Mar de la Patria

'Mar de la Patria' ("Homeland Sea") is an antiquated Verdesan term for the Achelian Sea as well as a historic ideal and foreign policy goal that states the Achelian is an integral part of Verdesa's national interests and that dominance over it is integral to the survival and prosperity of the Verdesan nation.

Nationalists still commonly use the term in a poetic and irredentist sense. The Resurgist government, while not officially recognizing the principle, is widely believed to confidentially take part in attempting its realization, including efforts to exert maritime merchant and military force throughout the stretches of the sea, with large amounts of funding being allocated to the expansion and increased operational capability of the Verdesan Navy.