Porcanoas

### Government

No formally established government, however various pirate bands hold local power in an unorganized Pirateocracy.

## Demographics

### Religion

No formally established religion, however a large majority of native pirates practice Old Maveilagosian.

**Porcanoas** (Sobrian: *Porca*), officially the **Pirateocracy of Porcanoas** (Sobrian: *Yemley wo Porca*) is a pirateocracy in western Sendatio. Porcanoas has no written laws, but longstanding traditions and morals created by pirates are customarily used. Porcanoas does not have a ruler, but the nation is rather a large collection of pirate bands who agree to shed no blood on the nations claimed as Porcanoasian.

The nation's existence is disputed, as Adoriaranha, its only bordering country claims the lands the pirates hold. However, no standing armies from Adoriaranha enter Porcanoas, nor do they defend the border between Porcanoas and Adoriaranha.

### History

Porcanoas was established in 426 VCE. Collections of pirates from the Frontian sea would often dock in Troria and Laurola, which were previously port cities controlled by Adoriaranha. From there, pirates would bribe local officials to allow them to dock in the cities ports and utilize city infrastructure to house and shelter their crew.

#### Frontian Piracy

Pirates often raided coastal towns and settlements on the Frontian sea, amassing great riches before returning to Adoriaranhan cities to sell their goods to international markets.

#### Prior Guildlands

Captain Thaddeus Porcanoas of the Porcanoasian guild established the first guildland on Narve Island. Here, pirates entered temporary peace agreements while they sold stolen goods to merchants. Porcanoas was the most famed pirate of the time, attacking, on average, 2 ships per week, and stealing several thousand talents of silver, gold, and mystic minerals. The Porcanoasian guild, along with several allied pirate guilds, invaded Nuorvima Island in 419, which was inhabited in 418 by Conheirasian settlers. While the population of the island was only around 50, Conheirasian leaders used the pirate invasion as an excuse to declare war.

#### Porcanoas Victory

In the summer of 418, allied pirate guilds decimated a Conheirasian naval fleet in the Battle of Coentrala. Possessing no technical capacity to continue the war, the Conheirasians entered a peace agreement which, in return for the transfer of pirate control of Nuorvima and Narve to Conheirasi, allowed the pirates to roam the sea free from Conheirasian attacks. Conherasi, who was in the midst of the Fandao crusade, guaranteed pirate control of modern-day Porcanoas should the pirates aid in the Conheirasi fight.

#### Pirate Invasion of Adoriaranha

In 422, Thaddeus Porcanoas and his alliance of pirate guilds landed in Troria and proceeded to bribe city officials as they usually had. The pirates proceeded to betray the Trorian leaders and captured the city. The guilds then moved westwards, wreaking havoc on Adoriaranhan farms and ranches. By 425, the entire peninsula was under pirate control.

#### End of the War and Declaration of Pirateocracy

In late 425, Fandao forces had seen limited progress in their crusade against Old Maveilagosian nations in Sendatio. The war was brought to an end, with no formal treaties signed, and thus no transfer of territories. However, Thaddeus Porcanoas and his guilds remained in western Adoriaranha. The leadership of Adoriaranha opted not to engage in another war against the pirates, given that their materials and supplies were drained in defending against the Fandao crusaders. Additionally, the province the pirates controlled was seen as 'lesser' than the rest of the country, given the high crime rate and corruption of the time.

In 426, Thaddeus Porcanoas established the **Guildland of Pirates**, the first pirateocracy. During a 428 raid of Aguereigu, Thaddeus Porcanoas was killed by a rival guild member. Several bands of pirates agreed to rename the Guildland of Pirates to Porcanoas in his honor.