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Government and Territories
Head of State: Doge Bonito Angelo
Government Style: Totalitarian Right-Winged State
Territories Under Italian Control: Corsica, Sardina, Tunisia, Libya
Occupied Territories: None
Dependant Territories: West Africa (Somalia & Eritrea), Slovenia

Government Structure:
The Head of State is elected once every eight years by The Senate, or a Congress counterpart. All those in The Senate are elected by state citizens. Territories are given their own Autocrats, but their power cannot exceed that of the Italian Doge.
The Head of State acts as a dictator, with only a 80% vote by The Senate can overrule any actions the Doge makes. The military, economic restrictions (which Italy practices a free market economy with limited social requirements), and political scene is all controlled by the Doge, with The Senate only watching over the Dogeand his actions. The people have no say in the election of their Doge with the exception of electing a Senate Member who promises to elect a candidate which they like.

Current Situation:
The government has a long-standing support with its people. Its authoritarian dictator, Doge Bonito Angelo, an outspoken Sicilian Representative to The Senate who has rumored to have been intertwined with the Sicilian Mafia in both America, Germany, and Italy, and has oftenly been known to reap extra amounts of cash for personal and national programs for just passing bills and laws, of which many exist for the most rediculous of reasons.

Civil unrest in Eritrea on its oppression and lack of economic aid has caused a request for independance in some of its coastal and other liberal areas; however, no armed forces have taken up arms. Libyan and Tunisian Territories lay in the Italian Autocracy, taking the wealth of a major European and Asian trade center that is willing to aid its dependacies. Libya and Tunisia forms a localized non-reconized political state called Libya-Tunisia, or by the locals South Italy.

The Island States, Corsica and Sardina, have been a seperate entity until resently when requests for a confederacy to be formed between the two states of the Autocracy and the Island States. This has been turned down for two years and has led to reforms in the Corsican Senate to ignore some federal laws passed that placed added means of minimum wages. A vote is expected to be held to see if the Corsican (most namely the "French Italians") people wish to break off and form their own state, seperate of the Italian Autocracy. As Canada faces problems with the french citizens in their own country, so does Italy.

In all Italy is isolationist at present, trying to construct and build a utopian paradise to some, somewhat like America in the colonial area, a promise land of wealth and joy. Although that is far from near, Doge Angelo has promised it, and all that follows afterwards is in his hands, both with the problems of the Communists, Greek Support, West African Rebels, and Corsican French seperatists.

West Africa, a governmentless Anarchic State that was once the union of Eritrea-Somalia is ruled along its coastlines by Italian Guardsmen, mostly those from the Libyan Guard. Martial Law is in effect and its sovergeinty has been taken back by the Autocracy. However, stability of the region is low and only coastal cities are still being saved and protected. Their government is only that of the Doge and the Italian Senate, being part of Italy temporarily and having no sovergein territory.

Armed Forces
The State of the Italian Military
[Last updated 1946]

Italian Army
2x Brigata Alpini (General Infantry)
8x Divisione Difensiva (Garrison)
3x Divisione Bersaglieri (Mechanized)
4x Divisione della Difesa di Aria (Flak and Support)
2x Divisione Dell’armatura (Armor)
1x Commandante (Command)

Italian Air Defence
3x Ala - F80
5x Pilote (Average)
2x Ala - F100 Super Saber

Italian Navy

1° Fleet
1 Heavy Carrier
1 Ala Vampire II
3 Heavy Missile Cruisers: Trento, Trieste, Bolzano
3 Light Cruisers: Alberico da Barbiano, Armando Diaz, Luigi Savoia Duca delgi Abruzzi
15 Destroyers

2° Fleet
3 Heavy Missile Cruisers: Zara, Fiume, Pola
1 Pilote (Expert)
3 Light Cruisers: Muzio Attendolo, Pompeo Magno, Raimondo Montecuccoli
15 Destroyers




Economics and Trade
The State of the Italian Economy
[Last updated 1946]

Tech Level: 7
Population: 50 million
Economy: Market, Peacetime (3%)
Growth: 2 points, yields 1 production center in Venice

Production centers: Milan 4, Rome 3, Genoa 3, Turin 2, Venice 2, Naples 1: 30 points
25 shipping units: 37.5 points
National airline: 2 points
International airline: 2 points
Libya: 5 points
Tunisia: 2 points
Sardinia/Corsica: 2 points
Eritrea: 1 point
TOTAL: 81.5 points

Social Spending
Italy (includes Libya, Tunisia, and Corsica): Level 3 = 15 points
Somalia: Level 2 = 2 points
Eritrea: Level 2 = 2 points
Subtotal: 19 points

