Eleutheria

Eleutheria is a Capitalist, Libertarian Republic located in Mediterrae. Eleutheria was established in 1893. It has low taxes and highly values freedom.

Founding
Eleutheria was established in 1893, after a revolution against the People's Republic of Amurrhine a few years prior. It was a relatively weak nation, but had plenty of valuable resources such as sulphur, nitroglycerin, timber, coal, and oil. It made non-aggression pacts with Haluria and Deltaraski.

Socii Mundial
In 1894, Eleutheria joined the alliance Socii Mundial, as the founding nation of the alliance was the Solis Federation, one of its allies. Haluria was also in the alliance, which Eleutheria had previously made a non-aggression pact with. Eleutheria has still remained in Socii Mundial to this day, and doesn't seem to be leaving anytime soon.

Land Purchase and War
In 1897 it sold large portions of its land to the expansive People's Republic of Amurrhine. Its alliance, Socii Mundial went to war with the P.R.A. in 1902, and the land purchase was reverted in the same year as part of a peace deal.

Scourge
When the Scourge plague started, Eleutheria locked down its borders. This made it one of the few nations that didn't have any cases of it. The government was working on a plan to use airships to spray hot, salty water vapor over infected nations, but this plan has yet to be put into action, and may never be due to Scourge calming down.

Militarization
In the early 1900s, after receiving large amounts of iron from the RCM and striking a yearly deal, Eleutheria began to expand its military. Its navy received significant upgrades, including a Dreadnought that was a gift from RCM. It also built 45 airships after receiving some hydrogen from Fictia and RCM, in exchange for making Fictia 5 airships and RCM 10 airships.

Surplus
At the same time as Eleutheria's Militarization was happening, Eleutheria began having a surplus of food. While it had previously been a famine-stricken nation, Eleutheria recieved 100,000 tons of fish from the WCC. Combined with their pre-existing fish and wheat resources, this allowed Eleutheria to have several years of surplus. When the surplus ended, Eleutheria built 10 farms, which made its wheat production increase by 100,000 tons.

PRA and COSS
In 1908, before Eleutheria was able to send support to them, the Monarchist-Nationalist Coalition won the PRA Civil War. Eleutheria was expecting to have good relations with the new regime, interested in possibly even having a union, but then the PRA dammed the Ammurhine river, which supplies water to Eleutheria. Eleutheria was looking to collaborate to find a solution, but then the anti-Socii organization known as COSS (Confederacy of Separate States) began working with the PRA, which caused relations to decline.

Colonization
At the end of 1908, it colonized some land east of Australis, bordering a colony of Friesland. In 1909, the colony was named the Isle of Flightless Birds, as flightless birds inhabit the island.

Government
Eleutheria is a Capitalist Republic, with the Libertarian Party having been the ruling party since 1893. It has a tax rate of 100 nocks per person, one of the lowest in the world, and will decrease the tax rate as its population grows.

Geography
Eleutheria is located in south-central Mediterrae. It borders the PRA to the north, and has a short border on the east with Universia. Its colony east of Australis, the Isle of Flightless Birds, borders a colony of Friesland to the south.

Economy
Eleutheria produces coal, timber, sulphur, nitroglycerin, lead, oil, wheat, fish, sand, tar, and precious metals, all but precious metals are produced on the mainland. Precious metals, lead, timber, and rubber are produced on the Isle of Flightless Birds. Eleutheria receives 90,000 tons of iron a year from Fictia, and 7,000 tons of iron a year from RCM. Eleutheria also receives 20,000,000 nocks a year from Haluria, in exchange for giving Haluria 1,000 tons of sulphur, 1,000 tons of nitroglycerin, and 5,000 tons of lead a year.

Foreign Relations
Eleutheria is a member of Socii Mundial and has been since around its creation in 1894. Its allies include the Republica de Canciones Molestas and the Solis Federation. It also has non-aggression pacts with Deltasraki and Haluria, which it has had since 1893. In 1909 a relations table was added.