Compact of Valletta (Principia Moderni IV Map Game)

The Compact of Valletta is an international compact relating to the safe passage across the Sicilian Channel. It was formed after a meeting between Abbasid and Neapolitan diplomats on the island of Malta to discuss methods of efficiently promoting trans-Mediterranean travel after the imposition of the Second Compact of Iskenderun.

The conference, which was spearheaded by King Matteo Visconti of Italy and Naples, took place in 1469, followed by subsequent negotiations by all parties to the Compact.

Basis of Compact
No nation shall have access to the Sicilian Channel, either coming from the West or the East, unless they meet the following conditions:
 * They renounce any and all claims on Neapolitan, Italian, and Abbassid claimed and administrated lands.
 * They recognize Neapolitan sovereignty over all claimed and administrated pensinsular possessions, and over all claimed and administrated island possessions, including but not limited to Sicily, Sardinia, and Malta.
 * They recognize the joint adminstration of the Sicilian Channel by the Abbasid Caliphate and the Kingdom of Naples, and these nations' rights to pass joint treaty-based legislation to further determine access through the Channel.
 * They recognize the rights of all other signatories to access the Sicilian Channel, regardless of international relations with said nation.
 * They agree to store, half in Tunis and half in Syracuse, a sum of gold equivalent to one-tenth of the total value of their nation's trade across the Sicilian Channel per annum.
 * They agree that any attempt by a national to smuggle goods through the Sicilian Channel will result in the confiscation of the aforementioned sum of gold, which must be restocked prior to the resumption of trans-Channel access.
 * They agree to a 5% tariff, to be collected at Valletta and distributed evenly between the Kingdom of Naples and the Abbasid Caliphate.
 * They agree to seek the joint permission of both the Kingdom of Naples and the Abbasid Calipate on a case-by-case basis prior to sending any military ships across the Sicilian Channel.
 * They separately work out a set of terms to be met, after consultation with both the Kingdom of Naples and the Abbasid Caliphate.

In exchange, the Kingdom of Naples and the Abbasid Calihpate agree to provide the following services to all nations party to this compact:
 * They will protect the Sicilian Channel from all pirates, rebels, and other brigands.
 * They will enforce the aforementioned terms.