodeNameW and Silent_Dirt were also given a stack of gold blocks.

Rapid Growth

Through the summer of 2019, Cascadia underwent rapid growth. It admitted several new districts over a short span of time and expanded both its landmass and its political influence several-fold.

August Collapse

Second New York Riot

On the 9th of August, 2019, a riot broke out in New York, which at that time was a member district of Cascadia. Owners of plots in highly trafficked areas of New York enabled PVP and began a killing spree which led to the deaths of many players who showed up to participate in the New York riot, which later came to be known as the "Second New York Riot". The crowds later dispersed and the riot came to an end.

Trial of UnbatedAura & Captainb4

On 11 August, two days following the Second New York Riot on the 9th, the users involved in the mass killings in New York were identified as Captainb4 and UnbatedAura. A trial was held in the Supreme Court of Cascadia (Cascadia v

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UnbatedAura and Captainb4). The court found both of these players guilty of murder and inciting violence and both were required to pay a fine to the state as instigators. The trial was presided over by 32Oreo.

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Cascadian territory at its greatest extent. Summer of 2019.

Overextension & Collapse

Following the trial, many leaders of Cascadia's newly admitted districts & territories felt that the Government of Cascadia had overstepped its powers in prosecuting Captainb4 & UnbatedAura. This led to a cascading effect of many districts leaving Cascadia, including all of Cascadia's east coast territories and a number of southwestern territories.

The Great Cascadian Schism

In late August 2019, the Republic of Cascadia underwent a fracturing of the internal government, with a breakaway sect looking to establish Cascadia as an empire. This breakaway sect has led to an internal crisis with two factions of supporters supporting both the establishment of a Cascadian Empire and the continued existence of the Republic of Cascadia.

After 2 days of a tense standoff between the two sides, the breakaway "empire" sect stood down and returned control of Cascadia to those loyal to the republican government.

October Accomplishments

BonZzil's Second Term

After being given a second term by the majority of citizens, BonZZil aimed to revive Cascadia from its state of inactivity after the August Crisis. During October Cascadia slowly started regaining activity and reviving, taking in several new towns.

Towny Glitch

On the 4th of October, the towny plugin had a glitch where several nations were accidentally disbanded. The cause of it is unknown, but it would disband a nation whenever a single person left or was kicked from the capital town. Cascadia was hit first, along with Florida and South Australia.

Decline of Alaska

After the Summer of 2019, the province of Alaska was falling into inactivity. There were offers to integrate it into Kodiak, which was prospering much more. Alaska collapsed as a province in late 2019, with Incarnation__ leaving altogether.

Ranger's Reforms

On the 31st of October, RangerMK01 returned to Cascadia to help with the nation as it was suffering major inactivity and collapse. Some major changes were made to the discord, such as the deletion of the Secretary of Recruitment role, removal of the district general channels, and the remaking of the senate proposals channel.

November Quiescence

UnbatedAura's Presidency

UnbatedAura came into the presidency with the aim of restoring Cascadia to its former glory. On the 12th, Dictio went through his probation period and became senator of Amarok. The town of Sugarcane also joined on the 15th.

Vice President 32Oreo's Plans

On the 22nd of November, 32Oreo announced some plans for the interim presidency, such as establishing Astoria as a proper federal city, ensuring an effective balance between the Mayor and the President, expanding usage of the National Bank of Cascadia building, returning national gold reserve to the towny banks, fixing road signs in the Astoria area, re-organizing district structure such that it is easier to understand the structure of Cascadia as a whole, granting Bhutan status as "Overseas Territory" with the consent of the Senate, going over Astoria's main shop street and gutting any inactive shops, commission houses for Astoria's residential district, finding an effective way to get feedback from the frontier towns to know what they need, creating a non-departmental committee for Parks & Recreation, finishing the National Defense Department headquarters facility, recognizing GGOVI & Yaznayu as enemies of the state, and maybe making in-game books effort to document Cascadia.

Port Angeles Population Growth

During November, Cascadia underwent a small population boom as Senator and Mayor Estonian_Mapping started the mass recruitment of players into Port Angeles, bringing in many new players, and inviting his friends onto the server. LawofRence and thebigjeff2111, who both knew Estonian_Mapping, joined the server too. This led to Port Angeles becoming the largest Cascadian town, with metropolis status and 42 members at its height.

Replacement of the Vice President

On the 16th of November, UnbatedAura announced that he was replacing BonZzil, who was vice president. He declared that the vice president was no longer fit for office as he had broken the law and restricting UnbatedAura from performing his duties as president. The new vice president was 32Oreo.

Mt. Rainier Joins

The Town of Mt. Rainier, owned by thegamingsquirel, joined Cascadia on the 28th of November, and slowly grew in size. It was reluctant to join the nation at first but Estonian_Mapping an Spleenbeaned convinced them to. Mt. Rainier would remain part of Cascadia until it created the Pacific Republic.

Road and Highway Plans

On the 21st Barbay1 declared that Cascadia's Department of Development would need to have a meeting on the issue of roads of highways and roads, and then do a presentation to the Cascadians on the state of the methods of transport. She also stated that Cascadia needed to write down Cascadian road requirements, like what material and what height, so that citizens know how to correctly build them.

December Anniversary

Barbay1's Presidency

After Barbay1 won the December Presidential election, she began promoting the use of international highways and events such as the World Expo. Shop policies were also renewed. In tandem with the new plans, the new government was intended to be more transparent than its predecessors. On the 5th of December, 32Oreo resigned as Secretary of Defense, being replaced by Estonian_Mapping, who quickly transforming and upgrading the Cascadian Military. On the 6th, Barbay1 replaced KingBerman with BonZzil, as KingBerman was no longer in the nation.

