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{{Infobox former country
| conventional_long_name = Pirate Republic of Porto Natal<br>{{nobold|{{small|(1498-1523)}}<br>{{lang|cd|República Pirata do Porto Natal}}}}<hr>Pirate Republic of Portas Gemeas<br>{{nobold|{{small|(1523-1702)}}<br>{{lang|cd|República Pirata das Portas Gêmeas}}}}<hr>Most Serene Republic of Portas Gemeas<br>{{nobold|{{small|(1702-1820)}}<br>{{lang|cd|Sereníssima República das Portas Gêmeas}}}}<hr>Sovereign Kingdom of Portas Gemeas<br>{{nobold|{{small|(1820-1976)}}<br>{{lang|cd|Reino Soberano das Portas Gêmeas}}}}
| image_flag        = Flag of Portas Gemeas (1620-1702).svg
| image_flag2       = Flag of Portas Gemeas (1949-1998).svg
| flag_type         = [[Flag of Portas Gemeas#History|Flags]]
| life_span         = 1498-1976
| event_start       = Founding of Porto Natal
| date_start        = {{nowrap|25 December 1498}}
| event1            = Founding of Porto Quaresma
| date_event1       = 20 March 1503
| event2            = [[Legitimisation of the Gemean State|Avizian Reforms]]
| date_event2       = 5 March 1702
| event3            = [[Act of Gemean Regality|Monarchy proclaimed]]
| date_event3       = 18 August 1820
| event_end         = [[Pact of Eighteen|Joined Delepasia]]
| date_end          = 21 May 1976
| common_languages  = [[Cartadanian language|Cartadanian]]
| government_type   = [[Vallos#Piratocracies|Piratocracy]]<br>(1498-1702)<br>{{Wp|Merchant republic}}<br>(1702-1820)<br>{{wp|Elective monarchy}}<br>(1820-1976)
| title_leader      = [[First Captain of Portas Gemeas|First Captain]]
| leader1           = [[Antonio Moseisley]]
| year_leader1      = 1498-1508
| leader2           = [[Pedro Aviz]]
| year_leader2      = 1698-1702
| title_representative = {{nowrap|[[Capatain of the People of Portas Gemeas|Captain of the People]]}}
| representative1   = Pedro Aviz
| year_representative1 = 1702-1708
| representative2   = [[Miguel I of Portas Gemeas|Miguel de Sousa]]
| year_representative2 = 1818-1820
| title_deputy      = [[Monarchy of Portas Gemeas|King]]
| deputy1           = Miguel I
| year_deputy1      = 1820-1828
| deputy2           = [[Miguel III of Portas Gemeas|Miguel III]]
| year_deputy2      = 1968-1976
| legislature       ={{plainlist|
* None ({{wp|rule by decree}})<br />(1498-1523)
* [[Round Table of Portas Gemeas|Round Table]]<br />(1523-1702)
* [[Great Council of Portas Gemeas|Great Council]]<br />(1702-1820)
* [[Consultative Assembly of Portas Gemeas|Consultative Assembly]]<br />(1820-1893)
* [[Estates General of Portas Gemeas|Estates General]]<br />(1893-1949)
* [[Parliament of Portas Gemeas|Parliament]]<br />(1949-1976)
}}
| house1            = {{plainlist|
* [[Deliberative Council of Portas Gemeas|Deliberative Council]]<br />(1725-1820)
* [[Chamber of Peers of Portas Gemeas|Chamber of Peers]]<br />(1820-1893)
* [[House of Peers (Portas Gemeas)|House of Peers]]<br />(1893-1949)
* [[Lords' Chamber of Portas Gemeas|Lords' Chamber]]<br />(1943-1976)
}}
| house2            = {{plainlist|
* [[Advisory Council of Portas Gemeas|Advisory Council]]<br />(1732-1820)
* [[Chamber of Deputies of Portas Gemeas|Chamber of Deputies]]<br />(1820-1893)
* [[House of Commons (Portas Gemeas)|House of Commons]]<br />(1893-1949)
* [[Commons' Chamber of Portas Gemeas|Commons' Chamber]]<br />(1949-1976)
}}
| capital           = Various<br>(1498-1702)<br>[[Porto Natal]]<br>(1702-1804)<br>[[Porto Quaresma]]<br>(1804-1976)
| religion          = [[Catholic Church|Catholic]]
| demonym           = [[Cartadanians in Rumahoki|Gemean]]
| p1                = Vallos#Piratocracies{{!}}Vallosi piratocracies
| flag_p1           = Flag of Christopher Moody (alternate).svg
| s1                = Portas Gemeas (Delepasia){{!}}Portas Gemeas in Delepasia
| flag_s1           = Flag of Portas Gemeas (1949-1998).svg
| s2                = Trescolinia (Delepasia){{!}}Trescolinia in Delepasia
| flag_s2           = State Flag of Trescolinia.svg
}}
From 1498 until 1976, there was an '''independent Gemean state''' ruled by people of [[Cartadanians|Cartadanian]] ancestry located in northeastern [[Vallos]]. Initially a {{wp|plutocracy|plutocratic}} [[Vallos#Piratocracies|piratocracy]], Portas Gemeas under the leadership of Captain [[Pedro Aviz]] was reformed into a {{wp|merchant republic}} as part of a long process of [[Legitimisation of the Gemean State|legitimisation]] ranging from escort contracts with major [[Occidental]] powers to taking part in legitimate trading enterprises. The final major governmental reform happened in 1820 under the leadership of Captain [[Miguel I of Portas Gemeas|Miguel de Sousa]] when the [[Act of Gemean Regality]] was passed, turning the merchant republic into an {{wp|elective monarchy}}, the form of government that remains in place to this day in [[Portas Gemeas]].

