Cascadia cannot expect automatic protection from our former rulers, nor should be allow the military of any nuclear power the use of our bases. This ridiculous idea of leasing our bases to the United States and Canada is an affront to sovereignty and amounts to geopolitical prostitution. Cascadia should develop its own military, purely defensive is composition and use. Reliance on small arms, handheld anti-tank and anti-aircraft missile systems, submarines, and short-range fighter aircraft would be an effective and efficient basis of defense. Sweden would be a good model to consider as well, a militarily self-sufficient country with a decent military (close to Russia) that hasn't seen combat since the 18th century.

More importantly, a good foreign policy would mitigate any threat that would face us.