The Transferral of Athabasca

On the 6th of December, 32Oreo had the nation of Athabasca transferred to him in hopes of increasing the overall productivity of the nation. The district of Athabasca was dissolved as a district of Cascadia, and 32Oreo made a deal with Rudolf_Hoess, which stipulates that if he is to become active on EMC again, he shall have the nation transferred to him and the district restored.

32Oreo held roughly 2/3 financial stake in the in-game towny nation of Athabasca as he personally helped fund one-third of the cost of the nation, and had the backing of one of the other major investors. Rudolf_Hoess was somewhat inactive on EMC and 32Oreo deemed that his plans for Swanavon & the capital of Athabasca were somewhat difficult if not impossible to achieve with the extended outage of sign shops.

As a result of all this, 32Oreo declared the founding of the Kingdom of Haida as a sovereign and independent nation as a member of the Pacific Commonwealth. 32Oreo stated that "this is not a fuck you to Cascadia". Haida would remain independent until February.

Republic Day Celebrations

To celebrate the founding of Cascadia, a celebration was decided to be held on the 14th of December. Fireworks, Banners, and even a Flea Market was prepared. Dispensers and other Redstone contraptions were made for the fireworks, and Christmas ornaments decorated the capital building. A festive spirit hung about Astoria. Barbay1 set up a secret Santa event, where citizens would give anonymous gifts to other citizens using hoppers.

Flea markets were set up at 3:30 (PST), and finally, the celebrations took place at 5:30, with Barbay1 and Estonian_Mapping delivered speeches, and fireworks were set off. At 5:45, Blackjack Casino events were held until late into the night.

Republic Day Speech

State of the Union Adress

Battle of Astoria

On the 13th, Rupert Land's citizens 754 and 268 raided the Cascadian Capital of Astoria. Members of the Cascadian Military such as durablecandy, spleenbeaned, and thegamingsquirel were present. The Rupert's Land citizens used flame bows, but President Barbay1 put up emergency showers around the capital. The battle ended with at least one Cascadian casualty.

First Battle of Autumnshire

On the 14th, several attacks were carried out by Rupert's Land's military, in order to sabotage Republic Day. A minor skirmish was fought at 8:45 PM, PST. 754, leader of Rupert's Land, harassed and threatened Autumnshire, including using melee and explosives to kill three Cascadian Citizens. After Iron City and Cascadian Reinforcements arrived, 754 retreated, technically resulting in a victory, although the final death count stood at 3-0, with Rupert's Land taking no casualties.

Battle of Iron City

At 9:40 PM PST, Iron City was attacked in the Battle of Iron City. The Cascadian Military only managed one soldier versus the opposing 7, but many brave soldiers and civilians lent a helping hand. Even with overwhelming odds, Cascadia managed to kill some of the invaders. Cascadians had a harder time reinforcing the walled city, as the ice roads leading to it were either nonexistent or in severe disrepair. Cascadia suffered 2-3 more casualties while inflicting 2 casualties on Rupert’s Land. Even President Barbay1 was spotted on the battlefield. Cascadia scored a hit on Rupert's Land, however, when 754 was killed in the conflict. His god armor was displayed in Iron City.

Second Battle of Autumnshire

Another battle took place at Atumnshire later that day, this time with the full force of the Rupert's Land military. There were approximately 10-12 soldiers from Rupert’s Land against approximately 5-7 from Cascadia. Many casualties were reported, mostly on the Cascadian side, but Cascadia held the line, preventing Rupert's Land from getting a firm hold on the city. Rupert's Land eventually retreated, ending the battle.

Barbay1's Boycott

On the 20th of December, 2019, Barbay1 called for a Boycott against Hyperion Enterprises, RangerMK01's multi-nation corporation. She claimed that the independent and sovereign nation of Hyperion had sabotaged peace talks with Rupert's Land by selling materials to them. Barbay1 also condemned RangerMK01 for not removing old Cascadian members in the cabinet(most notably the people she disagreed with on various topics regarding the nation), as he said that he "Valued friendship more than some dumb discord roles". This argument, along with other actions taken by Barbay1 eventually resulted in her being impeached by the senate, with the presidency going to Beepsky.

January Restoration

January Election

After proving his ability by reviving Port Angeles and making it the largest town in Cascadia with 42 members, Estonian_Mapping announced that he was running for president on the 3rd of December, 2019. He won by a landslide, beating his opponent UnbentGODFATHER.

Raid on Port Angeles

In early January, soldiers from Rupert's Land spawned in Cascadia and journeyed to the neighboring town of Port Angeles. These soldiers used lava buckets to set livestock on fire. The town lost many chickens and sheep. A warning was issued by Cascadian President Estonian_Mapping, and no further incidences occurred.

End of the Rupert's Land War

On the 10th of January, Estonian_Mapping made a white peace with Rupert's Land, ending the three-month-long war. This was the result of the Northwestern Syndicate making up fake news, and the leader of Rupert's Land exiting politics. The white peace allowed the construction of roads and infrastructure to continue without attacks from Rupert's Land. On the 13th, the Northwestern Syndicate was disbanded.

Cascadian Re-Expansion

During Estonian_Mapping's January term, he launched a fundraising event, raising 500 gold for the Cascadian Government. In the first few days in office, he agreed to a white truce, ending the long conflict with Rupert's Land. After Slave's decline, he even managed to incorporate two Slave towns, Trout Lake and Fort Navington into the Cascadian province of Yukon. Estonian_Mapping also purchased a beacon, which would be used to easily develop Cascadia.

