[Diddle E. Squat]

I dunno, seems like the demographics battle has been lost somewhat overwhelmingly in Washington and Oregon, so my guess is any dissension would be effectively contained by their governors. So first, portions of those states would have to seceed from that state, by the time that's done the train has left the station. Better shot at adding Alberta, but BC is probably too left(Vancouver-centric). Don't know about the Yukon and NW Territories, so I'll assume no. But Alaska would certainly be on board. Seems like some alliance(payoff) with Mexico would be needed to establish a Pacific port(Tijuana, or Gulf of California south of Arizona).

So I guess ya'll have to migrate, or wait until the economic success of the republic is luring enough to mount a campaign to regain your statehouse.

Kinda like playing Risk without the armies.

[Scott from the Left Coast]

Aha! But now the rest of the story (see, I'm getting in form for the new mag!):

Over the last 30 years there have been five efforts made by eastern Wash. and eastern Oregon to secede from the western parts of their states and join with northern Idaho as a new state (one of the bills -- in 1981, I think it was -- named the new state as the state of "Lincoln").

So, you see, there's precedence. And the Cascade mountains would make for one helluva great defensive position.