Vancouver is a modern high tech city with an educated and hard working population that would easily make it capable of being its own nation. It effectively functions as one in many ways while also being a loyal member of others. It holds a leading position in the industrial and cultural circles of Canada. It built and maintains several battle squadrons for the British Commonwealth, as well as a small but competent navy for the Free Republic of China. It is also the most industrious member of Pacifica by far and provides them a rich source of all the resources they need to survive. Even if they like to act like they don’t. Vancouver can provide what the other States of Pacifica don’t want to admit they need without rubbing their noses in it. Which is probably one of the greatest services Vancouver provides for all of North America and beyond.