During his term, the town of Wenatchee was created on the 11th of January, Oceantopia on the 15th, and Winthrop on the 22nd. The province of Ontario acquired a new town,“PLEASE WELCOME THE TOWN OF NORTHBERRY TO ONTARIO AND CASCADIA” announced Senator Cyberstorm. At the end of his January term, two provinces, Haida and Vanuatu joined Cascadia. Cascadia also constructed several sections of infrastructure, such as Jefferson Square and the Port Angeles/Astoria Ice Line. On the 31st, Estonian_Mapping made the secretary of recruitment a cabinet position, with Vorobyevite being the secretary. This would help increase the population of Cascadia.

War on Michigan

On the 25th of January, Virginia declared war on Michigan, bringing the American Order into a war with Michigan as well. Although Cascadia saw little to no action against Michigan, Ontario, which borders it, was threatened by the nation.

Battle of Ontario

On the 25th, the Cascadian Military was called to respond to an attack on the town of Northberry and Superior, Ontario. Several citizens from Mortician City, Zerena, raided the iceways between the two cities. 3-4 Ontario citizens were attacked by 2 Zerena soldiers. One of the soldiers, thecactusjarod, lured LawofRence and thebigjeff2111, the two responding Cascadian soldiers called by Governor Cyberstorm. The Zerena soldiers employed TNT warfare and melee criticals to kill the Ontario defenders, and knocking the others into the water, and quickly dispatching them. Eventually, the united Cascadian and Ontario force outnumbered the opposing force, and they were pushed to Northberry, where HelloGaming123 and others were building. The Zerena citizens quickly retreated, using the highways to escape.

President Estonian_Mapping and the Cascadian soldiers communicated with thecactusjarod, and were told that they were using the highways for transport, although they had been carrying explosives. Estonian_Mapping retrieved the armor that was lost by the Cascadian military. Final casualties were 3 Cascadian soldiers to 1 Zerena citizen.

February Crisis & Salish-Washington War

The Washington Split

Due to growing tensions between the President of Cascadia, Estonian_Mapping, and former President and Governor of Washington, BonZZil, the province of Washington left the Republic of Cascadia to join the Republic of the Rio Grande on February 6, 2020. What followed was a brief moment of anxiety within the state government that Washington would be on the attack. Though the government decided to keep a level head the province of Ontario called for war against the Rio Grande. Their refusal to listen to the state government led to their departure from Cascadia. BonZzil has since claimed that Estonian_Mapping "insisted on making government problems personal" and that he was still loyal to Cascadia, leading him to attack citizens of Salish, which he saw as "lying usurpers" as he said in an EMC Live interview.

Ontario Successor

On the 7th of February, 2020, Governor Cyberstorm of Ontario declared that he would be passing on his leadership to President Estonian_Mapping, leading to the presidency passing on to Vice President LawofRence. This caused some controversy among senators as the passing on of the Presidency was undemocratic and did not adhere to the Constitution. Eventually, this led to the succession of the Salish Federation.

The Salish Federation Secession

On the 9th of February, 2020 communications between town leaders were leaked by KingBerman after the controversy of LawofRence's candidacy, and the towns involved seceded from Cascadia to form a new nation, The Salish Federation. The Salish Federation has claimed it was created in response to interference in the Cascadian democratic system by former and foreign members, along with a failure of effective governance within the Presidential administration. They were quickly denounced by the Government as traitors and charged with treason, a charge which was originally intended to be tried by a tribunal. Most of the players that were charged with treason outright refused to participate in a trial, including the highest-ranking leaders of the revolt. The leak led to the Salish Federation seceding in revolt with a total of six active towns and two separate nations, beginning an ongoing conflict to current time that has come to be known as the Salish-Washington War. Shortly afterward, the Cascadian Province of Haida, which had just been re-admitted to Cascadia less than a week earlier, also declared independence in solidarity with the Salish Federation.

Escalation of Conflict

Soon after the secessions of the Salish Federation & Haida, BonZZil, leader of Washington, which had declared independence on its own earlier in the week started attacking Salish, sometimes accompanied by others, most often alone. While there has been no publicly stated motive for the original skirmishes between Salish and Washington, it has been suggested that BonZZil had intentions of expanding Washington into territory now held by the Salish Federation.

Salish & Washington continually exchanged skirmishes throughout the early days of the conflict. A major escalation occurred on 19 February when Haidan forces were detected by Cascadian government reconnaissance mining the border of the Salish Federation & Washington. Internal confusion led to the belief within the Cascadian government that Haidan forces were mining roads with military offensive intent against Cascadia. After being asked if he had approved the mining of Cascadian roads, Salish President Vorobyevite claimed such actions were not taken against Cascadia. When a screenshot containing Vorobyevite allowing 32Oreo to place mines on the border were leaked, Salish said that it was fair game if the mines were not in the Cascadian border. It was later confirmed that no mines were placed in Cascadian claims, or with intent to take offensive action against Cascadia. However, some mines were found by the Moscow Temple, a Cascadian national monument, but it is unclear who placed these mines by the temple.

The mining incident had wide-reaching negative public press within Cascadia. Many members of the public reacted strongly to the initial news of Cascadia potentially being dragged into the ongoing conflict. It was widely believed that the government's response to the incident would have reverberating effects on the election held at the end of February.

The civil war continued to escalate as February came to an end with the first full-blown battle between the armed forces of Salish & Washington occurring on 26 February.

Russian Coalescence

On February 25th, Commie Queen offered to join Cascadia to aid its stability. He offered four conditions, several of which were denied, but he joined with the province of the USSR and Greater Russia anyways. This decision nearly doubled the citizens under the Cascadian rule.

