Aurora:Mackenzie
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Mackenzie (Previously known as NWT), was a nation located in Western Canada, primarily northwest Canada. The capital of Mackenzie was HayRiver. The nation was founded on October 2nd, 2024 after seceding peacefully from Cascadia, and was dissolved in December 2024. Mackenzie at its peak was ranked 38th.
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Geography
Mackenzie was located in northwestern Canada, with some territories dipping into British Columbia. To the south are the nations Cascadia and BC, to the west is the nation of Alaska, and to the east is the nation of Wollaston. The nation features giant landscapes of mountains to the west and more warm, wet regions to the east. The nation can be divided into two political districts, the east and the west.
Eastern District
Eastern Mackenzie featured the capital, HayRiver. Many of the towns located in this district are founded on the bank of the Great Slave Lake. It is a popular destination for towns for its status as a solid fishing spot. This district also includes part of the Great Bear Lake.
Western District
Western Mackenzie is a highly populated region, Featuring large towns such as Castle John, Fort Nina, and Delta. Castle John, the most populated town in NWT, is in this region. The region is known for heavy recruiting, bringing in many town owners and dedicated community members to the nation.
Economy
Mackenzie's economy followed communist and socialist economic principles, although participating in a pseudo-capitalist system as required by the shop system. They achieved this by having a robust welfare system, entitling every town to 100 gold after 2 weeks. Their economy relied on fishing and their national shop, although there was no major international stores located in Mackenzie. There are a large array of local shops around different towns, although there was not much of a market for embassy plots. A lot of monetary resources came from mining in the western portions of the country, and fishing in the east.
Government
More in the Mackenzie constitution
The government consisted of the representatives, elected every month, that then elect two of themselves to become the prime minister and the speaker of the house for that month. The prime minister then selects half the number of the representatives, minus one, to be their cabinet ministers for that month. The prime minister finally decides what role the CM will fulfill; Economy, defense, interior, and others are popular picks. The Speaker of the House assembled the representatives throughout the month to discuss a topic and come to a consensus on how the government should proceed on that topic. Ultimately however, as stated under Article 1 Section VII of the Mackenzie Constitution, all decisions made by the democratically elected government could be vetoed at any time by either of the founders, and founders had special executive powers to hold their own legislative assemblies without the presence of the Speaker of the House. This undermined the democratic system and arguably led to the political turbulence that toppled Mackenzie.
History
Pre-History
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.
Foundation
Mackenzie seceded peacefully on good terms with Cascadia on October 2nd, 2024. At this time, it was known as NWT. For the next couple of weeks, NWT acted peacefully, signing multiple non-aggression pacts with other nations. These included Cascadia, Vermont, and Ontario. Relations were good, and NWT quickly gained new towns and citizens across northwestern Canada.
Cascadian Invasion
Tensions arose when the new player Aduwastaken created the town "Ythan_Adevir" on the road east of Castle John, the most populated city in NWT. The mayor first requested to join Mackenzie by messaging xHydre via Discord, then joined Cascadia and began denying ever contacting xHydre; furthermore after a week of communications between Adu and the Mackenzie diplomats a ticket was created in the Cascadia Discord. Supreme Leader xStoicx made several attempts to claim national sovereignty in the region; but Drac, Milgorn, and other Cascadian bureaucrats denied the legitimacy of Mackenzie whilst spending their remaining diplomatic time belittling leftist ideologies. The NWT government demanded the town be moved further south away from the road they'd built as xStoicx & xHydre had plans to create a national metropolis along this route, but as Cascadia declined this offer NWT felt they had no choice but to declare war on Cascadia in order to protect their territorial sovereignty in the Mackenzie Basin region. Since the war began Cascadia funded multiple settlements around NWT territorial claims and major cities including Error and Fort_Toto directly between Castle John and HayRiver. Prime Minister Ruffwoof was accused of foreign interference as they were involved with the Cascadia "shadow government" secretly interfering with NWT's political agenda from the start as reported by an anonymous source. Founder xStoicx had suspicions of Ruffwoof's intentions in the nation after learning of Ruffwoof's allegiance to his former nation Aurora:Cascadia. xStoicx proposed the NWT Legislative Assembly impeach him and thus he was immediately removed from office. Upon breaking further NWT Discord rules by spamming the advertisement's channel, Ruffwoof was removed and banned from the server.
Pechorsk_Colter Defection
The owner of Pechorsk_Colter, a user by the name of _haines, was removed from NWT for treason after the founders accused him of espionage. This resulted in the battle of Pechorsk_Colter.
2.1 Debacle
After user Limao_mao reported NWT's name as a duplicate of another smaller nation by the name of N.W.T, NWT was forced to be renamed and rebranded. They wanted their nation to be named Mackenzie for simplicity, however staff forced them to be named the Mackenzie Basin. Later, they renamed to simply Mackenzie.
Cessation of the Empire
While the Mackenzie founders made several attempts to bring socialism to their land, their constitution (which was approved and signed by multiple founders including RuffWoof and xHydre) allowed xStoicx ultimate executive powers as NWT's standing monarch, as he had accumulated the funds and purchased the nation himself initially. Mackenzie entered a political loop in its final months, electing Prime Ministers like RuffWoof and TheSnowic, both eventually being removed from their positions and outlawed by xStoicx with little public information released as to why. xStoicx suffered tremendous financial pressures during the Cascadian invasion, as HayRiver's southwest border became overclaimed by Ruffwoof's Beaver_Lake, ultimately leading to xStoicx unclaiming the western area of HayRiver all together (losing 1000g+ in chunks).
Aftermath
xstoicx ultimatly lost faith in creating his ideal socialist nation on EMC's "NEET Oligarch server" ( - xstoicx), his ambitions of creating an equal nation for new players alike fell apart; he believed Cascadia was a huge threat to the sovereignty of Mackenzie and was too influential in the continent to compete, especially with strong allies surrounding the Mackenzie River Basin. xStoicx sold the nation to Tuzzzie (the queen of Alaska) for 3500g, and sought asylum in the northwestern part of Alaska's coast, eventually founding the new nation of NorthwestAmerica. xstoicx wishes "that people will understand the immense pressures of creating a socialist nation, it isn't an easy task - especially with the greed and crime that continues to plague the server."