Cascadia Republic (Fallout mod)

A Northern Fallout Nation

The **Republic of Cascadia**, or by its other names such as the **Cascadia Republic**, **Cascadia**, **The Republic**, and **Northern Republic**. They have received a few names from their own citizens such as **The Great Republic**, **The United Cascadia**, and **Cascadian Empire**. But many prefer Cascadia Republic. It is the furthest nation of Yankland on Usonia located above the Pineland Commonwealth and the American States of Japan.

## History

Very little is known about the Republic of Cascadia as it is a new nation from a mod for the Fallout universe. Make that from the fan-Fallout universe. It was a new faction in the Northwestern American Wasteland with the capital being ruin downtown Seattle that has grown large and powerful in a short period of time. Starting off as just a small militia force that regulated the lands of the Oregon area they soon grew into a full fledged military force that assimilated the surrounding areas into their control. Their beginnings may have been a bit rough and required some violence but they don't resort to executions as often or using dirty tricks for their advantage as they want to paint a better image of themselves.

The Cascadian Republic dates back to the year 2256. Amidst the struggle for peace within the region a few groups formed that tried to regulate on the lawless activity that went on and the crime that polluted settlements. Many faded away as nothing more than mentions of the past as they operated on greedy ambitions for caps or chems. The one group that did stand and left their mark was the "Timberwolves." This group was mostly Ex-gunners who left due to their poor morals. They operated free and vowed to stop the area from ending up like the Commonwealth or the DC Area. They soon had managed to secure some of the Oregon. Once they had Oregon under their control they began to recruit more men and give them decent training. Training only got better when US Army special forces training manuals were recovered and printed throughout Cascadia. A policy of expansion was soon enacted as their former general began expanding past the borders of what was Cascadia it warranted resistance by raider gangs outside. They eventually pushed them back near the Cascadian border where the conflict came to a halt as of the moment. A group managed to get into the capital leader and blow the leaders head clean off with a sawed off as they ran up on them. In the wake of the assassination, Sebastian, AKA his right hand man, took his place and began to enact further as he militarized and industrializing. He believes they can become a decent force within the following years if they continue to go down the path they are (were) going.

According to the mod, they have participated in a few conflicts around the wastes such as the first NCR-Legion War and the Brotherhood-NCR skirmishes that came to a surprising end with a NCR victory. They continue to steadily grow under the lead of their new general, Sebastian. However, there are no records of such a thing in the official series.

The Cascadia Republic didn't became part of the wider psychic multiverse until the apocalypse came. When it settled and the second phase began, the newly established United Nations & Creations started booting out all the "non-official" nations and modded creations out of the psyche multiverse. This resulted in the Republic of Cascadia being transported into the Cascadia Galaxy in the real universe. They ended-up in the Yankland continent of the planet Usionia and seize the far north above the socialist agrarian Pineland Commonwealth and the fascist monarchy colony of the American States of Japan. The Cascadia Republic seized some territories from coast to coast because of the old hatreds for fascism and communism.

But before a full-scale war ensued, supranational nations asked if these countries on Usonia would join them. The Pineland Commonwealth joined the United Confederacy of Exiles. The Empire of the Rising Sun has been declared a neutral factor between the Independence League and the United Confederacy of Exiles. The Cascadia Republic joined the Independence League.

## Government

The government is a democratic constitutional presidential republic. It is headed by the president that is in-charge of the executive branch, the Presidential Council. The Council members is comprised of twelve members that are elected into office by members of the Cascadia Republic Congress. The Cascadia Republic Congress is the legislative branch of the Cascadia Republic with all members serving five years and two terms. There are six members that represent one of the three commonwealths, for a total of eighteen. The Republican Court is the judicial branch of the Cascadia Republic.

There are actually five political parties in the Cascadia Republic. There is the Republican Party that wants to restore American nationalism and being progressive. The Red Leaf Party was originally a grassroots reactionary movement to the American annexation of Canada in 2072. While they barely survived for the first 150 years or so after the Great War, now they are re-surfacing as they face a new contender: the Republic of Cascadia. Now they are one of the political parties that support Canadian nationalism and being anti-American. The Bellingham Party is actually one of the formable nations from Old World Blues that is Canadian that support the rights of Ghouls and are a pro-Canadian nationalist movement. The Wakaw Party was another one of the formable nations from Old World Blues that support scientific advancement rather than politics that include medicine, education, and cure all chem addicts while having Super Mutants, talking Deathlcaws and Ghouls in the work force. The Vault Party is a political party that supports isolationism, American nationalism, and national capitalism.

