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.