Tortuga

The Free States of Tortuga, commonly known as Tortuga, is a country founded by TheSexyCanadian and the founding pirates, JJCoolJ, BriSki, SaltySandi, _pant, and Koifish_boy. They had looked around for a place for a while, and stumbled upon the small island of Tortuga. Here they settled because it looked like Booty Bay from WOW.

However they soon found out that the land was occupied by The Akratian Empire. They tried negotiating independence from the Empire, but ended up joining Akratia.

Location
Tortuga is located on the south western peninsula in the continent of Sparwood.

Sanctus is now owned by The Free States of Tortuga.

The Akratian Civil War
The Akratian Civil War was an internal conflict in the empire. Akratia was bordering up against Leythe. As Akratia wanted to expand into Leythe-ian territory, tensions began to rise. And both sides got ready for war. And on the 20 March, that's exactly what would happen. The Empire suffered a defeat, and many lost valuable stuff to Leythe-ian militia. This would be the starting point for internal conflict in Akratia. As people were losing fate in the Emperor, Neoz.

TheSexyCandian, now an oligarch. Was trying to help Neoz, but with no success. So he joined a rebel group, known as the United Federation. The situation in Akratia soon got out of hand, and it was on the blink of collapse.

Neoz started to give independence to the people who wished it. And so the Free States of Tortuga came to be.

Government
The Pirate Lord (King) takes all the decisions for the country. However a council was put in place for each region to vote in a council man, to help guide the Pirate Lord in the right direction. The country in it self is very relaxed and chill, which means the nation is known to make many alliances with other countries.

Allies

 * Osteria (military alliance)
 * Cyrumar (non-aggression pact and trade; economic alliance)
 * Viodoxa (considered a close friend of Tortuga)