March Turmoil

Gold Disappearance

At the end of Estonian_Mapping's term, he left EarthMC altogether, leaving the rule of his many discords and the Cascadian capital of Astoria to his friends and associates. His Vice President, LawofRence was given control of the nation. He discovered that all the gold from the national bank, numbering at the time about 700. After some investigation, Mihailovic discovered that Estonian_Mapping had withdrawn it all before leaving, using around 200 of it to add to Astoria claims. He said that all the gold in the bank was raised by him. A proposal was passed shortly thereafter, preventing the withdrawal of such large amounts of gold.

UnbentGODFATHER's Presidency

After UnbentGODFATHER was elected president in a tight race, he declared that the Cascadian Community would be reviving a long-standing tradition, Fan Fic Friday. Incarnation__ was invited to join Astoria, and brought a beacon with him. He completely redid Astoria, excavating new plots, building a library, residential apartments, an art museum, a Catholic Church, and replacing the government building

Continued Salish-Washington War escalation & Cascadian nonintervention

As the conflict between the Salish Federation & Washington continued, outside attention became more and more abundant. The Salish Federation & Haida garnered the support of the entirety of California by early March, along with the NATO alliance, forming a separate organization known as the Sunset Confederation. A second full-scale battle occurred between the Sunset Confederation & Washington, supported by NATO and the Rio Grande Republic respectively, throughout the Californian eastern frontier.

As the second week of March began, the diplomatic situation of the war became more and more complex, and the newly elected President, unbentGODFATHER made a statement of neutrality, stating that the Republic of Cascadia's government forces would not intervene in the ongoing war.

The Decline of Population

Unfortunately, on the 18th of March Cascadia, the nation lost its Realm status, and reverted to being an Empire. Prominent and populous towns like Port Angeles reverted to village status, as many citizens of Estonian_Mapping's January metropolis were kicked for inactivity. Astoria lost Hack3rmann and other citizens, and it lost its large town status. MPCity, fell altogether, being inactive for several weeks already.

Griefing of British Columbia

On the 3rd of March, a skirmish broke out in Lower Mainland between members of the Republic of the Rio Grande and TheRealJewy, with TNT involved. Two members of the Salish Federation were also present, but they were only there to investigate. Some unknown factor turned explosions on in the town, even though permissions were set with explosions off, and Manoia not been on since the 2nd. The beacon and the storage rooms were obliterated, and even though the beacon was retrieved by an Admin, the chests were never restored.

British Columbian Reorganization

After getting his town griefed, Governor Manoia attempted to move his nation, but accidentally unclaimed his town in the process. He decided to leave and sell British Columbia. Manoia received offers as high as 600 gold, but decided he would rather a Cascadian rule it, so decided on a 128 gold offer from Cascadia, using some of the 500 gold that LawofRence donated previously that day. After this deal was made, Advisor LawofRence was dispatched to govern British Columbia so President UnbentGodfather could return to Astoria. It was then given to Mihailovic on the 7th of April.

April Regrowth

UnbentGODFATHER's Second Term

UnbentGODFATHER was reelected with a landslide vote, beating the other candidates.

Revival of Olympia

Olympia had remained in a state of inactivity for three months, nearly falling on several occasions. Eventually, the mayor, spleenbeaned, passed mayorship of the town to Estonian_Mapping. He started reviving the town but soon grew bored and inactivity, and passed the town to LawofRence. In the last few weeks of April, the town underwent major expansion, becoming the largest town in the region with 25 people.

Growth of Salem

During the month of April, Salem increased in population from three to ten, becoming one of the largest towns in Cascadia, thanks to the work of durablecandy and lemon_mellow. For the first few weeks of Salem's expansion it was actually in Washington to exploit their claim bonus since Cascadia lost it that month

Growth of Eureka

The town of Eureka underwent lots of growth during the month, with help of the recruitment discord to get more members. Timeline expanded the town by building lots of new buildings, and he also acquired several beacons. At its height, the town had over 15 members and lots of new infrastructures.

May Stabilization

KingBerman's Term

KingBerman was elected president of Cascadia after overtaking and beating LawofRence in the last few hours of the election. After KingBerman was elected, there was some controversy as LawofRence noticed that Berman had removed one of LawofRence's voters accidentally when there was some confusion over voting qualifications and that a person that voted for KingBerman that no longer resided in the nation. LawofRence decided not to pursue this issue further. KingBerman promised the nation that he would serve the people, which was also his campaign slogan.

Province of Kaska

After talks with Remcoms, Kaska decided to join Cascadia after Salish showed interest in rejoining. It was reintegrated in between UnbentGODFATHER and KingBerman's terms.

Admission of Haida

The Province of Haida was re-admitted to Cascadia on the 7th of May, 2020. This was the third time Haida has been admitted as a Province of Cascadia, mostly due to Kaska joining as well as Salish being interested in being a province as well.

Cascadian Crisis

After an argument with Cascadian officials on the 9th, Timeline left Cascadia and joined Cascadia with Eureka.

On the 15th of May, the mayor of Olympia, Estonian_Mapping, joined Salish with his town, putting the population of Cascadia down to 44 people, and effectively ending Cascadia's recovery from inactivity that month.

Recovering from the Crisis

After the loss of Olympia, LawofRence, the previous mayor, was not pleased with the mayor, Estonian_Mapping, for disobeying his only request as mayor, which was to keep Olympia in Cascadia. He took the town back and gave it to BigBroPro0425, who rejoined Cascadia. Meanwhile, LawofRence took control of Schaumburg from Beppon, who was giving his town away. Giving control of the town to xBest_Name_Everx, LawofRence then went to Port Angeles and became mayor due to the threat of Port Angeles joining Salish.