The origins of the Gemean piratocracy is said to have its roots in the establishment of [[Porta Natal]] in [[1498]] by former Cartadanian privateer Captain [[Antonio Moseisley]]. He, alongside fellow former privateers Captains [[Henrique Aviz]] and [[Alberto de Sousa]], have used their immense fortunes to overthrow the local [[Taineans|Tainean]] rulers and established a plutocratic regime in which the leadership rotated between the three and their descendants every decade, starting with Moseisley himself. In [[1523]], Porto Natal had merged with the nearby [[Porto Queresma]], established twenty years prior, thus dubbing the union ''Portas Gemeas'' for the first time as well as bringing in an additional four great pirate houses into the regime alongside the houses of [[House of Moseisley|Moseisley]], [[House of Aviz|Aviz]], and [[House of de Sousa|de Sousa]].

The beginning of the [[18th Century]] saw the decline of piracy in Vallos as the Levanto-Cronan trade declined. In an effort to both legitimise the regime and to prevent domestic turmoil, First Captain [[Pedro Aviz]] had set off on a series of reforms to shift the main source of income away from piracy and towards more legitimate pursuits and enterprises, ultimately turning the piractocracy into a merchant republic. Good fortunes soon returned when Aviz had managed to secure a lucrative escort contract with the major Occidental powers, which furthered the decline of [[Oustec]]'s state revenues as these escorts inevitably became anti-piracy convoys. The success in the escort business allowed for the major Gemean houses to invest into additional trading enterprises, thus further exploding profits.

The rest of the 18th Century saw the newly-legitimised great houses of Portas Gemeas consolidate their rule over the region, soon taking on certain royal trappings and the like. Indeed, when Captain Miguel de Sousa became ''Captain of the People'' in 1818, he decided to put an end to the pretense of {{wp|republicanism}} and declared Portas Gemeas an elective monarchy in [[1820]], with the great merchant houses becoming its royal families. This new monarchy remained independent until it became a signatory of the [[Pact of Eighteen]] in [[1976]], making Portas Gemeas and its dependency of [[Dependency of Trescolinia|Trescolinia]] a part of [[Delepasian Commonwealth|Delepasia]] and eventually [[Rumahoki]] as a [[Administrative divisions of Rumahoki|states]].

==History==
===Background===
{{main|History of Portas Gemeas|Vallos#Piratocracies{{!}}Vallosi piratocracies|Antonio Moseisley}}
Since around [[1450]], the rise of [[Occidental]] oceanic trade presented a number of opportunities for the petty kings of [[Vallos]] of both [[Latinic people|Latinic]] and [[Taineans|Tainean]] ancestry, most especially after [[Aster's expedition]]. The rise in trade between [[Crona]] and [[Sarpedon]] was seen as a potential boon for local authorities who were low on funds after centuries of warring with their neighbours. It comes to as no surprise that the petty kings would begin to sponsor the {{wp|privateering}} of trade ships in [[St. Brendan's Strait]]. This brought on a profound impact on local politics, often with the very privateers becoming rogue by using their wealth and overthrowing local rulers.

One such privateer was a [[Cartadanians|Cartadanian]] man named Captain [[Antonio Moseisley]]. At a young age, he was an average sailor who worked long hours for very meagre pay all the while having to take abuse from his captain. At the age of 21, he, alongside his friends [[Henrique Aviz]] and [[Alberto de Sousa]], staged a mutiny against the ship's captain and succeeded in commandeering the vessel. Tired of having to slave away for abysmal pay, the three set off for the pirate's life, soon getting a sponsor from one of the local Tainean rulers of northern Vallos. As privateers, these three made a lucrative living plundering trade ships and enriching their sponsor. Inevitably, they made a fortune far more vast than their sponsor could ever imagine, and that was when a deal was struck between the three. They would go rogue and become their own bosses, overthrow their sponsor, and establish a pirates' port close to the nearest coastal settlement.

===Establishment of Porto Natal===
===Union with Porto Queresma===
===Rivalry with Oustec===
===Legitimisation reforms===
{{main|Legitimisation of the Gemean State}}
===Creeping royalism===
===Act of Regality===
{{main|Act of Gemean Regality}}
===Portas Gemeas in the 20th Century===

==Government==
===Federalism with Trescolinia===

==Legacy==
[[Category:Portas Gemeas]]
[[Category:Rumahoki]]