The World is changing now more than ever, and the traditional nation-states around the Pacific Rim are struggling to meet the needs of their people, as well as give them the democratic systems necessary to enjoy their communities and individual sovereignty.

The SavePac Yahoo Group is a collection of persons from all around the Pacific Rim seeking to better understand their political traditions, as well as meet the socioeconomic needs of their communities in the 21st century. The group will discuss new and innovative practices to improve trade over the Pacific Ocean, as well as better provide for communal interaction, self-determination, protection of local identity, and greater control over the policy decisions affecting the micro- and macro-socioeconomic issues involving the "ring of fire"-- the Great Pacific.

We gather to discuss and debate how we as members of a Pacifican society can meet the needs or our region; how may represent our peoples, protect our liberty, strengthen our democracy, and create a Pacific Rim economy that does not devalue human rights. We join to discuss how we can foster a democratic society that truly represents the people, that encourages economic and environmental sustainability, and to create a confederated union of networked societies and cultures that seek to protect our environmental health and sovereignty and harmonize all nations that are connected by the Ring of Fire.

Keywords: Cascadia, Ecotopia, The Republic of Pacific, The Pacific-Rim, West Coast, Republic of California, Hawaii Nation, Free Tibet,