Constitution of the United Republic of Cascadia

Article 1: The United Republic of Cascadia

 * 1) The United Republic of Cascadia is an independent and sovereign state with a single international legal personality and a federal government and consists of two constituent states, namely Oregon and Washington.
 * 2) The independence, territorial integrity, security, and constitutional order of the United Republic of Cascadia shall be safeguarded and respected by all.
 * 3) Union of Cascadia in whole or in part with any other country, any form of partition of secession, and any other unilateral change to the state of affairs established by this Constitution is prohibited.
 * 4) The United Republic of Cascadia shall be organized under this Constitution in accordance with the basic principles of rule of law, democracy, representative republican government, political equality of Oregonians and Washingtonians, bi-zonality and the equal status of the constituent states.

Article 2: The constituent states

 * 1) The constituent states are of equal status. Each constituent state exercises its authority within the limits of this Constitution and its territorial boundaries, as set out in the maps attached to this Constitution.
 * 2) The identity, territorial integrity, security and constitutional oder of the constituent states shall be safeguarded and respected by all.
 * 3) The constituent states shall organize themselves freely within the limits of this Constitution and in conformity with the basic principles of rule of law, democracy, and representative republican government under their own Constitutions.