Sylvania

The 1638 Treaty of Nations had put severe limitations on new European colonization of the New World. In 1680, King Henry II was eager to repay his long loyal vassal, Lord Admiral Penn with a colonial Proctorship. Convinced that the Lenni Lape Nation would be agreeable, he drew up the Charter of Sylvania on March 4, 1781 after consultation with the Duke of York (Lord Proctor of Delaware) and officially presented it to the Admiral on April 2nd. Long hopeful of just such a reward, the Lord Admiral made his blood progeny, Sir William Penn II the governor of Sylvania and dispatched him across the Atlantic just weeks later with a small fleet of ships including (The Welcome) and retinue of other young vampires vassals to the Lord Admiral. On the eight week voyage, Governor Penn wrote the First Frame of Government with the preface serving as a summation of his ideal government. Penn sailed to New Castle in Delaware and then made his way up the river to meet/negotiate with the local leaders of the Lenni Lape Nation, paying for land that the Govenor of Delaware (Pierre Minuit) had negotiated on his behalf for.

There were already a number of non-Imperial settlers within Sylvania's chartered lands. Govenor Penn reached out, promising them fair and equal treatment under colonial law if they swore to become law-abiding citizens of the colony of Sylvania. Work commenced immediately on Philadelphia, which the Admirable had allowed his beloved progeny to name and create a development plan for. Govenor Penn labored furiously, successfully obtaining additional land granted by the charter in 1683 and 1684. As a member of the Friends of Veritas (or Veritans), Penn had extremely progressive and egalitarian views for a blooded aristocrat. However, his actions as Govenor were carefully metered by the Lord Admiral, especially through the agency of Lt. Govenor William Markham, his "cousin". This ended abruptly when Admiral Penn died during a transatlantic story (and mutiny) and King Henry II granted the Lord Proctorship to Penn (though not his seat in Parliament or other Imperial holdings) in 1691.

As Lord Proctor of Sylvania, Penn was able to publically welcome Veritans into Sylvania, allow for a General Assembly and put his Frame of Government into action. Neighboring colonial leaders wrote letters of protest to King Henry II, who ignored them despite being a stalwart Anglican, saying he was curious to see what Penn would accomplish.