Washington

Washington is a state within the United States of America.

History
The state has suffered a lot over the last few decades. Seattle fell being in the top ten worst places by 2010. This caused by series of ecological disasters compounded by inept governing. The problems started in 1994, when decreased defense spending, poor management, and unresponsive engineering practices led to Boeing losing its share of the space program and military contracts then in 1996, saw a massive drought strike the state. then the third is spill contaminated the entirety of Puget Sound and killed off that year's salmon runs. It was 1997 by the time the majority of the spill had been effectively cleaned up. By the time the Collapse began Washington state government need funds so they raising corporate income taxes and imposing a state income tax for individuals but corporations move to Alaska in avoid higher taxes. Everything changed, however, when rebuilding Seattle as the major West Coast port. Now Washington back into the limelight. The Port of Seattle Floating Annex is an immense floating dry-dock and shipping warehouse facility covering the southern end of Puget Sound.