Hydrarchy

"'Rule of the Seas' redirects here, if you were looking for the ideology focused on sea power, you should probably look into Thalassocracy."

Hydrarchism literally meaning Rule of the Waters is a term used to refer to a system of government in which political power is concentrated pirates or more generally in sailors. The ball itself is used to ideologically represent actual pirates (as opposed the internet kind), especially historical.

Ancient Pirates
Pirates have existed since antiquity in the area known as the Mediterranean. An early example of pirates were the Sea Peoples who attacked various Mediterranean civilisations prior to the bronze age collapse.

Medieval Pirates
Pirates were rather prominent in medieval Europe. With some of the most prominent hydrarchs being Vikings like the Victual Brothers.

The Golden Age of Piracy
TBA

Modern Pirates
In the modern day, hydrarchy is primarily practiced by people in Somalia which is a country that due to civil conflict does not have much economic opportunities. Thus leading a lot of people to raid nearby-ships.

Pirate Code
A pirate code, pirate articles or articles of agreement were a code of conduct for governing pirates. A group of sailors, on turning pirate, would draw up their own code or articles, which provided rules for discipline, division of stolen goods, and compensation for injured pirates. This form of communal governance would typically divvy up the earnings from the loot, with every crew member taking an equal share, with the captain taking two share.

Personality
Hydrarchy acts as the stereotypical pirate you would see in films and cartoons. Based on the pirates in the golden age of piracy like Blackbeard.

Stylistic notes

 * Drunk on rum
 * Angry
 * Violent
 * Adventurous
 * Speaks with stereotypical Pirate dialect. Meaning rolled Rs and the slang.
 * Likes to sing sea shanties while travelling somewhere. No matter where.

How to Draw
Hydrarchy's design is based the famous stereotypical "Jolly Roger" flag, used by pirates in the Golden Age of Piracy.
 * 1) Draw a ball.
 * 2) Fill in with black.
 * 3) Draw a skull and crossbones or crossed swords in white.
 * 4) Draw in the eyes.
 * 5) (Optional) Add a brown tricorn and/or eye patch.

Friends

 * [[File: Front.png]] Anarcho-Frontierism - Frontiers are epic, can't wait for space pirates.
 * [[File: Merc.png]] Mercantilism - Sometimes he hires me mateys as privateers.
 * [[File: Illeg.png]] Illegalism - If it is illegal, it is based.

Frenemies

 * [[File:FDF-Pirate.png]] Piratism - Not real pirates!
 * [[File: Egocom.png]] Ego-Communism - I like yer soul, kid.
 * [[File: Ancapf.png]] Anarcho-Capitalism - Yer onto something.
 * [[File: Ancom.png]] Anarcho-Communism - Yerr getting closer.
 * [[File: Thalassocracy.png]] Thalassocracy - I don't know who ye are but people keep confusing us...

Enemies

 * Jeffersondem2.png Jeffersonian Democracy - Barbary Wars, never forget.
 * Monarch.png Monarchism - Unless you wanna hire me and call me a "Privateer"

Literature

 * Life Under the Jolly Roger: Reflections on the Golden Age of Piracy by Gabriel Kuhn
 * Pirate Utopias: Moorish Corsairs & European Renegades by Hakim Bey
 * The Invisible Hook: The Hidden Economics of Pirates (An-arrgh-chy, Pirate Tolerance, Press) by Peter T. Leeson
 * Pirate Utopias: Under the Banner of King Death by Do or Die
 * [sic] A General History of the Pyrates: From Their First Rise and Settlement in the Island of Providence, to the Present Time by Captain Charles Johnson
 * The Many Headed Hydra: Sailors, Slaves, Commoners and the Hidden History of the Revolutionary Atlantic by Peter Linebaugh and Marcus Rediker

Wikipedia

 * Hydrarchy
 * Piracy
 * Golden Age of Piracy
 * Republic of Pirates
 * Libertatia
 * Blackbeard

Videos

 * How to be a Pirate: Captain Edition and Quartermaster Edtion by CGP Grey
 * How Somalia's Pirates Make Money by PolyMatter
 * Why It Sucked to be a Pirate by Sam O'Nella Academy
 * Are There Any Pirate Flags Left? and Why Walking the Plank is a PIRATE MYTH by Tapakapa
 * Alternate History: What If The Pirate Republic Survived? by Monsieur Z

Online Communities

 * r/Hydrarchy