June Growth

LawofRence's Term

LawofRence was elected President of Cascadia at the beginning of June 2020, in a landslide election. Through the duration of the month, Cascadia enjoyed significant levels of stability and expansion, as well as an end to the perception of Cascadia as a dead nation. With lots of effort and time as well as some help from others, he was able to bring Cascadia back onto the world stage. The nation became much more active than before, and with the help of many national projects and people having more time during summer, the Republic entered a prosperous era. There was some controversy with LawofRence's presidency as he had joined Salish temporarily.

Battle of Portland

On the 6th of June, 32Oreo was peacefully working around the Portland Area when he was suddenly attacked by a contingent of Rio Grande soldiers, including Cubs_, TheAmazing_Moe, Samisol, and Tony Montana. They explained that it was because of the association 32Oreo had with Salish, and how he still hadn't paid the 100 gold war reparation that was demanded from him. Soon after, the area became a battleground for Rio Grande and Commonwealth soldiers. Several dozen people showed up and LawofRence provide seats for them to watch. The battle caused no damage to the area, and it was good entertainment for those involved. The battle is still memorialized, as the Battle of Portland.  

Kaska Crisis

On the 31st of May, Kaskan governor Remcoms announced that he was leaving EarthMC and gave his town and nation to JB54P. After this, he bombed his shop and /n spawn, then turned on PVP to start a battle. A few days later he asked for the nation back from JB54P, but was refused. Remcoms eventually quit EarthMC, but is planning to return soon.

Cascadian Growth

After a couple months of decline and inactivity LawofRence's goal for the month was to greatly increase Cascadia's activity. He increased Astoria's population from 12 to 60 in a matter of days, as well as finished all of the houses that had been left since Barbay's Presidency. In order to combat the dwindling town list of Cascadia, LawofRence gave out government grants to people during the second part of his term. Some towns that were funded under his government grants were Portland, Grant's Pass, Argos. He also tried to adopt a zero tolerance policy on inactivity but realized he didn't have enough people to replace those he purged. Under LawofRence's presidency Cascadia started returning to regional politics as a powerful nation, and the mistakes made under the previous administrations were patched. With funding from 32Oreo, Astoria claimed two areas of land, greatly expanding there claims.

Province Expansion 

In the middle of his term, LawofRence decided that he would try and recruit the nation of Montana into the Republic. AIRWOLF678, the leader of Montana, agreed and it joined on the 17th. On the 19th, Oregon asked to join Cascadia, and a proposal was made which passed. Timeline, the leader, was originally part of California which actually gave him 300 gold to make the nation, so had a 300 gold debt.

Kilton Peak Joins

UghK1, the mayor of Kilton Peak (now Edgewater), had been tired of BonZZil attacking and harassing his citizens because of his association with the Salish Federation. After some discord conversations, he discovered how Salish had formed as a rebellion, and decided he did not want to be part of Salish anymore. Frustrated that his town was being picked on, he got in contact with LawofRence and said he wanted to join another nation, and had set his sights on Cascadia, being the other major power in the region. UghK1 backed out a few times but after a dispute with the Salish government on the 20th he left and joined Cascadia. This was the beginning of a large expansion into the Northeast.

Renovation of the Capital Building

During LawofRence's term, Barbay volunteered to help renovate the capital building, as it was outdated and needed to be redone. The back section and sides of the building was outfitted with windows and sea lanterns were placed around for lighting. Barbay's worked very hard during the project and it turned out to be very successful. LawofRence helped with the lobby. The interior was renovated as well as the exterior. A giant project was undertaken by LawofRence, the Capital Building Basement, who was building it from March but was distracted by other things. It took at least 36 hours of intense work and dozens of inventories of stone, but it was eventually completed. It features over 30 large rooms, three levels, and underground access to other buildings. Since there was a lack of a central storage area, a giant 18 chunk storage area in the bottom most floor was constructed, which doesn't even render completely because of its size. The basement is so large that several people who visited have gotten lost and trapped.

July Prosperity

Aakhof's Term

Aakhof, an influential figure in Cascadia, ran and won as president. He inherited the nation and continued to make it prosper. During his term, a large amount of provinces were acquired, as well as the creation of new ones. Aakhof built 24 new houses in Astoria in three days, which was a huge development in Astoria.

Summer Expansion

During the month of July Cascadia underwent an extreme amount of expansion, outpacing the expansion it had experienced in July 2019. LawofRence, who was still present in politics after his term, invited the nations of Jefferson, Rough and Ready, and Utah to Cascadia, who all joined. The nation of Canadian Rockies was created on the last day of Aakhof's term, with funding from several Private Cascadian Citizens.

Senate Meetings

Weekly senate meetings were held by North Paso. He got the idea from Rio Grande, where he had served as chancellor before. They boasted high attendance, and it was a time for residents to bring up concerns and for the senators to discuss them. People gathered in the senate room in game as well, and items were dropped as well.

Crusades against Turkey

After several attacks from Aegyptus and Ancient Egypt hunters on residents of Kilton Peak, Cascadia decided to take action. An 8 person attack force lead by UghK1 and LawofRence took revenge on the attackers, as well as crusaded some other members of their nations. Aegyptus and Ancient Egypt have not attacked Cascadia again.

During the Turkish YouTube Invasion, LawofRence, Dornan_ and RichardM_Nixon participated in the battles around the area. They killed several new player and got some loot, and LawofRence even stole a mule, although it died during transport.

Cascadian Recruitment Competition

North_Paso, AIRWOLF678, xBest_Name_Everx, and LawofRence, raised 261 gold for a recruitment campaign for Cascadia. The prize was 128, 64, and 32 respectively, and Kilton Peak won the competition.

