Prodence
- Name
- プロデンス王国 (Purodensu Ōkoku)
- Region
- New World
- Notable residents
- Elizabello IIDagama
- First seen
- Ch. 903
- Name meaning
- プロデンス (Purodensu) ≈ English **'prudence,'** the cardinal virtue — fitting Dressrosa's roster of royal/European-named gladiator kingdoms. Prodence's three named figures form an Iberian Age-of-Exploration / naval set: its king Elizabello II crosses Queens **Isabella + Elizabeth** (regnal 'II' nodding to Elizabeth II), its tactician Dagama is **Vasco da Gama** (sea route to India), and Dressrosa's defence commander Tank Lepanto carries the **Battle of Lepanto** (1571) — where Cervantes, author of *Don Quixote* (the novel naming the Donquixote dynasty), was maimed. The wiki states no dedicated Prodence etymology; the 'prudence' gloss is carried from the sourced Elizabello II note.
Profile
The kingdom ruled by “The Fighting King” Elizabello II, served by the tactician Dagama. Named only at the Corrida Coliseum; not shown on-page this chapter .
Etymology
Prodence (プロデンス王国, Purodensu Ōkoku) reads as English “prudence,” the cardinal virtue — matching Dressrosa’s gladiator roster of European royal / Iberian names. The kingdom’s three named figures share an Age-of-Exploration / naval theme:
- Elizabello II — a comic cross of Queens Isabella and Elizabeth (the “II” nodding to Elizabeth II).
- Dagama — Vasco da Gama, the Portuguese explorer who opened the sea route to India (apt for a tactician/navigator).
- Tank Lepanto — the Battle of Lepanto (1571); Cervantes, author of Don Quixote (the novel behind the Donquixote dynasty), was maimed there.
The wiki gives no dedicated Prodence etymology; the “prudence” reading is carried from the sourced Elizabello II note and the kingdom’s consistent virtue / Iberian-naval theme. (Confidence: medium.)
Key chapters
- Ch. 704 — first named (kingdom of Elizabello II)
- Ch. 707 — referenced again: tactician Dagama aims to win the Flame-Flame Fruit “for Prodence” via the Block-B alliance (“will come to Prodence when all is said and done!!”, p. 3). Still not shown .
- Ch. 726 — its King Elizabello II is in the Dressrosa undercity: Prodence was long indebted to Dressrosa and is now mired in “nonstop war and suffering” since King Riku’s fall, which he blames on Doflamingo/Joker’s arms trade (pp. 6–8). Still not shown .
- Ch. 823 — the “Kingdom of Prodence” appears as an establishing caption among the Reverie-bound kingdoms (p. 9).
- Ch. 903 — first on-page appearance of the kingdom’s vessel. Prodence’s royal ship sails to the Reverie alongside Dressrosa’s and is caught in the pirate ambush; rescued by Navy HQ Captain Koby (pp. 9–13). See Meeting of Kings.
Cross-links
- Characters from here: Elizabello II, Dagama