Aurora:Cascadia
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Cascadia, often called the State of Cascadia, Republic of Cascadia, or the Confederacy of Cascadia, is a country and nation in the pacific northwest region of North America, on the Aurora world of EarthMC. It has a diverse geography, with rugged landscapes that include rocky coastlines, sandy beaches, forests, lakes, mountains, and grassy plains, and borders the Kingdom of Alberta to the east, the Oregon Empire to the south, and Alaska to the north. With a population of 82 as of September 5, 2022, it is the most populated nation in the Pacific Northwest and is the 43rd most populated in the world. The capital of Cascadia is Olympia and its largest city is Neah Bay, with a vast majority of its citizens residing in the Olympia—Neah Bay—Seattle—Victoria metropolitan area, with other notable populated regions being the Spokane—Ruby Ridge metro in the east of the country and the Hope Island—Port McNeill metro on north Vancouver Island.
Cascadia originated from the settlement of the city of Seattle on the first day of the server, which was established as the third town on North America. It was founded by Chrysoprasus, along with Vorobyevite, EstiQT, and SayerQT, and was intended to be a trading outpost and to eventually form a nation called Washington. This plan soon turned downhill, with an unfavorable and unstable geopolitical position in the Region dominated by California, with many members from this original cast of founders leaving to Russia, leaving SayerQT alone to run the rump of a settlement, eventually moving to a new settlement in Olympia. SayerQT 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. 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 Constitution was ratified and first general elections for Governor, Chief Judge, and the House of Representatives were held on August 17, 2022, electing acting Governor SayerQT for a full term as its First Governor with 82.4% of the vote.
Cascadia is a unitary constitutional presidential republic, with three separate branches of government, including a unicameral legislature consisting of an elected House of Representatives, an executive branch headed by a Governor, and a judicial branch headed by a Chief Judge. Cascadia is a U.S. State, an Associate nation of New Mexico, and was a founding member of the Pacific Northwest Diplomatic Forum. It is a liberal democracy and social market economy, and the one of only two republics in North America, with the other one being Michigan. It is a growing nation and a significant growing regional power in the Northwest and beyond.
Etymology
The earliest attested use of the term "Cascades" in real life the mountain range dates to 1825, in the writings of botanist David Douglas. During geological explorations in the early 1900s the term was first applied to the region. The name 'Cascadia' was first used by the town Cascadia, Oregon that was settled in 1890 in what is now Linn County. The name "Cascadia" was first applied to the whole geologic region by Bates McKee in his 1972 geology textbook Cascadia; the geologic evolution of the Pacific Northwest. Later the name was adopted by David McCloskey, a Seattle University sociology professor, to describe it as a bioregion. McCloskey describes Cascadia as "a land of falling waters." He notes the blending of the natural integrity and the sociocultural unity that gives Cascadia its definition.
On many earth towny servers in the vain of EarthMC, Cascadia is a somewhat common nation name to occur in this region of North America, typically being centered in a city such as Seattle or Astoria. On the previous EarthMC server, Terra Nova, the Republic of Cascadia was a democratic republic existing for nearly 3 years in the region, waxing and waning in size and influence throughout the continent. While some members from that cascadia are apart of Cascadia on Aurora, most of the population and government are different, and Cascadia on Aurora is a completely different nation and entity.
History
Pre-History
Before the current world of Terra Aurora, on the World of Terra Nova, the region was mostly dominated by first by the Republic of Cascadia, then later split between Cascadia, the Salish Confederation, and the State of Jefferson, the former two eventually merging to form the Evergreen Republic four months prior to the announcement of Terra Aurora. Cascadia on Nova, the Salish Confederation, and the later Evergreen Republic were all pillars of democracy and self-rule in a mostly autocratic server; and the system's dominance over the region was profound. When Terra Aurora was announced, the Evergreen Republic was not unified in their path to settle on the new server. A large chunk went on to form Nevada in the southwestern united states, some citizens who ended up leaving Evergreen just before the release of Aurora ended up forming what is now the Oregon Empire, and many settled and formed Mexico, as well as lots of other evergreen diaspora across the new server in places such as California or Indochina. However, a few Evergreen citizens, led by EstiQT ended up deciding on staying in the Northwest, and to create a trading outpost called Seattle on the first day of the server, to gather resources, to become a trading hub, and to eventually create a nation called Washington.
Settlement of Seattle & Pre-Creation
When Aurora Early Access was released, Seattle was made fairly early, becoming the third town to be made on the North American continent. The town expanded and began development, however, the nearby Oregon Empire was soon established, and nearly completely eclipsed their planned nation, by now referred to as "Cascadia" as an idea. Oregon, then under the authority of California, did not respect any claims or stakes of Cascadia to any part of land whatsoever, and in border talks laid claim to all areas under claim by cascadia, which by now was wittled down to just a tiny pocket of Cascadia. Due to the increasing pressure, stress, and unfavorable geopolitical situation in the region, major leaders Vorobyevite, EstiQT, and Mayor Chrysoprasus left Seattle to form towns in Siberia, named Tomsk and Novosibirsk, taking with them most of the gold in the Seattle bank, and leaving town councillor SayerQT to become the second Mayor of Seattle. With the town left destitute, SayerQT began a period of regaining wealth for the town, as well as gradually increasing the playerbase of the planned nation from just herself to a handful, with herself eventually leaving Seattle to xX_cMac_Xx, and forming the settlement of Olympia on May 21, 2022. This was a giant period of inactivity for the planned nation as a whole, who was not seen as legitimate by any nation due to most of the towns being nationless towns in a region increasingly dominated by the now-independent Oregon Empire.
Nationhood, New Mexico, and Hostility with Oregon
On July 13, 2022, Cascadia was formed by SayerQT, with its capital in Olympia.
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