Nations/Venice

Venice
Venice is a small city-state floating on the sea, it is called the "City of Water". Venice's maritime industry had long been prosperous, and Venice had long held a monopoly on the profits of the Mediterranean trade on pepper from Alexandria. However, recently the Ottoman Empire appeared in the East and Portugal discovered a sea route to the Indies.

The following cities are constantly under Venice's control:
 * City of Venice (Major City)
 * Trieste
 * Ragusa