Gades Colonial Authority

The Gades Colonial Authority is a governing body headquartered in the Carthaginian city of Gades, real-life Cádiz, Spain. The administration of the various Carthaginian colonies in the Americas is handled through the Gades Colonial Authority, which only occasionally answers to the Carthaginian government. This is because the Carthaginians run a rather decentralized empire, the city was taken over by one of the most powerful families of the Carthaginians, and the city itself was eventually hijacked by a Celto-Tartessian elite. In addition, Gades is the only major Carthaginian city to face the Atlantic Ocean rather than the Mediterranean Sea.