Free Territories
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Cartessan Autonomous Free Zone
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 Flag | |
| Motto: "For Freedom We Stand For" | |
| Anthem: "Oh Libety" | |
| An orthographic projection of the world, highlighting the Free Territories and its Member States (green). An orthographic projection of the world, highlighting the Free Territories and its Member States (green). | |
| Major political centres | Iluciera, Nordhavn, Fiume di Giugno |
| Largest city | Iluciera |
| Demonym(s) | Cartessan |
| Membership | List of political entities in the Free Territories |
| Leaders | |
• High Arbitrator | TBA |
| Legislature | Magisterial Convention |
| Establishment | |
• Declaration of Independence | 8 November 1805 |
• Confederation | 1 January 1823 |
• Autumn Coup | 26 September 1933 |
• Iluciera Accords | 13 August 1983 |
| Area | |
• Total | [convert: invalid number] (Xth) |
• Water (%) | 3.08 |
| Population | |
• 2019 estimate | 74,207,653 (Xth) |
• Density | [convert: invalid number] (X) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2020 estimate |
• Total | $3.45 trillion (Xth) |
• Per capita | $46,607 (Xth) |
| GDP (nominal) | 2020 estimate |
• Total | $3.45 trillion (Xth) |
• Per capita | $46,550 (Xth) |
| Gini (2020) |  71.8very high (1st) |
| HDI (2020) |  0.896very high (Xth) |
| Currency | List of currencies used in the Free Territories |
| Time zone | UTC-TBA (Central Vestric Time) |
| Internet TLD | .fz |
The Cartessan Autonomous Free Zone, known colloquially as the Free Territories, The Territories or informally as Cartessa, is a political and economic union of 8,705 distinct political entities located in the Vestric interior. It's members cover a combined total land area of x square kilometres and have an estimated total population of 74 million. The Free Territories were established after the Iluciera Accords in 1983 which established the internationally recognized autonomous zone based upon a more radical interpretation of the liberal ideas which defined much of the early Cartessan Republic which ingrained radical free market economic ideas of free trade, minimal government, right to property and unbound commerce as constitutional rights not to be interfered with, saw the establishment of the various Judicial states, and ending the !fascist regime known as the Cartessan State. The Accords established the Magisterial Convention as a peacekeeping and mediating body meant to represent the Territories as whole on the international stage. The establishment of the Zone quickly lead to a period known as the Glorious Twenty which saw the region undergo rapid industrialization and receive large amount of private investment throughout the 1980s, establishing the region as a major international hub.
Today Cartessa is considered as the largest tax haven on the planet and maintains no business and income taxes, with the political entities which inhabit the region largely financing themselves through corporate donations in exchange for policing and legal services. The region's diverse climate and fauna has established it as one pf the worlds primary biodiversity zone which brings in millions of tourists per year. In more recent years the economy of the free zone has largely shifted towards a post-industrial, service-based economy centered around banking and finance. Only xx million people, roughly 67.3% of the population, are native-born Cartessans. Cartessa has largely been considered to be a pluralistic society with a racially, linguistically, culturally, and religiously diverse populace. The central hub of the Autonomous zone, Iluciera, is classified as a global city.
Despite being one of the most developed and wealthiest regions in Vestrim, Cartessa has largely been criticized for being one of the most unequal regions on the planet with the top 0.01% accounting for 80% of the region's total wealth and more than a third of the population living in relative poverty and lack access to basic services. International Indicators list Cartessa collectively as the most corrupt and the least democratic place on Aeia and home to some of the most unsafe working environments and prolific human rights abuses. The regions collectively hold a seat in the !UN.