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At the height of expansion, Cascadians had annexed a number of agriculturally rich lands to their south; around 1750, they rebelled to form their own federation. It was the first major war that the Cascadian lost after federating, and to this day Midians call their former masters "Midia's hat".

Midia is the Slipstream's breadbasket; frequent rains and good soil make the territory very suitable for food crops, and the forests on the northern edges are rich in the sort of fauna that doesn't require a stomp suit to hunt.

The land's agricultural prosperity has allowed Midians to be isolationist and not put much effort into industrial pursuit; despite this, they have a strong military and a volunteer militia system that encompasses most any Midian who feels like shooting at things, that is, most of them.

Midia is a federation modeled loosely on the Cascadian system, although they insist that it's actually the other way round. Land Helicon is loosely associated with the Midian federation.

The variant of Jovism prevalent in Midia has caused the canton to become a de facto theocracy a few times in its history, but there is constant ebb and flow on the matter; even during more progressive times, non-Jovists should keep their faith to themselves.

 (Stereotype: Redneck)