The United Cascadian States, locally referred to as Cascadia, the States, or UCS, is a federal constitutional republic comprising five states, and a federal district in which the capital, Portland, is contained. The country is situated in West-Central North America, where its five states and the District of Oregonia, lie between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains, bordered by Canada to the north, and the United States of America to the east and south.
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United Cascadian States
Kaskadneske Forenede Stater
Sameinuð ríki Kaskadía
États-Unis Cascadique
Каскадийские Соединенные Штаты
אורגון
Vereinigte Kaskadische Staaten
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National Motto: Ense petti pacidam sub libertate quietum
(By the sword we seek peace, but peace only under liberty)
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| National Anthem: Cascadian Banner
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Location of Cascadia in N. America
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| Capital
| Portland, D.O.
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| Largest city
| Seattle-Tacoma
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| Languages
| English (Official), several semi-Official languages
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| Demonym
| Cascadian
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Government
| Federal Constitutional Republic
Michaëlle E. Dessler
Samuel T. Andressen
Elosha H. Costanza
Allison K. Taylor
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Legislature
– Upper-house
– Lower-house
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Senate
House of Representatives
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| Permanent Rep. to the SCJU
| Gregory J. Conley
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Independence
– Declared
– Recognized
| From 
3 August 1846
14 February 1851
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Area
– Total
– Water (%)
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754,706.4 km² (38TH)
1.2 (88TH)
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Elevation
– Highest Point
– Lowest Point
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Mount Rainier (4,293 m)
Pacific Ocean (Sea Level)
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Population
– Q4-2009 est.
– 2000 census
– Density
– Median Average Income (NOM)
– Median Average Income (PPP)
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15,190,957
12,212,000
20.128 / km²
$46,402
$46,054
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GDP (Nominal)
– Total
– Per capita
| Q4-2009 est.
$643,710,218,247 (15TH)
$42,375 (9TH)
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GDP (PPP)
– Total
– Per capita
| Q4-2009 est.
$648,574,527,201 (15TH)
$42,693 (4TH)
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| HDI (2008 est.)
| 0.966 (4TH) (high)
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| Currency
| Cascadian Dollar (§) - (CSD)
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Time zone
– Summer (DST)
| (UTC-7), (UTC-8)
Does not observe DST
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| Drives on the
| Right
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| Internet TLD
| *.fc
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| 2-αc
| CF
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| 3-αc
| CSD
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| Calling code
| +1 NANPA
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| Confederation
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The United Cascadian States operates as a confederation, with a limited, but necessary federal government; with the majority of sovereign rights and powers being retained by the states and the People. In Cascadia, the People are considered the Sovereign(s) of the state; Cascadia is essentially a United Kingdom that has been flipped upside-down, with the People as the Crown, and the government as the commoners; Cascadian political culture specifies the government as Servants of the People, whereas Cascadian law allows for the recall of many government officials by the People.
[Cascadian] government is established "with the consent of the governed...to protect the rights of individuals". In Cascadia, civil liberties and rights are of the utmost importance, and anyone or anything that attempts to restrict these are, for the most part, met with staunch resistance; the national value of Cascadia is Libertarianism, while most Cascadians identify as anti-Federalists where the federal government is concerned. In Cascadia, as well as the United States, anti-Federalism is the belief/ideology that the federal government only has powers that have been expressly devolved to it by the states or the People via the federal constitution. Cascadian anti-Federalists agree that a federal government is necessary, but believe that the majority of sovereign rights and powers rest with the states and the People.
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| Lovechild of Canada and America
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Cascadia has been given the nickname of "Lovechild of Canada and America" due to its mixture of American and Canadian values.
Cascadians, like Canadians, are very welcoming and accepting; they also have the ability to laugh at themselves. Indeed, most Cascadians are able to see things from the other side of the looking glass, even if they don't necessarily agree with the other side's view.
However, unlike Canadians --and very much like Americans--, Cascadians believe in republicanism, that is, the form of governance called a "Republic". Cascadians are also similar to Americans in that the majority of both countries are staunch supporters of the Right to Bear Arms. The common view of those Cascadians and Americans is that a populace that is armed is one that is less susceptible to being oppressed by a tyrannical government. One of Cascadia's most revered Americans is the Third President of the United States, Thomas Jefferson.
Jefferson said on the matter:
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