The United States of the Pacific

Alright…buckle up because Volume 2 is where the real shit hits the fan—and I should know, I've been cleaning up humanity's messes for millennia.

So there I was, still stuck in this furry body, having convinced the heavenly bureaucrats to give humanity one more chance after our little water policy victory in Volume 1. Fast forward through Coop's career in California government, and we find ourselves smack in the middle of the state's epic water wars—the liquid gold fights that could make or break the fifth-largest economy on Earth.

The setup: California's entire water system is a house of cards built on a geological fault line. The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta—the watery heart pumping life to 25 million people—is collapsing faster than a pyramid scheme run by televangelists. Fish are going extinct, levees are crumbling, and corporate farmers are sucking aquifers dry while Silicon Valley's tech bros sip lattes, blissfully unaware their empire depends on a 150-year-old plumbing system held together with prayer and pork barrel politics.

Enter Senator Jack "Pomp" Chupacabra, Coop's new boss—a nerdy policy wonk who decides to solve California's water crisis or die trying. What follows is All the President's Men meets Chinatown, as we navigate backstabbing politicians, corrupt water barons, and enough special interests to choke the Colorado River. We've got the "Last Dam Rancher" Senator Boselyer (a Bible-thumping hypocrite with a taste for cross-dressing prostitutes), international arms dealer Senator Wu, and enough environmental groups to populate a Whole Foods convention.

But here's where it gets really good: while we're fighting over fish versus farms, the entire American experiment starts unraveling. A failed casino owner turned reality TV star becomes president, democracy dies a slow, painful death, and the country literally splits apart. California, Oregon, Washington, Hawaii, and British Columbia say "screw this" and form the United States of the Pacific—a new nation built on environmental sustainability and actual competent governance.

The climax isn't just about saving salmon (though we do that too)—it's about proving that humans can evolve beyond their worst impulses. Through massive infrastructure projects, renewable energy revolution, and what amounts to the most ambitious ecological restoration in human history, we create a functioning society that doesn't treat the planet like a disposable commodity.

This is The West Wing meets Mad Max with a healthy dose of divine intervention. It's a political thriller wrapped in an environmental manifesto, told by a goddess who's witnessed the rise and fall of civilizations and isn't about to let this one go down without a fight. Think Atlas Shrugged but for environmentalists, with better humor and a talking dog.

The stakes? The birth of a new nation and the survival of everything that makes life on Earth worth living.

—Califia, Founding Mother of the United States of the Pacific and Still Very Much a Good Girl