This was designed as a virtual currency like the European Monetary Unit (EMU) before the introduction of the Euro. THe EMU was used as a symbol of conversion between different currencies in the European Economic Community. It was used to psychologically and symbolically unite Europeans. The CaMU should be a symbol of the economic health and ecological sustainablity in a bioregional Cascadia. Cascadia is the bioregion of the "Pacific NorthWest" from the Panhandle of Alaska to Northern California and from the Pacific ocean to the western slopes of the Rocky Mountains. This is an international bioregion that transcends nation-states like Canada and United States just like the Great Lakes is shared administratively by the same two nation-states.

"Kwanesum" means in Chinook Jargon (Chinuk wawa) "forever".

The tripple wave is like the dollar sign ($).

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