Nine Nations of North America

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

The Empty Quarter

• Where?
• Capital: Denver
• Symbol: mining crane / steam shovel
• Keyword: resources or distance
• Pop. culture:
• Great distances
• A harsh land: "you conquer it, or it conquers you"
• Source of raw materials for the other nations of North America:
• Decisions made outside of the nation
• Sparsely populated: [napopden]

OPTIONAL:
What is Y2Y?
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/radiox/av/y2y_preview01.ram
A proposed Yellowstone to Yukon conservation zone.

If you are interested in The Empty Quarter and its wildlife listen to this 2 part radio program from National Public Radio and the National Geographic Society. (You will need RealAudio.)

To get to the radio programs (or to get RealAudio) go here.: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/radiox/y2y/index.html . Each progam lasts about 5 minutes.

If you'd rather read the program go here:
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/radiox/y2y/y2ypre/y2y_pre_transcript.html

While listening to the program, be sure to check out the map at:
http://www.rockies.ca/y2y/program_map.htm

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