Military Upkeep
2 Brigate Alpini: .5 points
8 Divisioni Difensiva (garrison): 2 points
3 Divisioni Bersaglieri (mechanized): 1.5 points
4 Divisioni della Difesa di Aria (flak): 1 point
2 Divisioni Dell’armatura (armor): 1 point
1 Commandante (HQ): 1 point
3 Ale del Combattente (F80), 2 dismantled: 1.5 points
5 Piloti (Average): Free
6 Heavy Missile Cruisers: 3 points
6 Light Cruisers: 3 points
30 Destroyers: 1.5 points
Subtotal: 17 points

Military Spending
2 F100 Super Saber: 4 points
1 Vampire III: 2 points
1 Pilote (Expert): 2 points
1 Heavy Carrier: 13 points (1 year, 0 points left)
Subtotal: 21 points

Domestic Spending
4 Shipping Units: 12 points
Subtotal: 12 points


19 Social + 17 Upkeep + 21 Military + 12 Domestic = 69 POINTS
81.5 - 69 = x Surplus




Relations and Events
As of 1953
January 1953 - Italian Senate mandate that Eritrea become part of West Africa (Somalia) as a territory of the stateless Somalian Government in hopes to give it some stability. Admediately civil war errupts across the entire Autocracy over night. Corsican Autocrat Dominico Sionde declares Corsica its independant nation, and with it comes West Africa acknowledging its sovergeinty, a treason. Corsica implodes as its citizens fight on the streets with fists and rifles that were illegally kept (due to Italy's No Domestic Firearm Policy). Sardina pledges support for Italy and the Sardinian Guard jumps across the waterway between the two islands and declares itself souly responcible for bringing Corsica back into the Autocracy. West Africa declares independance from Italy shortly after and signs a non-reconized pact with the Corsican Government to aid in defence by sharing knowledge and information about Italian movements.
February 1954 - West Africa's Government finally callapses (supported until now by the weak fragile Eritrean government), and the entire territory is unable to protect itself. Italy declares it Italian Occupied Territory within only weeks of civil war and the territory is left to implode, without Italian support, only occupation in key coastal cities of Eritrea. Corsica keeps Sardinian Guard off shores, and air raids begin against Corsica, while no naval ships are under Corsican or Sardinian control. An miniture air war errupts as Italian ships deploy from Sicily to aid in air defence and in starving the island to death, as not to harm its valuable infrastructure and investments.

[For those who are reading, I will post all of this in more detail later in a seperate thread, just getting ready for Tuesday so I won't be behind]

ooc
we have been treating Italy has being generous to its Libyan citizens, so unless that changes, assume they are treated as part of Italy. I would call the Mass the Senate, as that is after all a traditional Roman term (and Rome is the highlight of Italian history after all).

I would call the dictator the Doge (a Venetian term)

expert and average refer to pilot quality or unit quality. See military thread for what that means (first page discusses training levels)

Assume Vatican City is seperate from Italy proper for convenience (so if we ever get someone who wants to play the Pople, we can fit that in)

Italy has no military alliances at this time but is part of the UN. Relations between Italy and the US/UK are assumed to be friendly, and Slovenia by the way is also an Italian client state (after the Third Great War).

The population of Italy would most likely not be real excited about going to war again anytime soon, although Italy has close ties with Greece, which it supported when Greece and Turkey fought after the Third World War. Italian naval forces were drawn into that dispute by the way, and an Italian cruiser sank after hitting a mine. That was a few years back, nothing noteworthy in the foreign affairs area since then (no active player)

OOC: Well, I am RPing Libya and Tunisia as brother-territories (sort of like Australia and Canada to the british, but these two have actual borders) and the only problem are the african territories, which did in RL give Italy problems, and they still are the world's problems. I am planning on keeping it my territory and using it as a strategic location. Slovenia too? I'll add it then. Maybe as a dependant, as I wish not to control too many territories or I get a deficit for supplying them with everything tax-free (like USA to Puerto Rico).

The war now is mostly between Corsica and Sardina (RPed as territories within my own nation), French versus Italian, of which I am expecting France to make a declaration when I post the civil war thread (although I wish for no one to get involved militaristically, it is an open RP).

I like the name "Mass" as it adds to the religious effects I am trying to show, but I will change it to Senate. As to "Doge" that is changed now, but all territorial leaders will still be mentioned as Autocrats, though, if no one minds. I will also not be planning an invasion of any territory anytime soon except maybe in East Africa (the nation that was once Somalia and Eritrea).

Just something for you to check out and possibly voice an opinion on, but, due to your ownership of Libya-Tunisia, there is discussion about creating a second-class member status for Italy in the Arab League. It would include, if you wish to contribute, a space program, along with economic benefits. There is also, however, the issue of the membership accepting you.

OOC: Well, since I RP my territories as their own governments, just having to answer to a centralized one (similar to a Confederacy but more laws on social issues federally), Libya-Tunisia as a country (and my administrated West Africa) could easily join as first-class, with maybe West Africa being second, since they are strictly under my power and government (and that ain't changing for a while). I will check into the Arab League once I get everything together.