## Economy

The environment of the Cascadia Republic is much like pre-War Canada and before any human settlement before the republic set foot. As of now, much of the trade goods includes a great deal of timber they had to cut down in order to make room for cities and towns. However, many members of the Red Leaf Party believe in limiting the amount of trees being cut down in order to prevent any ecological disasters. Not to mention that there are some creatures living this far up north that can destroy tanks.

Other economics include transportation of goods on land since they brought back nuclear-powered vehicles. Not to mention the ridiculous storage spaces from the Fallout 4 game that a suitcase can fit an entire shopping center's worth of clothing and they will never get full. Mostly because the storage world objects from the games still have their function that still work even in another universe. They even have Mobile Power Generator trucks that act as mobile refueling stations for many of the nuclear-powered transport vehicles and even equipped with repair tools for quick fixes. They even acquired other forms of transportation such as the Transport Vertibirds.

They do have a large number of foods from the Fallout series such as Mutfruit, Nuka-Cola, and other foods including some that can only be found in Fallout: Cascadia. Brahmin and Bighorners are the biggest source of meat in the Cascadia Republic alongside a few other sources such as Rad Chicken, iguanas, Mole Rats, fish, and even some of the more local fauna such as cattle and buffalo. They even have a mix of crops from the Fallout series such as Razorgrain and Punga Fruit along with more realistic ones such as wheat and apples. Yet the Cascadia Republic is the headquarters for the branches of five soda companies that existed in pre-War days that are now alive and present (including modded ones), which includes; Nuka-Cola, Sunset Sarsaparilla, H-Bomb Energy Drink, Vim, and Pop & Chill. But the best news is that there is no radiation (except for Nuka-Cola Quantum).

There are a large number of mining operations that dig deep with Auto-Miner Protectrons and mineral extractors that made mining a bit easier and even made new vaults in the event that the American States of Japan might attack or another Great War event. They extract a great dead of ore which includes; aluminum, black titanium, copper, gold, iron, lead, silver, and radioactive ore such as ultracite and uranium. They even mine raw crystals and coal. Some of the rubble that have been excavated and have every scrap of material removed becomes concrete.

They also try to bring back a few pre-War entertainment and businesses such as Hubris Comics that make comic books such as Grognak the Barbarian, The Silver Shroud, and many more comic book series of that era along with toys, radio shows, television shows, and even arcade games. Others include the Wilsom Atomatoys which makes toys that include the Giddyup Buttercup horses, Vault-Tec Games Studios that make arcade games such as Pipfall and Red Menace, and Dynamite Animation Company that made the television series Armor Ace and Power Patrol along with some of the board games of that said series. But there are a few other new forms of entertainment that can be found such as the Deathclaw Fights where you watch Deathclaws fight each other to the death. There are also a few tourist places and even a few gambling parlors for visitors.

## Culture and Society

The culture of the Cascadia Republic is best describe as a mix due to the political parties as was states in the government heading above. We have one side being pro-American while the other is pro-Canada. As a result, both sides don't really get along since the pro-Canadians had their old lands annexed by the United States before the final stages of the Great War. The pro-American populace believe that it is their right to have the claim of Canada all together to prevent any further invasion. The Wakaw don't really care about politics and just want to develop civilization on a scientific level. There are only a few things that keep people together which includes their hatred for any form of fascism and communism, being controlled by foreign invaders, and some sport games. Those that are pro-American wear a white star pin while those that are pro-Canadian wear a red maple leaf pin. Those that don't support don't wear pins.

## Military

The main military force is the Cascadian Armed Forces. As of now, there are only two branches: Army and Air Force. Sadly, there is no navy to speak of. The Cascadian Army is well armed with all the advance weapons from the Fallout series and are trained based on US army training manuals which gives some decent level of training without experience. Field medics are highly trained thanks to medical books and textbooks about anything relating to the medical field. The entry exam for this job is taken and from there the training begins. They perform on a variety of subjects, mostly captured raiders or people who have committed heinous crimes such as repeated rape or murder. They are then given the bare minimum for combat training as they need to survive on the field. As for vehicles, they do use the mobile power generators and Type-1 Tanks that were found and fixed from old military depots and national guard posts that were supposed to be deployed in Anchorage or China. The Type-1 are used for anti-armor role and to provide indirect artillery fire due to the fact it can fire both HE and AP rounds.

The Cascadian Air Force utilize many vertibirds that were found along with the tanks as they fixed them up and use them. There are even larger vertibirds that are meant for transporting troops and supplies to their destination. These large vertibirds can carry one tank but only one tank and cannot carry anything else.

## Trivia

* The flag is made by mcmustang51 in Reddit.
	+ According to Splarnst in the comments: "Text makes it a decent t-shirt but a bad flag."