[simondw]

> fictitious nation-state

Are you referring to Cascadia? That's a perfectly non-fictional name for the region (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Northwest).

Or maybe I missed another reference?

[dragonwriter]

Cascadia is a perfectly non-fictional name for the region, the Republic of Cascadia Department of Cephalopod Conservation, OTOH, is an extremely fictional agency of an equally fictional government.