"Cascadia is basically like if a bunch of rebellious teenagers-- uh, three-year-olds-- got a country and were also all very into homesteading for some reason."

"That's an evocative description."

"You understand why we're concerned about people's desire to immigrate there!"

"Yes. I'd still like to talk to the ambassadors from those countries, if you have any, but if they agree with those facts it would likely be intractable to colonize."

"If you like, we can arrange meetings with the ambassadors!"

"Thank you.

"How are you planning to select people to colonize our polar area to raise little girls, and how will we need to adjust law enforcement with those communities?"

"Probably something similar to our process for assigning Handmaids-- faithful Gileadites, no criminal record, productive members of society, strong recommendations from their communities. Plus, of course, we'd have to select for the necessary skills for creating a colony and the ability to follow pollution laws. We'd appreciate the ability to enforce Gilead laws on our citizens, but recognize the necessity of compromise on certain issues such as population controls."

"Internet access, tourism, swap immigration in the event that an Amentan wants to live in their colony?"

"We'd like to be able to put controls on the Internet access but if they're voluntary that's fine. Tourism and swap immigration we'd encourage."

"And you think you can have the colony handling pollution to Amentan standards?"

"The Gileadite government has agreed-- as a show of good faith-- that all Gileadite colonies on Amenta will follow Amentan laws about pollution, including execution for a severe pollution violation."

"Swap immigration is generally an individual matter for adults; would there be a problem if women elected to leave their husbands or girls who'd turned Amentan-four chose to leave their families?"

"Many of our concerns about immigration would be ameliorated if every time a person emigrated from Gilead we got a person who has never heard of Jesus Christ in return."

"- do you expect this interest to change if in fact the uptake is very low?"

"We're giving you a chance at not experiencing eternal torment. We are willing to make many sacrifices to decrease the chance that you are tortured forever."

"That's very kind of you," says Avalor. "All right. I do think you will probably want to optimize these colonies also to be capable of the necessary interfacing - I'd say 'send some greens' but of course you'll have to adjust that advice. People more like Andrea - perhaps Andrea herself, who knows - than like the human theologian we met. People who will be able to learn Voan, meet Amentans halfway, etcetera."

"Andrea's a lovely girl! I'd be happy to send her."

Avalor smiles. Avalor has reams of proposals from various policy greens to look over about colonies in each world given the fact that purples won't know how to use human equipment and the door is a huge bottleneck.

Then they will talk about proposals!

At some point, Fred will say, "Perhaps I should arrange for you to meet with the North American ambassadors?"

"That would be lovely if they're available now."

Fortunately, time is fake when you have a magic door. 

A few seconds later, a purple-haired woman in her midforties with three piercings in her ear appears. 

She's followed by a guy in his midtwenties who keeps bouncing on his heels, remembering that he's supposed to be a professional adult who doesn't bounce about getting to meet aliens, and then forgetting and bouncing again. 

Fred is mysteriously amused about something.

"The Cascadian ambassador, Chloe Shumaker, and forecaster Lev Aarons."

"- hello," says Avalor, blinking only once at the purple hair, "it's lovely to meet you, I'm Governor Avalor."

"I'm sorry about the hair," Chloe says, "I didn't have time to redye it to something more culturally appropriate."