Cascadia (fictional)

Cascadia, officially the Dominion of Cascadia, is a sovereign country and federal state in the North Pacific occupying the entire bioregion of the same name. It is divided into nine regions and occupies a land area of 1,384,588 km2. As of 2022 the population is estimated at 18 million. Its capital and largest city is located in Vancouver, but Seattle, Portland, Juneau and Victoria are also major cities.

It is known for its high environmental standards, multiculturalism and temperate climate, and its giving of importance to civil liberties. Cascadia is a Commonwealth Realm, governed by Queen Elizabeth II through Governor-General Janet Austin and also by Prime Minister Jay Inslee.

Ethnic groups
Cascadians are a distinct ethnic group, formed from the mixture of Britons, Quebecois, Americans, indigenous people, Chinese, and South Asians. The six ethnic groups forming the nucleus of Cascadian identity are now known as the Six Forefather Groups, represented by the six stars in the middle of the flag.

Trivia

 * Cascadia is one of the first, if not only, countries to illegalize NFTs. Originally met with mixed reaction, the Cascadian Government passed a bill in November 2021 that banned NFTs, but never called for the criminalization of NFTs. Cascadia's Parliament had previously passed two bills declaring cryptocurrency and blockchain technology illegal nationwide.
 * The penalty for minting anything as an NFT ranges from a $5000 dollar fine to 5 months in prison.
 * Cascadia is known for its LGBT rights, religious freedom and free education. It also shares an open border agreement between Canada and the United States.
 * Its main TV networks are the CFB cluster (CFB, Multivision, CET and FNB), BCTV, U and VTV.
 * Cascadia shares multiple cultural aspects with Canada: station callsign prefixes (CF-CK), government agencies and cable channels. On the other hand, Canada and Cascadia have separate Olympic teams (under the same Olympic Committee), FTA TV stations, Parliaments, militaries (which enjoy a high degree of cooperation with each other), accents (although it inherits the Canadian raising pronunciations, including "about" being pronounced as "aboot") and anthems (O Canada and Peace for our Homeland).
 * Despite being based in the United States, T-Media was founded by a Cascadian.