Successful Pirate Kingdom

[tom]

WI one of the pirate kingdoms founded in the 17th Century had been successful? What would they have to (minimally) change to succeed?
What would they be like now?

[basileus]

The Trucial States were not Oman, which was a powerful and legitimate sultanate.
The Trucial States were the United Arab Emirates of today, maybe with Bahrain and Qatar.

[tom]

basileus:
Ahhh...huh?

[Grey Wolf]

Originally Posted by tom

WI one of the pirate kingdoms founded in the 17th Century had been successful? What would they have to (minimally) change to succeed?
What would they be like now?

Where are these pirate kingdoms ? Are we talking the Persian Gulf (as Stefano is), or the Barbary states, or something else ?

Grey Wolf

[tom]

Western style pirates tried several kingdoms, mostly in Madagascar.
These are what I was thinking of.

[basileus]

Originally Posted by basileus

The Trucial States were not Oman, which was a powerful and legitimate sultanate.
The Trucial States were the United Arab Emirates of today, maybe with Bahrain and Qatar.

Oops, someone posted something about Oman, then deleted it after my post. That's all

[NapoleonXIV]

That was me sorry,

Did the pirate kingdoms actually support pirates or did they simply offer sanctuary so they became nests? and since piracy is still with us, are there still pirate kingdoms too?

[Tyr]

A quote from the Simpsons seems appropriate here-

'Set course for hidden pirate island A.K.A Hong Kong'

[tom]

I understand they were actually founded by the pirates.