Founding of Canadian Rockies

Kilton Peak and Argos had been plannulto cretraining of the troops and increased activity in the army. They also raised gold in donation campaigns to fund military gear for new soldiers.ate their own nation because of their size and influence. This idea had been debated by the rest of the meganation, and UghK1 decided to continue saving up. The town of Kilton Peak was renamed to Edgewater to reflect the real life location. The towns of Edgewater and Argos began saving up, with Koribyte contributing 600 gold. While saving up for the nation, there was an argument between UghK1 and Koribyte. Koribyte, who had councillor rank in Edgewater, withdrew all of the gold and left the town to make his own, Gilford. Edgewater immediately went and attacked the town. Eventually, it was decided that Koribyte would pay UghK1 the gold back as well as some reparations.

August Turbulence

xBest_Name_Everx's Term

After a close race between KingBerman, xBest_Name_Everx won after KingBerman dropped out. xBest_Name_Everx reintroduced nation colors to Cascadia, as well as introduced many new policies and used lots of diplomacy in discord.

Skimish in Jefferson Square

On the 2nd of August, during a military training exercise in Jefferson Square, the Cascadian Military had been training when several members of Rupert's Land and The Syndicate, 268, UghBraces, IamSen, and BlueSupreme attacked the training members as they had gear on them. Due to an unfortunate series of events, two of the members training were away to get extra resources, and the others were fist fighting with their armor off. Initially, the attackers were held back and they fled temporarily, but Sperm combat logged when his internet cut unexpectedly even though he was at full health, allowing them to gain the upper hand. Minimal gear and casualties were lost, but it reflected badly on military.

Battle of Lower Mainland

On the 15th of August, a battle consisting of the Cascadian army against several attackers was fought in the capital of British Columbia. It was the result of several days of attacks from Amphire in the Cascadian towns in British Columbia. The battle was fought for around an hour, and most of the people online in Cascadia who had gear were present. The Cascadian side had 10 people with the opposing side having 3. Unfortunately, the opponents, Amphire, Jayden7566, and Mednis, who were much more experienced in fighting, killed several of the defending soldiers. Luckily most of the gear brought by the Cascadians were disposable so not much damage was incurred. After the Battle of Lower Mainland, Amphire stopped attacking the Cascadian British Columbia territory.

Cascadian-Californian Alliance

During the first few weeks of his term xBest_Name_Everx, he entered a defensive alliance with California with the Treaty of Astoria which also established borders with California and Salish.

Cascadian Map-Art Competition

A map-art competition was started by Sperm to encourage the creation of map-art by Cascadians. The grand prize was 100 gold, with 2nd and 3rd being 75 and 50 respectively. CaptnClutch7810 won, with Sperm and NA placing second and third. The maps were displayed at /n spawn afterwards.

Core Split

During the latter portion of xBest_Name_Everx's presidency several towns on the outer edges of the capital province joined other provinces. Valkyria and Ba Sing Se joined Haida which was geographically closer, decreasing the population to 70. In addition, Dio had to join Deseret so North_Paso could acquire the nation as a province. Luckily, LawofRence was able to increase Astoria's population to combat this issue.

September Troubles

Sperm's Term

Sperm was elected as President of Cascadia in September. His campaign promised an overall increase in activity, transparent governing, and the merging of California into Cascadia. The CID and military was also to be increased in size and strength, as well as the expansion of Cascadia into the Midwestern United States. Cascadia would also regain realm status.

Trouble in the South

On the 12th of September, Sperm announced his resignation as President as the reunification of California had fallen through and he was experiencing real-life issues. Unfortunately, Jefferson’s mayors voted to leave the Republic afterwards, although the leaders of Jefferson all wished to stay. This resulted in xBest_Name_Everx becoming President after Sperm’s departure.

A Republic Recuperating

After the Departure of Sperm and Jefferson,  xBest_Name_Everx was left with a government that had suffered extreme growth and loss over the last couple months. Several secretaries were Jeffersonians so positions had to be filled, as well as recruiting more people into the Republic. With the help of LawofRence, Astoria grew to 50 people, keeping the nation at realm status.

Government

The Republic of Cascadia is a Democratic-Republic with three branches of government, an Executive, Legislative, and Judicial branch.

The Executive branch of the government consists of the President, Vice President, and t

The Legislative branch consists of the Senate, which votes on proposals and laws which are either implemented or rejected.

The Judicial Branch is the Supreme Court.

Executive Branch

President

The President of Cascadia is the head of state of the nation. The president directs the executive branch of the federal government. The President can veto any proposal in the Senate as long as they provide a legitimate reason for doing so.

The President of Cascadia is appointed to his position in a vote on the last day of the month using first past the post voting. The polls are open for the last 24 hours of the month, and the President is announced right after the polls are closed.

Vice President

The Vice President of Cascadia is the second-highest officer in the executive branch of the federal government, after the president of Cascadia and ranks first in the presidential line of succession. The Vice President presides over the Cascadian Senate and assists the President in day-to-day duties of operating the nation.

Cabinet

The Cabinet is composed of secretaries and advisors that are appointed by the President of Cascadia, and they oversee the functions of the nation. There are four secretaries and three advisors in the Cabinet as defined by the Cabinet Advisors Act of February by 32Oreo and Heyloki. Secretaries are heads of their respective departments. Advisors are nation members that have the ear of the President.

The major departments of Cascadia include:

• Department of Defense (DOD)

• Department of Development (DODE)

• Department of Intelligence (DOI)

• Department of Recruitment (DOR)

The Cabinet of Cascadia is responsible for maintaining the sovereignty of Cascadia, maintaining the general well-being of Cascadia and her citizens, and defending Cascadia within its own borders, as well as abroad, They are also responsible for investing Cascadia’s resources where they can most effectively be utilized.

