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In the book "The Nine Nation of North America," Joel Garreau posits that North America has nine cultural regions that operate like different nations. He borrows the term "Ecotopia," from the Science Fiction book of the same name, for a West Coast region from Alaska to Northern California. This concept has intrigued me for years.

I have expanded the idea of Ecoptopia to include both pennisulas at either end, even though Garreau thinks they are culturally different regions. (I don't care, I like it better.)

So, my challenge is how could an independent nation that speaks English, but is multicultural with a green ethic, exist now with a POD before 1900? Of course the name wouldn't be Ecotopia since that name arose in OTL in fiction. So we also need to come up with a name for this country.

Any takers? ::smile::

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