Tortuga

Primary culture

English (British)

Capital province

Tortuga (489)

Government

State religion

Protestant

Technology group

Western

Piratical ideas

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Notes:

For pirate republics.

Traditions:

+1 Yearly navy tradition

+1 Leader without upkeep

Religious Apathy

Heretic and heathen provinces do not give any penalties

Plunder!

+25% Looting speed

Buccaneers

−10% Infantry cost

Sail in Consort

+20% Global naval engagement

Elected Quartermasters

−2 National unrest

+10% Morale of navies

Pirate Bays

+1 Naval combat bonus off owned coast

Life of Liberty

+25% Rebel support efficiency

+10% Sailor recovery speed

Ambition:

−25% Unjustified demands

Tortuga is a pirate republic in the Caribbean. It does not exist in historical starts. Tortuga appears only after an event.

Formation[edit | edit source]

All countries that colonize Tortuga (489) can get the event to play as or release Tortuga as an independent nation.

id

The Brethren of the Coast

On the island of Tortuga, off the coast of Haiti, a clandestine gathering of pirates and privateers convenes for what will be the first of many such meetings. The assembled captains enter a makeshift cabin begin to draft an agreement.

Some hours later, the captains emerge from their conference and present to their crews the Pirate Code of the Brethren. With these Articles the Brethren of the Coast is founded and united by a code of conduct to be shared, with some modifications, among all crews.

The Brethren have made Tortuga their base of operations. From here they will set out under black sails to terrorize the Caribbean.

This event happens only once during a campaign.

Trigger conditions

Tortuga does not exist.
The country:

has not enacted the “Pirate Republic” government reform.

Either the country:

is not a subject,
has at least 2 cities,
owns its core province Tortuga (489),

or one of its subjects:

has at least 2 cities,
owns its core province Tortuga (489).

Tortuga (489):

is Protestant, Anglican, Reformed or Hussite.

One of the following must be true:

Treasure fleet recently passed through the trade node of Tortuga (489).
Privateers have at least 1% trade power in the trade node of Tortuga (489).
A country with its capital in Caribbeans has at least 5 war exhaustion.

The event ‘The Golden Age of Piracy’ has happened.

Mean time to happen

12 months

Immediate effects

Tortuga (489):

becomes a core province of Tortuga.
is discovered by Tortuga.

Enabled if: the country is controlled by a human player.

A pirate's life for me!

The owner of Tortuga (489):

releases Tortuga as an independent state.

Tortuga:

becomes a republic.
enacts “Pirate Republic” government reform.
gains government reform progress spent on current reforms by this country.
gains 50 republican tradition.
gets the religion and primary culture of this country.
gets regiments up to the land force limit (80% , 20% ).
gets ships up to the naval force limit (30% , 30% , 30% ).
gets a new ruler:
- named ‘Henry Morgan’.
- with the following skill: 3, 5, 4.
- Ruler gains the personality trait Legendary Pirate
gets new national ideas.
obtains new missions.

The human player plays as Tortuga.

Always enabled:

We will eradicate these criminals.

The owner of Tortuga (489):

releases Tortuga as an independent state.

Tortuga:

becomes a republic.
enacts “Pirate Republic” government reform.
gains government reform progress spent on current reforms by this country.
gains 50 republican tradition.
gets the religion and primary culture of this country.
gets regiments up to the land force limit (80% , 20% ).
gets ships up to the naval force limit (30% , 30% , 30% ).
gets a new ruler:
- named ‘Henry Morgan’.
- with the following skill: 3, 5, 4.
- Ruler gains the personality trait Legendary Pirate
gains new national ideas.
obtains new missions.

If the player has difficulty to fire the formation event, be sure to have >25% privateer power in the Caribbean using light ships. This will fire the "Golden Age of Piracy" and soon after the decision to form this nation.