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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 Cascadian treasury. The nation was endorsed by Estonian Mapping, however most of its planning was done by BetaPlain. The capital of Oregon was intended to be the town of Portland, which was already founded. The nation was never created because the town of Bend or Portland were not successful.
History
Origins
During late 2019, player BetaPlain quickly became disillusioned with his town of Newburn, after many attempted but unsuccessful attempts at creating a nation. Estonian Mapping, president of Cascadia and looking to expand Cascadia's influence, contacted BetaPlain during this troubling time and offered that he would found the nation of Oregon via gold from the Cascadian treasury.
Early Planning
BetaPlain searched for a favorable location to found Portland, with the location of real-life 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 Portland at. BetaPlain was under the assumption that the town would expand North to reach the Columbia River.
Founding of Portland
BetaPlain acquired the 64 gold necessary to found Portland by unknown means. On 24 December 2019, the town of 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 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's problems continued when the realization was made that the ruins of Bend were too far away from the Columbia River, which served as the basis for much of his plans for Portland. Eventually, development on Portland nearly completely ended and activity was limited to voting.
BetaPlain decided to expand the town North in a claim arm to the Columbia River. However, only a few days in, the cost to claim to the Columbia River from 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's point of view.
Despite the fact that 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 Estonian Mapping, but Estonian Mapping refused, citing that they did not have the required gold. BetaPlain reminded Estonian Mapping of their promise, but 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 Columbia River. However, BetaPlain was not sure of this decision, which implored him to create a proposal in 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, Estonian Mapping fully supported the decision, and asked BetaPlain to sell the town to a nearby resident, Chrysoprasus.
New Portland Location
On 9 December 2020, the town of Portland was renamed to Bend and was sold to player Chrysoprasus. On the same day, BetaPlain founded the new town of Portland on the Columbia River.
Problems Arise with the New Location
Early in the development of the new Portland location, BetaPlain noticed the local
Coat of Arms
The Baja Coat of Arms was selected from a Bing Images search, which yielded the Baja Coat of Arms on an alternative history fandom.
Discord Server
BetaPlain created both a Tijuana and Baja Soviet Republic discord server. The Baja discord server was only created to the extent of channels and roles, and only EstiQT and chell27 were invited.
BetaPlain also introduced the concept of Commissariats, based off the real-life Soviet system.
Sports Team
- Main article: Baja Bears (Sports Team)
The Baja Soviet Republic was intended to have a sports team, which would play in EFL and Formula 1. A new team mascot was chosen, the bear, after the Russian bear, the symbol of Russia, which was formerly a communist state.
The official team name was chosen as the "Baja Bears," and a new commissariat was created, titled "The People's Commissariat for Sportly Activities" to directly oversee the sports team. BetaPlain did not enroll the sports team in either EFL or Formula 1.
A separate discord server was created for the Baja Bears with inspiration from the Alaska Orca's discord server.
On top of these things, plans were made for Tijuana to host a Formula 1 racetrack and potentially a football field.
Government
The government of the Baja Soviet Republic was to be the executive and administrative organ in the attempted Baja Soviet Republic.
The government was intended to be led by a general secretary, officially The General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Baja Soviet Republic, similar to the system present in the real-life Soviet Union. The general secretary was nominated by BetaPlain himself, in the event that BetaPlain left the server. The government was officially run by the Communist Party of the Baja Soviet Republic, which was also led by BetaPlain, and the party had direct rule over all state affairs. The first government was intended to be led by BetaPlain.
Communist Party of the Baja Soviet Republic
The Communist Party of the Baja Soviet Republic was intended to be the main political party in the Baja Soviet Republic. The Baja Soviet Republic was intended to be a one party state. The Communist Party was headed by BetaPlain and oversaw all state affairs.
Internal Security Directorate
- Main article: Internal Security Directorate (Baja Soviet Republic)
The Baja Soviet Republic was intended to have a secret police organization known as the Internal Security Directorate, or ISD for short. A logo was created specifically for this organization by BetaPlain, drawing influence from the real-life NKVD logo. The Internal Security Directorate was based off the real-life NKVD, the KGB, and the secret police with the same name, present in the HOI4 mod The New Order when playing as the Siberian Black League, although the reference to this secret police organization can only be found very scarcely.
The Internal Security Directorate was intended to have constitutional powers to arrest any person in the nation for any reason. On top of this, the ISD was intended to perform various counter-espionage, domestic espionage and foreign espionage activities.
The Internal Security Directorate was led by the Director of the ISD, who answered directly to the General Secretary. The first Director was BetaPlain, due to the lack of potential members in the organization.
