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The western Northern Confederation, which largely coincides with modern Caracua, was generally seen by its other members to be a backwater. The territory benefitted little from the profitable [[Nysdra Sea]] trade, and accordingly not only was economic growth slow in the area but also the exchange of ideas and technology. The west was among the slowest to embrace the many reforms that occured throughout the centuries, actively opposing many of them in the National Conference. It only began to modernize following the creation of the Union Directorate emergency government after [[1883]]. During this period, the west began to be known collectively as "Caracua". Despite efforts by the new central government to modernize Caracua, it still lagged behind the rest of the Confederation, being last to fully monetize and adopt the [[wísdat]] currency, only completing the full measure of the reform by [[1910]]. Caracua grew significantly over the course of the 20th century, becoming a relative peer to some of the poorer eastern Confederation members. Throughout the history of the Confederation, the fourteen Great Nations shared significant solidarity in being "backwaters" opposed by the more robust eastern powers, not only binding them to the Confederation as a whole but binding them more closely together as a shared political, economic, and social entity. As part of this trend, the Toposa Ashkenauk city of Kimiornee grew to be a place of great economic and cultural exchange among the peoples of Caracua by [[1850]]. It gradually grew in size and importance, eventually becoming one of the rotating homes of the [[Northern_Confederation#Government|National Conference]] of the Northern Confederation.

Caracua grew steadily during the 20th century as infrastructure projects and technological innovations allowed parts of the country to be irrigated and to otherwise improve crop yield, making larger parts of Caracua viable for agriculture. However, the opportunity for Caracua to grow in peace would be shortlived; by the late 20th century the Confederation was spiraling towards disintegration. Internal disputes and violent blood feuds dissolved the internal peace of the Confederation, inviting outside intervention by [[Urcea]] in the [[War of the Northern Confederation]]. As the Confederation sped towards collapse, it was overthrown by the predominantly Algosh military of the Confederation in the [[Algosh coup]] in [[2009]]. For the next decade and a half, the Great Nations as well as the peripheral peoples of the northwest were subject to [[Algoquona]], seeing their rights and territory gradually dwindle to the benefit of the Algosh ruling class.