Speaking of Grogar and civil war Sigma, we need to work out Cascadias role in all this.  I imagine the rocky mountains shield them from the conflict far more effectively than the NAUs border region does so Cascadia might be less involved.

That said, those same mountains make Cascadia a haven for refugee's, I can easily see it being seen as a sort of hopeful dream safe from conflict by the populace of the plains.  

Which ties into the plan I had, immigrants are non citizens in Cascadia unless they serve in the military, so there would be an incentive for massive recruitment were I to move on some area of the fractured coalition.  

Hmm, we should hash this out in a pm.