Legislative Branch

Governors

Governors are the leaders of Cascadian Provinces. They are free to do whatever they wish in their provinces unless those actions go against national laws. Gubernatorial elections are optional for the governors. Some Cascadian governors choose to have their own provincial governments such as Haida or Bhutan, but others just participate in the Federal government such as British Coumbia or Wyoming.

Senate

The Senate is composed of town leaders and elected officials. There are two types of senators, mayors and elected citizens. The Senate votes on proposals that are put forth by other Senate members. Those that pass are enforced by the Judicial branch and acted upon by the Executive. Mayoral elections are optional for Senators, but citizen senators are elected every month.

Judicial Branch

Supreme Justices

The Supreme Justices of Cascadia are three citizens that are elected as justices every two months. Head Justices are elected every three months. They decide on court cases that are brought forth by a nation member.

Military

The Department of Defense (DOD) is run by the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Defense also holds the highest rank in the military. Following the Secretary of Defense, the ranks of the military follow down in order:

1. General

1. Commander

1. Soldiers

1. Recruits

Recruits are a member of the military who has no experience, they learn the basics of each platoon then are assigned by their General to a platoon. Once Recruits has learned the essentials of the military, they will automatically be promoted to Soldiers. A Soldier's duty is to obey orders of their Commanders on the battlefield or on training operations. Once Soldiers are promoted to Commander, they begin to hold the reigns of leadership over a platoon. The duties of a Commander include: Leading their platoon in battle or training operations, tracking the accomplishments of their Soldiers, and being informed by Generals of what their objectives are for a mission. A Commander will remain as such until selected by the Secretary of Defense to be promoted to a General. A General's duties include: Collaborating with the Secretary of Defense in executing military objectives, determining consequences for insubordinate behavior, constructing weekly training operations, and coordinating troops in times of war.

The duties of the Secretary of Defense include being the representative of the Cascadian volunteer army.

Manage the recruitment of military personnel, and fill the roles of the three essential units: Infantry, Artillery, and Reconnaissance.

Establish and maintain weekly and routine military training exercises to uphold a strong defense.

Provide the Senate with estimations for military spending.

Be the holder of funds provided to spend on the military and ensure that the funds are spent accordingly to the orders of the Senate.

Advise the President and Senate on matters of national security.

Ensure that all towns are guaranteed equal protection by the military.

Appoint Commanders to become Generals.

Landmarks

• National Senate

• Cubagon

• San Juan Island Lighthouse

• Port Angeles Historic District

• Sunnyville Museum and Art Exhibit

• Moscow Sand Temple

• Carl the horse

• Pissist Temple

• Sitka Castle

National Parks

• The Columbia River

• Astoria National Park

• Sunnyville National Park

• Haida Gwaii National Park

Presidents of Cascadia

The following list is of the presidents of Cascadia.

Presidency		Name	Term
1	December 11th - February 27th, 2019	RangerMK01	December 11th - December 31st, 2018
			January 1st - January 31st, 2019
			February 1st - February 27th, 2019
2	March 1st - Apr 31st, 2019	Firechemeleon13	March 1st - Apr 31st, 2019
3	April 1st - May 30th, 2019	Commie Queen	April 1st - May 30th, 2019
4	May 1st - May 20th, 2019	RangerMK01	May 1st - May 20th, 2019
5	May 20th - June 1st, 2019	KingBerman	May 20th - June 1st, 2019
6	June 2nd - June 3rd, 2019	UroTheGluton	June 2nd - June 3rd, 2019
7	June 3rd - June 30th, 2019	32Oreo	June 3rd - June 30th, 2019
8	July 1st - July 23rd, 2019	sxxdy	July 1st - July 23rd, 2019
9	July 24th - July 31st, 2019	Mihailovic	July 24th - July 31st, 2019
10	August 1st - August 14th, 2019	Aegis100	August 1st - August 14th, 2019
11	Aug 15th - August 17th, 2019	sxxdy	Aug 15th - August 17th, 2019
12	August 18th - August 31st, 2019	32Oreo	August 18th - August 31st, 2019
13	September 1st - October 31th, 2019	BonZZil	September 1st -September 30th, 2019
			October 1st - October 31th, 2019
14	November 1st - November 30th, 2019	Unbated Aura	November 1st - November 30th, 2019
15	December 1st - December 20th, 2019	Barbay1	December 1st - December 20th, 2019
16	December 20th - December 28th, 2019	Beepsky	December 20th - December 28th, 2019
17	December 28th - February 29, 2020	Estonian_Mapping	December 28th - January 31st, 2019
			February 1st- February 29, 2020
18	March 1 - April 30, 2020	UnbentGODFATHER	March 1 - March 31, 2020
			April 1 - April 30, 2020
19	May 1 - May 31, 2020	KingBerman	May 1 - May 31, 2020
20	June 1 - June 30, 2020	Law of Rence	June 1 - June 30, 2020
21	July 3 - July 31st, 2020	Aakhof	July 3 - July 31st, 2020
22	August 1 - August 31, 2020	xBest_Name_Everx	August 1 - August 31, 2020
23	September 1st - September 12th, 2020	sxxdy	September 1st - September 12th, 2020
24	September 12th - September 31st, 2020	xBest_Name_Everx	September 12th - September 31st, 2020
25	October 1st - Current	Dornan_	October 1st - Current

Notable People

Some important members of the nation historically or currently

• RangerMK01
  • Founder of Cascadia
  • Had the most terms in office for any Cascadian President

• Incarnation
  • Significantly politically and socially influential in Cascadia throughout the majority of its lifespan
  • Lead a revolt during a constitutional crisis
  • Ruled the Incar Empire (Alaskan Empire)
  • Architectural designer for parts of Astoria

