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| image_coat = File:Arms of Portas Gemeas.svg | | image_coat = File:Arms of Portas Gemeas.svg | ||
| symbol_type = [[Coat of arms of Portas Gemeas|Coat of arms]]<br />(1898-1976) | | symbol_type = [[Coat of arms of Portas Gemeas|Coat of arms]]<br />(1898-1976) | ||
| life_span = 1498- | | life_span = 1498-1892 | ||
| event_start = Founding of Porto Natal | | event_start = Founding of Porto Natal | ||
| date_start = {{nowrap|25 December 1498}} | | date_start = {{nowrap|25 December 1498}} | ||
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From 1498 until | From 1498 until 1892, 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 Quaresma]], 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 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 Quaresma]], 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]]. | ||
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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 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 | 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 was admitted into the [[Delepasia Confederation]] in [[1892]], making Portas Gemeas and its dependency of [[Dependency of Trescolinia|Trescolinia]] a part of Delepasia and eventually [[Castadilla]], becoming two [[Administrative divisions of Castadilla|states]] when Trescolinia voted to become a separate region in Delepasia in 1935. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
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===Act of Regality=== | ===Act of Regality=== | ||
{{main|Act of Gemean Regality}} | {{main|Act of Gemean Regality}} | ||
===Portas Gemeas in the | ===Portas Gemeas in the late 19th Century=== | ||
==Government== | ==Government== | ||