We, being Forsaken Corsairs, first moved from crowded, expensive Mortimer to Ile la Vache, until growing British aggression around Haiti pushed us out. We weren't in anything higher than maybe a Merc and wanted somewhere far from others to make a place to grow and learn. So we picked the South East. After we moved in, we found out that Crimson Flotilla was active further up the island chain and reached out the hand of friendship.
We initially had engagements with the Dutch (Hi Cpt Obvious) most days, until [sIN] and [TSP] moved in to Coquibacao and pulled the dutch focus to the west.
I was actually hoping for a france/pirate treaty to stand, to kick the british out and then turn both our attentions elsewhere. I get your point though about the "take the deal, or we take you out" attitude that came across though. My clan leader's original dream was that whole bay to be black, so that is the offer i went with.