History Characters / KaiserreichItaly

* InSpiteOfANail: Creates an ideology similar to his OTL Fascism in Kaiserreich, but much more left-leaning and closer economically to National Syndicalism over OTL Fascist corporatism.

* TheCoup: Lussu may come to power by the Veterans' Coup, leading veterans' associations supported by the Army to remove Mussolini from power.

** Not only Eugenio Pacelli[=/=]Pius XII is the historical successor of Pius XI, but the three non-historical successors all took part in the Conclave held for Pius XI's succession.

* TheTheocracy: Rather obviously, the Catholic Pope is the absolute monarch of the Papal State. Under Stephen X or John XXIII it can be downplayed, as they can cede most temporal power to an elected assembly and associated secular institutions, but they still maintain their authority over the church and position as head of state over the Papal State.

* HistoricalHeroUpgrade: The real Liénart is a somewhat controversed figure thanks to his active support to Vichy France and his absence of opposition to Vichy's antisemitic policies. In ''Kaiserreich'', he's a moderate socialist able to reform the Papal State without bloodshed.

* TheEmpire: If the Two Sicilies defeats all of their enemies on Italy, they can reform Italy into the Italian Empire. Although if this was preceded by a consolidation of Two Sicilies democracy, this is closer to a federation, it just ''calls'' itself an Empire because the monarch holds the title of Emperor.

->'''Party:''' Partito Democratico Cristiano[[note]]Christian Democratic Party[[/note]], Partito Popolare Democratico (Elections), Democrazia Cristiana[[note]]Christian Democracy[[/note]] (Elections), Partito Liberale e Agrario[[note]]Liberal and Agrarian Party[[/note]] (Elections), Integralisti 'e Ddoje Sicilie (Elections)
->'''Ideology:''' Social Conservatism, Social Democracy, Social Liberalism, Authoritarian Democracy, National Populism

>'''Party:''' Partito Democratico Cristiano[[note]]Christian Democratic Party[[/note]], Partito Popolare Democratico (Elections), Democrazia Cristiana[[note]]Christian Democracy[[/note]] (Elections), Partito Liberale e Agrario[[note]]Liberal and Agrarian Party[[/note]] (Elections), Integralisti 'e Ddoje Sicilie (Elections)

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%%!!''Ferruccio Parri''
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%%->'''Role:''' Prime Minister[[note]]Country Leader[[/note]] (PLD leadership election)
%%->'''Party:''' Partito Liberale Democratico[[note]]Liberal Democratic Party[[/note]]
%%->'''Ideology:''' Social Liberalism

%%!!''Marcello Soleri''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_ita_marcello_soleri.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' Prime Minister[[note]]Country Leader[[/note]] (PLI leadership election)
%%->'''Party:''' Partito Liberale Italiano[[note]]Italian Liberal Party[[/note]]
%%->'''Ideology:''' Market Liberalism
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%%!!''Giacomo Matteotti''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_ita_giacomo_matteotti.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' Second in Command (Bonomi cabinet), Prime Minister[[note]]Country Leader[[/note]] (Second election)
%%->'''Party:''' Lega Democratica Riformista[[note]]Reformist Democratic League[[/note]]
%%->'''Ideology:''' Social Democracy
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%%!!''Pietro Ferdinando d'Asburgo-Lorena''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_ita_pietro_ferdinando.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' Monarch[[note]]Country Leader[[/note]] (Federation restored under the Grand Duke)

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%%!!''Adriano Visconti''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_lom_adriano_visconti.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' Monarch[[note]]Country Leader[[/note]] (Federation restored under the Count)
%%->'''Party:''' Consiglio della Federazione Italiana[[note]]Council of the Italian Federation[[/note]]
%%->'''Ideology:''' Authoritarian Democracy

* {{Irony}}: Umberto in OTL was the last king of Italy, after a referendum voted in favor of abolishing the Monarchy after WWII. Here, the opposite happens after defeating the socialist-republican Italy.

* RightfulKingReturns: Umberto II is the son of Victor Emmanuel III, the king that abdicated as Italy collapsed and the previous heir before his own abdication.

%%->'''Party:''' Consiglio Ducale[[note]]Ducal Council[[/note]], Casa di Visconti[[note]]House of Visconti[[/note]] (Strengthen authority), Partito Popolare Lombardo[[note]]Lombard People's Party[[/note]] (Universal Suffrage), Partito Liberale Lombardo[[note]]Lombard Liberal Party[[/note]] (Election), Partito Liberale Democratico[[note]]Liberal Democratic Party[[/note]] (Election)
%%->'''Ideology:''' Authoritarian Democracy, Paternal Authority (Strengthen authority), Social Conservatism (Universal Suffrage), Market Liberalism (Elections) Social Liberalism (Elections)

