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	As of the census of 2000, there are 20,103,113 people, 8,526,222 households, and 8,702,567 families residing in the city. The population density is 32,403.0/km² . There are 13,150,219 housing units at an average density of 8,008.5/km². Blacks are the largest ethnic group in the city of Costa Bravo. The racial makeup of the city is 75% White, 15% Black or African, 3% Hispanic, 5% Asian, and 2% mixed or assorted other races.		As of the census of 2000, there are 20,103,113 people, 8,526,222 households, and 8,702,567 families residing in the city. The population density is 32,403.0/km² . There are 13,150,219 housing units at an average density of 8,008.5/km². Blacks are the largest ethnic group in the city of Costa Bravo. The racial makeup of the city is 75% White, 15% Black or African, 3% Hispanic, 5% Asian, and 2% mixed or assorted other races.

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Tortuga
Nation: The Armed Republic of Costa Bravo Function: Capital; National, Regional Population: 20 Million Leader: Regent Jonah J. Rudabaugh

Tortuga is a postmodern port-city, capital of the Armed Republic of Costa Bravo and Coquille, the principal region of Costa Bravo. It encompasses the greater part of central Tortuga Island in the butt of Barbosa Bay, and is centralized around the Tortuga Canal, through which the city receives most of its income.

The city was either razed or completely destroyed on various occasions, in the Great Blaze of 1723, the Tortuga Incident in 1918, and during the Eugenics War in 2004. After each incident

History

Despite the innumerable colonists and settlers that had made landfall on Costa Bravo throughout the ages (the Africans, the Romans, the Greeks, the Spanish, the French), Tortuga Island remained uninhabited until the late 15th Century. The shallow bays and inlets along the perimeter (chiefly the northwestern side) garnered the most inhabitants, due to their convenient accessibility to the outside world. Barbosa Bay, however, trails into the heart of Costa Bravo for kilometers upon kilometers, and the narrow straits and unpredictable currents made colonization there illogical. And so, Tortuga Island lay unclaimed for centures. Centuries, that is, until 1492, when Captain Finneas "Redrum" Arkham, a mercenary that sailed the Mediterranean aboard his trusty pirate ship, took notice of Tortuga Island's tactical importance. He laid claim to the island, and slowly turned it into a headquarters for his roving band of mercenaries. The name Tortuga came from the first animal Arkham spied upon landfall -- an apathetic-looking comatose tortoise.

Over the years, Tortuga drew in every manner of unpleasant persons, and it eventually grew into a full-fledged city-port, renowned for its raucous way of life, allegedly comparable to a giant brothel. The uncivility of the town reached its peak when Finneas Arkham was himself publically throttled by a Spainard. Legend has it that Finneas' son, Norbert Arkham, tied the Spainard round with a hefty rope and hoisted the man from the tallest point in all of Tortuga, the Coquillan Spire (now known as the Citadel). It was said that the famously irascable crows of Tortuga feasted mightily that day, and it spawned the Costa Bravan Revolution, against the established Spanish presence elsewhere in Costa Bravo. However, it is a more likely tale that the Two-Ten Massacre at Monte Carlo sparked the Revolution, and that Finneas Arkham died in his sleep of a coronary.

After the success of the Revolution, Norbert Arkham was elected the first Regent of the Armed Republic of Costa Bravo uncontested, and, in memory of his father, he made Tortuga the capital of Costa Bravo.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there are 20,103,113 people, 8,526,222 households, and 8,702,567 families residing in the city. The population density is 32,403.0/km² . There are 13,150,219 housing units at an average density of 8,008.5/km². Blacks are the largest ethnic group in the city of Costa Bravo. The racial makeup of the city is 75% White, 15% Black or African, 3% Hispanic, 5% Asian, and 2% mixed or assorted other races. There are 8,526,222 households out of which 18.2% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 25.1% are married couples living together, 14.3% have a female householder with no husband present, and 51.0% are non-families. 35.1% of all households are made up of individuals and 9.0% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.31 and the average family size is 3.01. In the city the population is spread out with 19.2% under the age of 18, 16.8% from 18 to 24, 32.8% from 25 to 44, 20.8% from 45 to 64, and 10.4% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 29 years. For every 100 females there are 98.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 97.2 males. The median income for a household in the city is $59,293, and the median income for a family is $69,133. Males have a median income of $55,225 versus $53,171 for females. The per capita income for the city is $52,402. 8.5% of the population and 5% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total population, 13.2% of those under the age of 18 and 7.1% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line.

2000 Census	Tortuga	Coquillon	Costa Bravo
Total population	20,103,113	39,420,000	1,000,000,000
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	+9.1%	+10.2%	+13.1%
Population density	32,403/km²	500/km²	113/km²
Median household income (1999)	CBCØ59,293	CBCØ50,390	CBCØ55,994
Per capita income	CBCØ52,402	CBCØ47,389	CBCØ48,587
Bachelor's degree or higher	58%	62%	42%
Foreign born	10%	20%	13%
White	75%	62%	70%
Black	15%	20%	25%
Hispanic	3%	11%	4%
Asian	5%	5%	1%