There is no such thing as "no point in keeping it", there is only "no ability to do so" when it comes to land. There were already discoveries of gold made on the Stikine River by the British in 1862, and Russia received reports of gold in Alaska in 1860. How is gold not worth keeping exactly? Maybe it was the case that Russians knew what they were selling and Americans knew what they were buying, and not the case of "Roosky think Amerikansky stoopid, but it turn out Roosky stoopid instead"?
There are places where there is no point in keeping it, some islands to this day are unclaimed because they frankly are too small to do anything with them and don't matter. And the stupid Russian thing, I was advocating against that so thanks for repeating me?
Well, if Cascadia is a made up name, what exactly is the problem with it being in the same colonial region as Alaska? Are you quoting me and trying to argue with someone else? All I argued was that a Russian colonial nation of Alaska could have been a historical possibility were it not for the British and Americans getting to Oregon first.
I said Cascadia wasn't a word used until the 1970s, not a made up word.... Anyway, a better region name would be Pacific Northwest, or just Northwest. While true they are the same thing, at least you have a name fitting for the time better. And no I was not misquoting you to argue with someone else, I was talking about the new Cascadia tag that exists and Alaska being in it. Regarding a possible Russian colonization, doubtful until at least the industrial revolution, the conditions just are horrible, not unlivable, but expect not a lot of interest and a lot of deaths. The region of Alaska, and other parts of Canada would work much better as trade companies, which is exactly what most of the land was during the game. Take a look at history of the region and see how long it took for people to actually live in Alaska and Northern Canada. Warmer regions which are much nicer and would attract people, like Oregon/Columbia or California or whatever would be a lot more attractive for colonizers. Live in a cold place that gets warm, has lots of food, room, resources and great port locations, or live in frozen land where you'll be constantly carrying a fire and all you do for food is hope the shipment doesn't get stuck in the icy water or that you can find an animal soon. Yeah I know which one I'm taking if I'm moving across the ocean for a better life.
Ideally Alaska becomes it's own trade company region, instead of a colonial one, Cascadia, if it's going to be called that still, would be a a colonial region, since British Columbia was an actual colony before joining Canada. Great Plains and Hudson Bay regions should also be trade company regions as they were in real life. Frankly, a lot of North America should be trade companies and while I would love a mechanic that allows you to have new colonial regions appear out of your trade companies after X amount of time has passed and you've invested enough time in colonizing it, I just don't see that being added into the game at this stage.
Regardless, you seem to really want Alaska being in the game, I really don't, this is obvious and there's really not much point in continuing this discussion, especially since it's been confirmed that Alaska will be a tag.
