Portavia

## Summary of Portavia

Portavia is a member-state of the Thugborean Confederation, This is also where the capital takes place and where the Council and Emperor live. Portavia is named after the California based Italian Restaurant chain known as "Porta via." Portavia is approximately 350,000 km² and is occupied by 100M People. Portavia is dominated by major cities such as Benis, Rome, Venice, Milan, and Naples. Portavia is also where the Flavumin Museum of Arts and Literature sits, storing the most beautiful paintings and writings in the entire confederation.

Portavia is famous for its beautiful scenery and culture. People around the Confederation come to Rome and marvel at the Paintings. Portavia receives $200M annually just off of tourism alone. Portavia's city of Milan is also famous for its diversity bringing cultures in from the Whiterin, Jaredite, and Flavumin and people in from Zichia, Barzobia and Pharellia all in one huge melting pot where everyone lives in peace. Then we look at Venice with its beautiful canals... that's really it for Venice (they kinda fell off).

## Origins

Portavia is first found in recorded history when the Duchy of Porto united with the Republic of Senarica creating the Aristocratic Merchant Republic of Port-avia. The map was drawn by Genoese Cartographer Battista Agnese who was a close friend with the current Rector, Emmanual Jesus Francesco of House of Flavio. Emmanuel and Battista are both called one of the Founding Fathers of Portavia. Emmanuel was a merchant who brought the Republic tons of profit to the Republic and establishing a sense that the republic will only be stable as long as it brings profit.

but it would be three-centuries later in 1823 where Portavia would finally unite the whole Peninsula and that would be done under Stefano Roberto Marco of the House of Giuseppie. Stefano was called "El Diablo" because of his fierce attitude and the fact that he came from the Country of Barcelona in Hispania, Stefano took this name as a badge of honor and renamed his family name to the house of Diablo. El Diablo was most notable in the Battle of Venice where he swiftly conquered Venice using gunboats and forcing Zichian forces to surrender. Stefano is a national hero to the Republic for removing Zichian influences on the Republic and Uniting the Italian Peninsula.

## History

In 1912 Zichian forces invaded Venice and bombed nearby cities destroying Paintings and Statues of El Diablo, today images of El Diablo are based off drawings of what the last people to see it said it looked like, we can never be sure what he looks like today. This invasion of Venice called for Portavia to join the war on Pharellia's side against Zichia and Borzabia, notable battles such as 2nd Battle of Venice where General Emiliano looked at the ruins of Venice and "Stefano we are here" and the Battle of Vienna where Pharellia and Portavian forces together took Vienna and ending the war. After the war Portavia and the other participants of this war joined together in a confederation known as Thugborea, Today Thugborea has more influence on each member-state than before but Portavia is still somewhat free from the control of Benis.