Portamar

**Government:** translate monarquia

**Leader:** Rodrigo Afonso Alves & João Guerreiro

**History:** Portamar is a very old and one of the smallest countries. They're known for having a very strong army, but also being corrupt. Outside countries knowing about this cannot take action as they will only meet their end.

**Architecture:** Portamar is a giant maze being more orderly towards the center where the rich live. The outer layer are improvised shacks made from wood and war ruins. The middle layer looks very old and is like a giant maze, though u can still see plenty of cultural details and a lot of overgrown plants. The center layer is very bright with every bush cut and plenty of gardens and fountains.

**Clothing:** Portamar's rich citizens fashion is very flashy. Most clothes are imported from other countries. The citizens normally wear low-end hand-made clothing.

**Landscape:** In the big cities, the landscape is just beautiful, as so it is in some of it's natural areas, but most rural areas end up being ugly and full of disease and war remnants.

**Culture:** Atheist country, school is only accessible for the rich people, and all the privilege's that come with it are the same. Villagers have an annual meeting every year in their own villages to decide village stuff.

**Relations:** Countries are nervous. They don't make unnecessary interactions with Portamar

**Appearance:**

**Coin:** Meris

**Moneymaking:** Portamar has one island, larger than the country itself. The island is used for farming, with the population being mostly slaves. This is where Portamar gets most of their resources from. Portmar also makes trades with the products they obtain.

**Social:** The outer layer has zero interaction with the rest of the country. The middle layer are treated as normal citizens. The rich are considered idols.

**Important figures:** The 2 kings, the high marshal and the 3 commanders.

**Characters:** and the high marshal.

**Cities:** Fogana, Dorsal and 14 more.

**Villages:** Around 500 villages

**Areas:** Far to the north there are unpassable mountains. East there is a large island used for resource gathering.

**Events:** Kings birthdays

**Plot:**

**Details:** Portamar is a small country compared to the others, but more advanced in certain things, such as navigation. Normally, each village has 1 noble family, Portamar having 500 villages.These villages are poor and the villagers live in misery, slaves to the noble. They normally work in the fields, owned by the nobles, while they live in a big mansion. The  2 cities are well developed, rich and have a very special architectonic style. Merchants are very abundant in these cities, some being even richer than the noble class. Portamar works with 2 kings. Usually brothers, but if for some reason there was only one child, then someone from the high nobility has to take the second throne. Each king can only have 1 kid, and if a twin is born, one immediately murdered. Portamar uses coin but with very high value, making it impossible for the citizens to get money. They were forced to trade with other citizens. This made money a sign of status. Portamar has a total of 1.5M population, 25k being soldiers. These soldiers are everything but nice, once a law is broken they don't hesitate to kill. The High Marshal, Ricardo Gustaves commands this , with 0 losses in 27 memorable battles, this man has gained a reputation no other person could obtain. Rules in Portamar rules are very strict and the taxes are very high. Portamar doesn't produce weaponry, instead they buy it from the nearest countries. Portamar has 4 universities, available only for the richest. People that go to university have a chance to meet the kings. If they are impressed by their knowledge, they'll be hired as royal judges, lawman, etc. Portamar isn't religious, in fact it can declare war on entire countries for going against their believes. The official language is (english). Portamar started counting days when the first king was killed, so it is currently 1290 in Portamar. The kings live in a castle that's as big as a medium city. With over 400 rooms for all the nobles, it has 2 inside gardens 15 kitchens 2 garages. The castle was built in a Manuelino style.