• Silent_Dirt
  • Influential Citizen

• ThinkGeek
  • One of the Founding Members of Cascadia

• Kathulos
  • One of the Founding Members of Cascadia

• Code456
  • Founded Port Angeles, one of Cascadia's largest towns

• The_Lone_Sp3rm
  • Significantly politically and socially influential in Cascadia throughout the majority of its lifespan
  • Mayor of Lake Tahoe

• Banthos
  • Very active as mayor of Olympia, encouraged town growth
  • Led pigs into the SKY

• Estonian_Mapping
  • Made Port Angeles largest town in Cascadia with 45 residents
  • Former President for two terms
  • Helped expand the nation and grow town populations

• Mihailovic
  • Held several government positions over various months, former president, influential Cascadian
  • Governor of British Columbia

• Barbay1
  • Well known for running the Cascadian overseas territory of Bhutan for the majority of its lifespan

• SpleenBeaned
  • Mayor of Olympia, helped it grow and continue after Banthos left

• Pieguy75
  • Master of wood sales, all things melon, and logs

• Hack3rmann
  • Helped build Port Angeles
  • Was well known for running a pub in Astoria.

• 32Oreo
  • One of the authors of the first edition of the Constitution of Cascadia
  • Only moderator to ever be demoted for doing too good of a job
  • Former Governor of Athabasca
  • Leaves and rejoins Cascadia on a regular basis

• LawofRence
  • Has been emergency President too many times
  • Revived Olympia
  • Is highly regarded for his recruitment ability

• UnbentGODFATHER
  • An influential figure in Cascadian politics and Government
  • President for two terms

• BonZZil
  • Well known for having one of Cascadia's largest museums of unique items, banners & map art

• imabritishcow
  • Major merchant, own PC Express
  • Runs BCOW security and CASST
  • Governor of Yukon

• Beepsky
  • Expanded Cascadia by creating Wyoming
  • Introduced National Park system
  • Introduced National Highway system

• KingBerman
  • A former president that has held various positions in government over various months.

• Dornan_
  • Active leader of the Valkyrian Order
  • Held various positions in Cascadia during the Summer of 2020
  • Gay Sex Conoisseur

Provinces

Name	Province	Mayor	Population	Size	Founded
Astoria	Cascadia	Dornan_	44	337	26th of November, 2018
Olympia	Cascadia	BigBroPro0425	15	129	18th of July, 2019
Port Angeles	Cascadia	BigJeffQT	2	204	19th of July, 2019
Salem	Cascadia	DurableCandy	31	395	9th of December, 2019
Eureka	Cascadia	Timeline_Yt_	1	62	12th of Janurary, 2020
Illiamna	Alaska	Meika	3	355	7th of November, 2019
Phoenix	Arizona	AmericanTaco	3	50	24th of October, 2019
Tiger's Nest	Bhutan	Barbay1	5	112	6th of July, 2019
Colorado Springs	Colorado	jpbenzo	6	196	26th of March, 2020
Masset	Haida	32Oreo	12	164	22nd of May, 2019
Sitka	Kaska	JB54P	1	58	22nd of February, 2020
Kodiak	Kodiak	SgtCartoon	53	505	4th of September, 2019
Lansing	Michigan	Fractured_Soul	45	508	26th of September, 2019
MiniMontana	File:Flag of Montana.svg Montana	Airwolf678	1	42	8th of December, 2019
Wainwright	North Alaska	Lena_fr	1	148	2nd of September, 2019
Fairbanks	30px North Kodiak	____________12__	12	81	20th of July, 2020
New Arkhangelsk	30px Russian America	Mihailovic	14	156	18th of May, 2020
Maldonia	30px Sweetwater	cacaarmpitz	1	75	6th of July, 2020

The Capital District

The Capital District is Cascadia's first, and largest Province by size and population. It contains the capital of Astoria, and Cascadia's second-largest city, Port Angeles.

Towns in the Capital Province:

• Astoria

• Port Angeles

• Olympia

• Sunnyville

• Vancouver

• Salem

• Pullman

• Schaumburg

• Portland

• Calgary

• Hwangland

• Spokane Valley

• ChurchofMelon

• Achilla

• Canal City

Bhutan

The Province of Bhutan is Cascadia's first province in Asia with its capital of Tiger's Nest.

Towns in Bhutan:

• Tiger's Nest

• Terminus

• Evangelion

• Ayodhya

British Columbia

The Province of British Columbia joined the Cascadian Republic with its capital of Lower Mainland.

Towns in British Columbia:

• Lower Mainland

Haida

The province of Haida is lead and governed by 32Oreo. It is located offshore of mainland North America on Haida Gwaii, south of Kaska and west of Yukon. It is notable for its vast unspoiled wilderness.

Towns in Haida:

• Masset

• Rose Harbour

• Valkyria

• Ba Bing Se

• _

• Event Space

Kaska

The province of Kaska is leaded and governed by JB54P. It is located between the nations of Haida and Klondike. It is known for its bees, infrastructure, and ships.

Towns in Kaska:

• Sitka

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Wyoming

The Province of Wyoming is governed by Beepsky, and was founded on February 10th, 2019. Its capital city, Cheyenne

Towns in Wyoming:

• Cheyenne

Former Territories

• Alaska (part of the Alaskan_Empire)

• Bering-Strait

• California

• Canadian Rockies

• Deseret

• Glacier Bay

• Florida

• Nevada

• New York

• North West Territories

• Ontario

• Ontario

• Upper Canada

• Vietnam

• Washington

• Yukon

Maps

https://earthmc.net/classic/map/#

Events/Pictures

Battle of Astoria, 13th of December 2019.

Republic Day Celebration on 15th of December, 2019 (for December 11th, 2019, 1 year anniversary).

Old Map of Cascadia

Map of Cascadia (up to date as of 9 December 2019)