%%!!''Randolfo Pacciardi''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_sri_randolfo_pacciardi.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' Field Marshal, Country Leader (Released by a Social Liberal country)
%%->'''Party:''' Partito Repubblicano Italiano[[note]]Italian Republican Party[[/note]]
%%->'''Ideology:''' Social Liberalism
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%%!!''Enrico Caviglia''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_sri_enrico_caviglia.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' Country Leader (Released by a Reactionary country)
%%->'''Party:''' Fronte Militare Clandestino[[note]]Clandestine Military Front[[/note]], Fronte Militare Clandestino (Sempre Pronti per la Patria e per il Re)[[note]]Clandestine Military Front (Always Ready for the Fatherland and the King)[[/note]]
%%->'''Ideology:''' Paternal Autocracy, National Populism
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%%!!''College of Cardinals''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_papal_state_college_of_cardinals.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' Cardinal[[note]]Country Leader[[/note]] (Pius XI dies)
%%->'''Party:''' Stato Ecclesiastico[[note]]Ecclesiastical States[[/note]]
%%->'''Ideology:''' Paternal Autocracy
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->'''Party:''' Nuovo Papato[[note]]New Papacy[[/note]], Movimento Sociale Latino[[note]]Latin Social Movement[[/note]] (Secularised elections), Alleanza Cristiana Democratica[[note]]Christian Democratic Alliance[[/note]] (Secularised elections)
->'''Ideology:''' Authoritarian Democracy, Social Conservatism (Secularised elections), Social Democracy (Secularised elections)

->'''Party:''' Nuovo Papato[[note]]New Papacy[[/note]], Movimento Sociale Latino[[note]]Latin Social Movement[[/note]] (Secularised elections), Alleanza Cristiana Democratica[[note]]Christian Democratic Alliance[[/note]] (Secularised elections)
->'''Ideology:''' Authoritarian Democracy, Social Sonservatism (Secularised elections), Social Democracy (Secularised elections)

->'''Party:''' Governo Bardanzellu[[note]]Bardanzellu Government[[/note]], Governo Badoglio[[note]]Badoglio Government[[/note]] (Marshal Badoglio appointed), Governo Marras[[note]]Marras Government[[/note]] (General Marras appointed/Marras moves towards democracy), Governo Thaon di Revel[[note]]Thaon of Revel Government[[/note]] (Marshal Badoglio arrested), Unione Democratica Sarda[[note]]Sardinian Democratic Union[[/note]] (UDS elected), Unione Liberale[[note]]Liberal Union[[/note]] (Liberals elected), Partito Sardo d'Azione[[note]]Sardinian Action Party[[/note]] (Sardists elected, Bellini chosen as PM), Partito Sardo d'Azione[[note]]Sardinian Action Party[[/note]] (Centre-Left elected or Sardists elected, Melis chosen as PM)
->'''Ideology:''' Paternal Autocracy, Authoritarian Democracy (Marras moves towards democracy), Social Conservatism (Elections), Social Liberalism (Elections), Market Liberalism (Elections), Social Democracy (Elections)

%%!!''Paul Boffa''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_mlt_paul_boffa.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' Chairman[[note]]Country Leader[[/note]] (Released by a Socialist country)
%%->'''Party:''' Partit Maximista Malti[[note]]Maltese Maximist Party[[/note]], Partit Syndicalista Malti[[note]]Maltese Syndicalist Party[[/note]], Partit tal-Haddiema[[note]]Workers' Party[[/note]]
%%->'''Ideology:''' Totalism, Syndicalism, Radical Socialism
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%%!!''Gerald Strickland''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_mlt_gerald_strickland.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' Country Leader (Released by a Democratic country)
%%->'''Party:''' Partit Laburista[[note]]Labour Party[[/note]], Partit Demokratiku[[note]]Democratic Party[[/note]], Alleanza Repubblikana[[note]]Republican Alliance[[/note]], Partit Nazzjonalista[[note]]Nationalist Party[[/note]], Partit Kostituzzjonali[[note]]Constitutional Party[[/note]]
%%->'''Ideology:''' Social Democracy, Social Liberalism, Market Liberalism, Social Conservatism, Authoritarian Democracy
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%%!!''Enrico Mizzi''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_mlt_enrico_mizzi.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' Country Leader (Released by a Reactionary country)
%%->'''Party:''' Gvern Militari[[note]]Military Government[[/note]], Partit Malti[[note]]Maltese Party[[/note]]
%%->'''Ideology:''' Paternal Autocracy, National Populism
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* GildedCage: Umberto's every moves are watched.

%%!!''Ferdinando III''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ferdinand_4.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' Monarch[[note]]Country Leader[[/note]]
%%>'''Party:''' Partito Democratico Cristiano[[note]]Christian Democratic Party[[/note]], Partito Popolare Democratico (Elections), Democrazia Cristiana[[note]]Christian Democracy[[/note]] (Elections), Partito Liberale e Agrario[[note]]Liberal and Agrarian Party[[/note]] (Elections), Integralisti 'e Ddoje Sicilie (Elections)
%%->'''Ideology:''' Social Conservatism, Social Democracy, Social Liberalism, Authoritarian Democracy, National Populism

%%The current head of the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, restored to rule the Kingdom of Two Sicilies in the Treaty of Trieste.

