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Cascadia, officially known as the People's Republic of Cascadia, is a bioregionalist democratic socialist nation primarily located in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. It consists of twelve provinces, and a variety of First Nations autonomies. Cascadia is also in a free association with two island nations: the Kingdom of Hawaii and the Republic of Kiribati. It is the world's 7th largest country by land area. It shares a land border with the Republic of California to the south and has maritime borders with Japan, Russia, and other nations. With a population of over 19 million, it is the most populous country in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. The capital of Cascadia is Vancouver, and its most populous city and principal financial center is Seattle.

Originally inhabited by Native Americans, the region that became Cascadia was explored by Europeans first via the sea. The first documented voyage of exploration was made in 1777 by the Spanish, and both British and American vessels visited the region not long thereafter. Originally claimed by several countries (see Oregon Country), most of the region was divided between the British Empire and the US in 1846, while Russia took the region of Alaska. Upon occupation, the territory encompassed an area that included the former states of Oregon, Washington, Alaska, and Idaho, as well as parts of Wyoming, Montana, and California. The capital of the territory was first Oregon City, then Salem, followed briefly by Corvallis, then back to Salem, which became the state capital upon Oregon's admission to the Union. Following the breakup of the United States in 2024, the region gained its independence, finally as one united entity.

Today, with 19 million people over 3 million square miles, Cascadia is the seventh largest nation in the world. The capital, Vancouver, is the second-most populous city in Cascadia, with 631,490 residents. Seattle, with 684,451,is the largest in the nation. The Seattle–Tacoma–Bellevue metropolitan area is the largest metro area in the nation, with a population of 4,102,400. The nation is home to an abundance of natural resources, which provides the population with sustainable free healthcare and wages of wealth.

Cascadia is also one of the most geographically diverse nations in the world, marked by volcanoes, abundant bodies of water, dense evergreen, tundra, and mixed forests, as well as traces of high deserts and semi-arid shrublands. At 20,310 feet (6,190 m), Denali is the nation's highest point. Cascadia is home to an abundance of natural parks and natural reserves. The nation is also home to the single largest organism in the world, Armillaria ostoyae, a fungus that runs beneath 2,200 acres (8.9 km2) of the Malheur National Forest.