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The Federal Republic of Cascadia, commonly known as Cascadia is a country located in northwest Altaris. It consists of 22 states which are governed by a federal government. It shares land borders with Nordmarken-Flachland to the east and Wattenmeer to the south and has maritime borders with Khozhlod to the west. Cascadia's 12 states and 3 territories span a combined 902,911.77 square miles in territory and have a total population of approximately 127 million as of 2022. The national capital of Cascadia is Juneau, the country's largest city and main cultural and commercial center; other major urban areas include Dartmouth, Newport, Oak Harbor, Provincetown, Port MacNeil, Charlestown, Ketchikan, and Elizabethtown.

Cascadia was first settled by humans during the neolithic period, however it remained sparsely populated until the middle ages except for the southeast which was settled by early Germanic tribes. During the middle ages, colonists from the Kingdom of Great Mercia began to settle along the north and west coasts of Cascadia, and soon formed fledging settlements and colonies, Over time, the Mercian colonies grew and became economically productive, settling further and further inland. During the 18th century, a quarrel over political representation and economic policy led to a revolution against the Mercian authorities. After the revolution, Cascadia became independent, forming its own federal republic. Cascadia grew and industrialized over the following decades, its location on the northwest coast of Altaris being prime to access the circular trade currents which flow south to Isica and east from Eigonia. Continuing the trend of expansion, the Cascadian republic continued to settle and expand inland into its claimed territory, coming into occasional conflict with the Native Cascadian tribes which already resided in the northern mountain and taiga.

In the mid 19th century, an ambitious Cascadian general, Lawrence Cooper, was elected President and later appointed Dictator. During the 12 years of his reign, Cooper led Cascadia on multiple successful campaigns against their neighbors, called the Laurentian Wars, which greatly expanding Cascadian territory and subjugated the rest. Cooper's reign, while violent, also brought many social, political, and economic reforms to Cascadia and its neighbors. However, a failed incursion into Khozhlod opened the way for a coalition victory over the Cascadian forces and the ousting of Cooper and his clique. The Cascadian defeat led to a period of relative Cascadian decline which lasted until the late 19th century.

This decline began to reverse when subsequent decades saw a period of economic prosperity and cultural and scientific flourishing known as the Beautiful Era, with Cascadia reestablishing itself as a great power by 1900. However, political and social reform lagged behind the rate of industrialization. Tumultuous poltiicals saw the rise and fall of many successive governments. Corruption, monopolies, and the concentration of wealth was rife throughout Cascadian society. And abject poverty, destitution, and moral degeneration was commonplace in the lower classes. To combat this, the rising middle-class, labor unions, and religious groups began to demand major political and economic reforms to Cascadia itself.

This came to a head with the meteoric rise, and subsequent election, of William A. Smith and his Federalist Party in 1934. A self-described progressive, Smith and his party overhauled the Cascadian economic and political system. Smith sought to fight these social, economic, and political ills by advancing democracy, scientific methods, professionalism, and efficiency; regulating business, protecting the natural environment, and improving working conditions in factories and living conditions of the lower classes. Smith's policies were immensely popular and successful, and as a result his party remains dominant in Cascadian politics to this day.

The Cascadian government is a federal republic and a representative democracy with three separate branches of government: executive, legislative, and judicial. It has a bicameral national legislature composed of the House of Delegates, a lower house based on population; and the Senate, an upper house based on equal representation for each state. Many policy issues are decentralized at a state or local level. It ranks among the highest in the world in international measures of quality of life, income, wealth, economic competitiveness, education, and innovation.

Cascadia wields considerable global influence as the one of the world's foremost political, cultural, economic, military, and scientific powers. Cascadia is a founding member of the International Council of Nations and NAMDO.

Republic of Ghana
Flag Coat of arms
Motto: "Freedom and Justice"
Anthem: "God Bless Our Homeland Ghana"
Capital and largest city	Accra
Official languages	English
Recognised national languages	Dagaare Dagbanli Dangme Ewe Frafra Ga Gonja Nzema Twi Fante Ghanaian Sign Language
Ethnic groups (2021 census)	45.7% Akans 18.5% Mole-Dagbon 12.8% Ewe 7.1% Ga-Adangbe 6.4% Gurma 3.2% Guan 2.7% Gurunsi 2.0% Mande 1.6% Other / Unspecified
Religion (2021 census)	71.3% Christianity —49.0% Protestantism —22.3% Other Christian 19.9% Islam 3.2% Traditional faiths 1.1% No religion 4.5% Other / Unspecified
Demonym(s)	Ghanaian
Government	Unitary presidential republic
• President	Nana Akufo-Addo
• Vice-President	Mahamudu Bawumia
• Speaker of Parliament	Alban Bagbin
• Chief Justice	Kwasi Anin-Yeboah
Legislature	Parliament
Independence from the United Kingdom
• Commonwealth realm	6 March 1957
• Republic	1 July 1960
Area
• Total	238,535 km2 (92,099 sq mi) (80th)
• Water (%)	4.61 (11,000 km2; 4,247 mi2)
Population
• 2022 estimate	32,103,042 (47th)
• 2021 census	30,792,608
• Density	101.5/km2 (262.9/sq mi) (103rd)
GDP (PPP)	2022 estimate
• Total	$217 billion (68th)
• Per capita	$6,780 (140th)
GDP (nominal)	2022 estimate
• Total	$75.9  billion (77th)
• Per capita	$2,369 (143th)
Gini (2016)	43.5 medium
HDI (2021)	0.632 medium · 133rd
Currency	Cedi (GHS)
Time zone	UTC (GMT)
Date format	dd/mm/yyyy
Driving side	right
Calling code	+233
ISO 3166 code	GH
Internet TLD	.gh

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