Piracy in the Alternate 18th Century

Piracy in the 18th Century

Piracy did not manage to get mostly wiped out by 1730 like it did in the modern day. This was due to the fact that many wars sparked in the early 1700s and mainly in Europe/North Africa. Since most people weren't focusing on trade, most pirates were left untouched.

By the 1750s as this started changing, where there was now another power TUPA which could help patrol the Atlantic, which was in relatively fewer wars then the European powers.

This sparked a sort of idea, a sort of state-funded piracy, or a government based on piracy, one which could protect pirates but let them do whatever they want.

In the year 1758, a Republic was formed, called the Piratical Republic of Imani, or Republique Piraterie de Imani.

This newly formed nation was based on that idea. The government, which was run by the people of the country, guaranteed protection and some funding of the pirates under two requirements. Those were, that the pirates agreed to take an oath of the military, in which they were required to obey commands by the piratical council if summoned, and they would pay a percentage of their earnings to the government.

This turned out to be very effective, the state didn't establish a specified capital to prevent the nation from being broken easily.

By the year 1783, they took over the northeastern edge of South America, including much of the Guyanas region. They signed a treaty with multiple nations (TUPA, Morocco, Ottomans, Louisiana, and some much smaller coastal nations) promising not to attack them or their ships in exchange for a tribute.

The Fall of the Edo {Short Event/Bio}

The Fall of the Edo Empire

By 1740 the Tokugawa Shogunate had managed to conquer much of Japan, and on 1746 they have proclaimed the Edo Empire. This powerful nation had managed to take over all the smaller bickering Japanese states and united the island(s) under one banner.

But by 1780, after the death of their previous emperor, infighting started over the throne of the emperor, and it caused a devastating civil war. On 1783, the Shogunate of Hokkaido, the last remaining clan not united under the Edo banner attacked the weakening Edo Empire. Although they did not make it far, they devasted much of the enemy forces and caused the Edo Empire to collapse.

Many states formed in replacement, in fact, many more than were previously incorporated, with Hokkaido splitting in two itself not long after. These events reduced Japan back to nothing more than a bunch of bickering states.

The Islamic Union of The Balkans

The Islamic Union of The Balkans was an attempt at uniting the Balkans after a rebellion which occurred in the Ottoman occupied region of the Balkans.

In 1779, Mustafa Gurund of the region of Albania started a rebellion, which was followed by many others, including the Greek rebellion under Konstantinos Bildine in 1783, the Serb rebellions under many different people from 1780-1785, and the Moldavian rebellion in 1786.

After Mustafa's rebellion was successful, he established the Republic of Albania, but then he saw the rebellion around his newly formed nation failing, so he provided military support. This gave mass support to incorporate these new nations/movements into a union. Although Mustafa gave it the name the Islamic Union, it was a majority orthodox and had very good religious tolerance.