\With as recent a PoD as possible, how could the idea of Cascadian secession evolve beyond a joking regional identifier and into a genuine movement with the same level of popular support and political power as, say, Scottish independence?
Presumably there would need to be something to create genuine antagonism between the region and the American and Canadian governments. How could this be accomplished? I've got a vague idea about Wayne Morse and Vietnam, but it would have to be a local issue rather than a national one.