UPDATED: Your chance to influence national policy!

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#43, named Sequoia.

BTW, I'll basically be ignoring the military stuff, so please don't invade me....

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so, why is my place so poor?

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May I also have district 40?

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check and check.

Oh, btw, i'll call District 40 'Columbia', after the river. I'd also like to rename 43 from 'Sequioa' to "Willamette', to follow the trend

Alcon, Immy-I think an alliance would be a wise idea. Immy, you're my buffer zone

I'm going to be pretty peaceful. I think it would be good to make the northwest a shining beacon of prosperity and developement...wait, it already is

Anyway, I'd like to join an alliance with you if you will be peaceful. I won't attack you, but if yuou attack me I will defend. I might try to overtake some unoccupied territories to my south, however.

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You're southern Florida, Dean

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why on earth will we be adding Mexico?

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WMS - Well done.

Thanks. You have to actually live out here to get the overwhelming importance of 'who controls the water'.

Here, it's not who controls it so much as 'will we get it', but I sympathise

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me.

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me region is CALLED Columbia.

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Let's come to an amicable agreement. We share the river and neither crosses it without the other's permission for ANY reason. I'll let trade freely throw through my borders to yours, and expect the same, as well as safety for all water traffic on the river up to and including the border of my territories on the river, as well as free passage for my citizens' and trade through your territory. I guarantee your river traffic the same freedom and security up to and including your border.

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May I suggest that 119 isn't taken until Yaks Hairbrush has a chance to get to it, otherwise he'll be trapped with just the one? May I suggest the same with 26/76?

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Let's come to an amicable agreement. We share the river and neither crosses it without the other's permission for ANY reason. I'll let trade freely throw through my borders to yours, and expect the same, as well as safety for all water traffic on the river up to and including the border of my territories on the river, as well as free passage for my citizens' and trade through your territory. I guarantee your river traffic the same freedom and security up to and including your border.

Sounds great. And I'm a docile region (Switzerland with beaches) so you don't need to worry.

By the way, I'd like to call my region Pacifica.

Cool. I suggested before we frm an area of peace, prosperity and developement in the northeast, with Immy as our militarily powerful, friendly buffer state

I might take over 41 and 16, and maybe 42, during the course of the game, but other then that and possibly 15 and 21, that'll be it for me. Following the natural features theme, 42 will be named Cascadia. 41, Klamath.

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128, maybe, but def. not 126. Adam's choice, obviously.

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Alcon will hate you...but you're welcome to join the Commonwealth of Cascadia, afleitch