[quote=@aladdin_sane]
<Snipped quote by ClocktowerEchos>

It is very tentative at this point, but I was considering making either a neofedudal state governed by yuppies that managed to flee the Silicon Valley or having the unclaimed remnants of New Jersey and parts of New York governed by a criminal syndicate descended from the Mafia.  
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May I ask what you intend to do with technology in relation to your claim in Cali?
Also, I think someone else might be taking southern Cali.