Salish-Shidhe Council

Salish-Shidhe Council
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Capital	Unknown
Government	Tribal Council (nan1.86)
Leaders
Population	8,590,000 (sona.114) Racial Breakdown Legend
Land area
GDP (total)	Unknown
(per capita)
Major Ethnic Groups
Major Languages Spoken
Major Religions
Currency	Nuyen (¥)

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Vital Statistics

From SoNA, p114

• Population: 8,590,000
  • Human: 63%
  • Elf: 11%
  • Dwarf: 9%
  • Ork: 12%
  • Troll: 3%
  • Other: 2%
• Tribal Affiliation: 86% of total population
  • Salish: 25%
  • Makah: 16%
  • Cascade Crow: 14%
  • Cascade Ork: 11%
  • Nootka: 10%
  • Sinsearach: 6%
  • Other Tribes: 18%
• Per Capita Income: 26,000¥
• Estimated SINless: 15%
• Below Poverty Level: 20%
• Corporate Affiliation: 23%
• Education
  • Less than Twelve Years: 7%
  • High School Equivalency: 57%
  • College Degrees: 28%
  • Advanced Degrees: 8%
• Major Languages Spoken: English (82%) and Salish Dialects (16%)
• Currency: Nuyen (¥)
• DocWagon Coverage: 50%
  • Guaranteed Response Time: 15 minutes

History

Timeline

• 2018 - Treaty of Denver forms the Salish-Shidhe Council
• 2029 - Salish-Shidhe Council opens borders to all metahumans. The Sinsearach elf tribe is formed.
• 2035 - The Cénesté branch of the Sinsearach elves secedes and forms the nation of Tir Tairngire
• 2059 - December 3, An earthquake levels Richmond on the outskirts of Vancouver.
• 2060 - A dozen Salish hikers are arrested and tried as spies in Tsimshian, escalating tensions between Salish-Shidhe and Tsimshian.
• 2062 - May 2-4, Open conflict on the Tsimshian border. Biowarfare agents are used to kill thousands of Salish-Shidhe soldiers.
• 2062 - May 5, A ceasefire is signed between the two nations.
• 2062 - July, The ceasefire is broken by a series of attacks by Salish militias.
• 2067 - Following the withdrawal of support from MCT, the weakened Tsimshian is absorbed by Salish-Shidhe as a protectorate.

Politics

Among all of the NAN, the Salish-Shidhe Council is the most tribally-oriented, and their population and politics are segregated according to tribal affiliation. Each tribe sends representatives to the Tribal Council, and aside from a few nation-wide civil laws and restrictions, each tribe is autonomous and self-governing.

The major tribes are:

• Salish - (leader: Chief Harold Gray Bear) The most dominant and prosperous tribe. Tribal territory includes most of the land west and south of Puget Sound.
• Makah - (leader: Chief George Lodgepole) The most military assets of all the tribes. Tribal territory is the northwest Olympic peninsula.
• Cascade Crow - (leader: Chief Frederick Eye-Like-Eagle) Tribal territory is the land between Seattle and the Cascade mountains, as well as Vancouver. Strongly anti-Anglo.
• Sinsearach - (leader: Gillian Morningsong) Predominantly elven and eco-conscious. Tribal territory is the land southwest of Seattle, including Mt. Rainier.
• Cascade Ork - (leader: Pawl Shaggy Mountain) Predominantly ork and troll tribe with tribal territory in the Cascade Mountains.
• Other tribes include the Nootka, the Musqueam, and the Squamish.

The recent Renraku Arcology shutdown brought a large influx of UCAS troops into Seattle, putting the SSC on high alert. However, the UCAS troops had their hands full with guarding the SCIRE, and in the end, the two nations experienced a marked improvement in relations, prompting overtures of more open and free economic partnerships with the UCAS. There have been talks of UCAS involvement in bolstering the Salish military against the Tsimshian border wars.(sona.116)

Geography

Dozens of new power sites were identified across the Salish-Shidhe lands during the passing of Halley's Comet. (sona.116)

While technically part of the UCAS, the free city of Seattle is surrounded by the SSC.

Major Cities

• Aberdeen
• Bellingham
• Boise
• Idaho Falls
• Missoula, SSC
• Spokane
• Vancouver
• Yakima

Economy

Corporate Presence

Among the megacorporations, only a few extraterritorial agreements have been reached with the SSC, simply because most tribes are not willing to part with the land. Most of the AAA megacorporations make do with offices in Seattle instead. The major megacorporations that have a presence in the SSC are:

• Aztechnology - Regional HQ in Olympia (sona.119)
• Saeder-Krupp
• Wuxing

Other corporations:

• Eibisu Biomechanics - custom cybernetics and bioware
• Gaeatronics
• Kyuusei Medical - Pharmaceutical manufacturing
• Pacific Cybernetics Incorporated - Cheap cybernetics
• Pacific Prosperity Group in Vancouver (cd.107)
• Proteus AG - Aquacology just off the Pacific coast. (sona.119)
• Universal Omnitech (HQ: Vancouver) (poad.69-70)

Discrepancies

There is a discrepancy in population between Native American Nations Volume 1 and Shadows of North America (10,118,000 nan1.77 vs. 8,590,000 sona.114).

References

• Shadows of North America, pp 113-123
• Native American Nations Volume One, pp 77-92
• New Seattle, pp 6-11
• Shadowrun, First Edition, pp 192-194
• Shadowrun, Second Edition, pp 268-269
• Shadowrun, Third Edition, pp 319-320
• Tir Tairngire, pp 25-30

Council Island: Seattle Sourcebook, pp 59-62

Relations with U.C.A.S.: Target: U.C.A.S., pp 20-21.
Relations with Seattle: Seattle Sourcebook, pg.146.
Relations with Seattle: New Seattle, pg 81.
Relations with Germany: Germany Sourcebook, pg 43.
Relations with Tir Tairngire: Tir Tairngire, pg 47.
Visiting: Seattle Sourcebook, pg.12.
Crude oil from Athabascan Council (nan2.74).

The Big Dance (tsh.84-87) and Long Weekend/Big Sky (tsh.79-84) smuggling routes run through the Salish.
Very little Mafia influence (und.37).
Tight trade with Japan (nan1.90).
Native American "Re-education Centers" have a background count of 5 (mits.84).
Shadowland node in (at least) Vancouver (tm.27). Absorption of Tsimashin (sr4.34)

External Sources

None.

This page forked from Wordman's The Sixth World: A geographical index to the world of Shadowrun