Republic of Cindervale

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The Republic was founded by a group of like-minded individuals only 200 years ago. What started as an aristocracy eventually turned into a democracy, where the people of Cindervale elected people to represent all the towns and cities that the country was comprised of. While it is a Republic, the de-facto leader of Cindervale is a seasoned man known to most as Farces the Unbreakable.

History
What started off as a small trading company eventually transformed into a sprawling country. Their roots date back to a small group of traders from the Badlands, who had nothing to their names but a commercial airship. They sold their wares all across the known world, and soon enough they acquired an entire fleet of cargo vessels. At one point, their wealth was comparable to the Imperium's own. Once they attained the funds to do so, they hired a fleet of privateers and pirates to guard their caravans. These brave men and women would eventually declare their loyalty to Cindervale, and become their navy.

Eventually, the two fleets merged in order to create one grand fleet with over 2,000 ships. Nothing could touch them, and when the Imperium threatened them they always managed to flee to safety. It wasn't long until they grew ambitious. They began to conquer the sky islands of Cindervale and turned them into trading outposts. People began to migrate from all across the world, settling down at these trading outposts and joining the grand fleet's efforts.

Before long, they had turned into colonies. Towns and cities began construction, while the fleet continued to come in with a surplus of supplies and wares. It was a nation like no other, where the people had a say in who would be ruling over them. They enforced the ideas of popular soveringty, and before long they formed the Republic of Cindervale. The Republic is known for it's prosperous trading industry and impressive military fleets. To this day, not even the Imperium has been able to breach their defenses.