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Most trading expeditions to [[Concord]] and [[Yasteria|northwestern Yasteria]] bypassed the Tawusian Cape in favour of travelling through the quicker route in [[Arcturia|northern Arcturia]]. Trading vessels were left vulnerable to piracy at various chokepoints in the Ewenshire Strait and Optian Sea, and many returning galleons loaded with goods were raided by pirates operating off the coast. This was most prominent in the 17th through to the early 19th century because Morstaybishlia had no permanent settlements and had to sail Imperial Navy ships from [[Seligeze Islands|Queensport]] more than 1,800 miles away to defend them. Even with being allowed to dock in Ewenshire, the ports available were too small to allow anything more than one or two Imperial Navy ships in at a time. A formal arrangement was signed in 1856 where Morstaybishlia wasbegan allowedleasing tothe relatively underdeveloped town of Farhide and its surrounding area, and immediately began developconstructing a permanent naval base on the coast to protestprotect both country's trading interests. This was administered byas Morstaybishliaa but owned byMorstaybishlian Ewenshirecolony, and quickly turned into a vital naval hub for operating moreout thanof ait dozendozens Morstaybishlianof warships at a time. With organised piracy adopting [[Wikipedia:Incendiary device|incendiary]] [[Wikipedia:Shell (projectile)|shells]] in the 1850s, Morstaybishlia trialled the world's first [[Wikipedia:Ironclad warship|ironclad warships]] in 1861 to combat piracy. This base was incorporated into the Morst Code Network in 1898, and coupled with Morstaybishlia's economic projection in the area has led several historians to quote Morstaybishlia's influence over Ewenshire as being apart of its [[Wikipedia:Informal empire|informal empire]].