Union with nearby Communist States
During the early planning and development of the Baja Soviet Republic, BetaPlain envisioned a union of communist states, similar to the Soviet Union, to create a federation of nations near the location of Tijuana. Although extensive planning for a union did not occur, the union was intended to take inspiration from the Union of South American Socialist Republics and the nation of Cuba, which were both communist states at this time. On top of this, inspiration arose from the Republic of Cascadia on Terra Nova, of which BetaPlain had been involved with before.
The government of the union would involve all member nations, however the Baja Soviet Republic would have the final say in all matters.
Internationale
BetaPlain sought to create an international association of communist nations with inspirations from both real-life NATO and the Communist International. The name of the association was to be Internationale, the French version of the word "international" and the name of the song "The Internationale", to make it distinct from the Communist Internationale of the real world. The logo for the communist international was taken from the real-life logo for the Communist International.
BetaPlain wanted the leader of the Communist International to be the Baja Soviet Republic. Other inspirations for the Internationale were drawn from the HOI4 mod The New Order's COMECON system for communist nations.
Discord Server
Much of the Internationale's planning was undertaken while creating the discord server. The development of the discord server was initially copied from the one designed for the Baja Soviet Republic discord server, and then edited.
Articles
- Associated link: Articles of the Internationale Treaty, Updated 3/2/2023
The Internationale was intended to have various articles, similar to the articles of NATO. These articles were to be the founding principles of the organization, and every member was required to agree to uphold these values.
Permanent Security Council
The Internationale was intended to host a permanent security council, inspired from the UN's permanent security council, to promote peace among member nations and to protect Internationale members from outsiders.
The Permanent Security Council was responsible for keeping security both between member nations and with outsiders to the organization. The Permanent Security Council was intended to have a variety of requirements, but these were never specified. The Permanent Security Council was also responsible for resolving disputes between member nations, and member nations were intended to have the ability to propose issues to the Security Council, where solutions could be discussed. Finally, the Permanent Security Council was responsible to oversee programs in the Internationale, more information on programs can be found in the appropriate section.
The Permanent Security Council was also intended to be responsible for coordinating the combined militaries in the event that Article III of the Internationale Treaty was invoked. On top of this, the Permanent Security Council was intended to make up the majority of the combined militaries of the Internationale.
Internationale Development Bank
The Internationale was intended to host a development bank, where large loans could be given to nations, players, or organizations. The decision was made that the development bank would have it's own discord server, and a new logo was made taken from a "Global Investment Bank and Capital Trust" image found online.
The investment bank was intended to allow loans to non-members of the Internationale, but Internationale members would be given a unique discount for loans. To incentivize larger loans, a requirement was made that loan requests must exceed at least 20 gold.
BetaPlain also created an independent EarthMC Credit Association to assist loan-givers, such as banks, in determining credit rates for players on EarthMC, similar to EarthMC Scam Protection in that it was intended to be universal.
Requirements
There were various requirements to join the Internationale, they were as follows:
I. All potential member nations must have a communist or socialist government in place or must have socialist elements in their government.
II. All potential member nations must vow that capitalists are the worst threat to the working classes, and that such a disgusting economic system must be destroyed at all costs.
III. All potential member nations must vow to protect their fellow communist comrades in the Internationale in the event of substantial economic strife.
IV. All potential member nations must vow that they will follow all articles of the Internationale treaty.
On top of this, all potential member nations must be accepted by all members of the Internationale. Although not much clarification was given, some nations could be discounted if they were inactive or did not respond for a few days.
Programs
The Internationale was intended to have multiple programs to support it's member nations. Member nations were intended to be allowed to propose programs, or opt out of them. It was the duty of the Permanent Security Council to uphold these programs and insure that they were running effectively.
Military
The military of the Baja Soviet Republic was intended to be made up entirely of mercenaries, specifically the Revenge mercenary group. During Tijuana's involvement with the Californian Republic, BetaPlain considered hiring Revenge to fight an independence war against California. This was considered because Oregon had broken away from California and the Californian government made an announcement that it desired to fight an independence war with Oregon, but they had refused. BetaPlain considered fighting a war for honor and glory to his new republic, and to bring it much needed attention if it were founded.
Buildings
The nation was intended to build a canal across the Baja California peninsula, to make trade and access easier to towns in the Gulf of California. Early planning for the canal began before Tijuana was founded while BetaPlain was talking with PesosInhaler.
Buildings in Tijuana
- Main article: Tijuana - Buildings
Tijuana hosted one building, which would the only building present if the Baja Soviet Republic was immediately founded.
Notable People
| Name | Rank |
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 BetaPlain
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General Secretary |