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Cascadian Commonwealth
A coalition of northern lands. Land Cascadia proper is ruled from beautiful Tarant City, nestled between a forest and a lake, and is the home of the largest university in the Slipstream. Despite most of the Commonwealth's inhabited lands bordering the Plateau on the northern side, Cascadians are generally peaceful people, protected from their southern neighbour by a tall mountain range that closes off the Plateau. While the Commonwealth comprises about two dozen properly settled lands, most settlements are small. Cascadians rigs are often fully enclosed. Cascadia's ruler, the Secretary of General Affairs, is nominally the regent for a long-gone queen and is elected by popular vote.

Cascadians are paradoxically extremely proud of the fact that they are known far and wide for having a national cuisine typified by the fact that unless one has grown up with it, it is the sort of food which can only be faced down by a sane being while drunk or sleep deprived, and only enjoyable when both are true. Visitors experiencing Cascadian fare for the first time are in luck, however, as the alcohol is plentiful and there are occasional roving bands of singing lumberjacks always happy to ensure that Cascadia may be enjoyed in its most ideal form.

While it is a common pastime, attempting to get a rise out of the notably stoic Cascadian soldiery is inadvisible save for the truly sensetive to social graces. You will never get a rise from the soldier himself, but if you cross The Line, you will go about your business until such time as it is convenient for you to disappear, and you will be found having been savagely gored by several angry specimen of moose.

Cascadian ale is famous through the Slipstream for lasting very long, being quite nourishing, and providing great motivation to field teams to get the job done, go home, and be able to drink pretty much anything that isn't Cascadian ale.

 (Stereotype: British/Canadian)

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