Militarization, Trade, Naval Deployment, Oil

| September 4th, 2087 | 

Militarization and Arms Deal with Dauchh Palki

Today, the DDoD has taken out 1 million troops from reserves and have stationed them all around the country, particularly around the southern states. The Dauchh Palkian Department of Defense has purchased nearly ₡300 million worth of firearms and weaponry from the Puget Arms Company. 

Mass Naval Deployment into Eastern Siberian Coast

94 Dominion Navy ships, including the DNS Tahoma aircraft carrier, have been deployed to the eastern Siberian coast, occupying and patrolling the Sea of Okhotsk and Tatar Strait and accompanying the two other aircraft carriers that are already there. Although, this new deployment isn't alone, and is alongside the Dauchh Palkian Pacific Fleet. 

Oil Drilling Expansions

Due to the recent oil crisis, the Sinclair Oil Corporation and Chevron Corporation have opened up drilling operations in central/northeastern Columbia, southern San Andreas, and eastern Deseret, boosting the national daily oil production to 7.3 million barrels per day. 

Trade with Auslanta

Cascadia has officially opened its market to Auslanta, with companies such as Apple and Starbucks opening up locations there, and Cascadian agriculture companies shipping mass amounts of fresh produce from the fertile soil of Central Valley to the grocery stores of Auslanta. 
This is not just one sided though, as raw materials such as sugar cane and various metals mined in Auslanta have been imported here in Cascadia to be processed and manufactured into goods such as tools, utensils, motor parts, refined metals, cars, arms, planes, and processed sugar, molasses, paper, and much much more. 
Defense companies such as Boeing and the aforementioned Puget Arms Co. have also been making their shipments to the Auslantan Ministry of Defense. Speaking of, embassies are under construction in New Portland and Rosewell to better connect the two nations. 
Although, not only has this marked Auslanta as one of Cascadia's growing trade partners (likely to replace Lapunto), but it has also made the Sedrosian Empire as Cascadia's economic rival.