Nine Nations of North America

Introduction	The Islands
The Foundry	MexAmerica
The Breadbasket	Ecotopia
New England	The Empty Quarter
Dixie	Quebec

Ecotopia

• Where?
• Capital: San Francisco
• Symbol: tree
• Keyword: water
• Pop. culture: Movie: Citizen Cane

  From Northern California to Alaska, Ecotopia (from the words ECOlogy and uTOPIA) comprises the northern west coast of North America. Its a land where individualism and the environment are respected (Garreau says "worshipped"). It is the home of the Posse Comitatus right-wing militia, and radical environmentalists who pound spikes into trees to stop the lumberman's saw. but it is also the home of Boeing Arilines, Microsoft , and Silicon Valley.

Garreau says that Ecotopia is surrounded by hostile forces. To the south, dry Mexamerica has their eyes on ecotopia's water [napreces], but the Ecotopians defend their water fiercely.

Ecotopia's individualism is expressed in a form of xenophilia (the love of things strange and foreign). It's educational center, UC Berkely, is known for being at the center of the '60s generation. the home of LSD and the Grateful Dead. silicon valley is jus up the road. Holistic medicine, solar energy, "wierd"?

Ecotopia ias a Pacific Rim nation [parim]

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