*

->'''Role:''' King[[note]]Country Leader[[/note]] (Restoration after Legionnaires defeat SRI, Sardina does not exist)

%%->'''Party:''' Partito Democratico Cristiano[[note]]Christian Democratic Party[[/note]], Partito Popolare Democratico (Elections), Democrazia Cristiana[[note]]Christian Democracy[[/note]] (Elections), Partito Liberale e Agrario[[note]]Liberal and Agrarian Party[[/note]] (Elections), Integralisti 'e Ddoje Sicilie (Elections)

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->'''Official Name:''' Italian Republic, Legionnaire Italy (Ciano), Italian Imperium (Ciano, Italian reunification), Italian Federation (Federation restored)

%%!!''Ivanoe Bonomi''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_ita_ivanoe_bonomi.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' Prime Minister[[note]]Head of State[[/note]]
%%->'''Party:''' Partito Liberale Democratico[[note]]Liberal Democratic Party[[/note]]
%%->'''Ideology:''' Social Liberalism
%%----

%%->'''Role:''' Prime Minister[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (1936/Second election)

%%->'''Role:''' Prime Minister[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (1936/Second election)

->'''Role:''' Admiral, Head of State (1936 election or ANI coup)

** Instead of Blackshirts, Legionnaire Italy has [[StateSec Greenshirts]], which is the exact same organization as the Blackshirts are in reality ([[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackshirts Voluntary Militia for National Security]]), just founded during the Italian Civil War. The green shirts worn by the Greenshirts, like the black shirts worn by the Blackshirts, are based on the uniforms of the ''Arditi''.

** One of Legionnaire Italy's focuses is called [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_economic_battles Four Economic Battles]], based on economic policies taken by Fascist Italy in reality.

* ThePurge: One of Legionnaire Italy's focuses is "Purge Red Menace", which involves removing any civil servants with socialist connections from power.
* PuttingOnTheReich: Legionnaire Italy recreates many of the elements of Fascist Italy in Kaiserreich's timeline.
* SecretPolice: Legionnaire Italy creates the OVRA to arrest any dissidents and ensure supremacy of the national populist government.

%%->'''Role:''' Prime Minister[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (PLD leadership election)

%%->'''Role:''' Prime Minister[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (PLI leadership election)

%%->'''Role:''' Prime Minister[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Second election)

%%->'''Role:''' Monarch[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Venice wins against Italy, Grand Duke leads the Federation)

%%->'''Role:''' Monarch[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Venice wins against Italy, Count leads the Federation)

%%See his entry in the Lombardy folder.

%%->'''Role:''' Head of State (Venice wins against Italy, Volpi leads the Federation)

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!!''Umberto II''
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->'''Role:''' King [[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Restoration after Legionnaires defeat SRI, Sardina does not exist)

%%[[folder:Venice]]
%%[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/venice_2.jpg]]
%%->'''Official Name:''' Most Serene Republic of Venice, Serene Republic of Italy (Italian reunification)
%%->'''Ruling Party:''' Partito Repubblicano Veneto[[note]]Venetian Republic Party[[/note]]
%%->'''Ideology:''' Market Liberalism
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%%->'''Role:''' Doge[[note]]Head of State[[/note]]

%%->'''Role:''' Doge[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (New Republic, elections)

%%->'''Role:''' Doge[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (New Republic, elections)

%%->'''Role:''' Doge[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Elections)

%%[[/folder]]

%%[[folder:Lombardy]]

%%->'''Official Name:''' Republic of Lombardy, Kingdom of Lombardy (Monarchy restored), Kingdom of Italy (Monarchy, Italian reunification)

%%->'''Role:''' Monarch[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Venice defeats Italy, makes Lombardy independent)

%%->'''Role:''' General, Head of State (Duke steps down)

%%->'''Role:''' Head of State (Elections)

%%!!''Ivanoe Bonomi''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_ita_ivanoe_bonomi.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' Head of State (Elections)
%%->'''Party:''' Partito Liberale Democratico[[note]]Liberal Democratic Party[[/note]]
%%->'''Ideology:''' Social Liberalism
%%See his entry in the Italian Republic folder.

%%->'''Role:''' Head of State (Radicals banned, elections)

%%->'''Role:''' Head of State (Radicals allowed, elections)

->'''Role:''' Chairman[[note]]Head of State[[/note]]

->'''Role:''' Prime Minister[[note]]Head of Government[[/note]] (Giulietti cabinet), Chairman[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Giulietti resigns)

%%->'''Role:''' Prime Minister[[note]]Head of Government[[/note]] (Mussolini cabinet, Reform the Party focus), Chairman[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Mussolini assassinated)

%%!!''Alceste De Ambris''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_sri_alceste_de_ambris.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' Prime Minister[[note]]Head of Government[[/note]] (Mussolini cabinet, Presidentalist government), Chairman[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Blackshirts putsch overthrows Togliatti)
%%->'''Party:''' Fasci d'Azione Rivoluzionaria[[note]]Fasces of Revolutionary Action[[/note]]
%%->'''Ideology:''' Totalism
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%%->'''Role:''' Chairman[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Post-unification election - Syndicalists elected, Urban unions empowered)

%%->'''Role:''' Chairman[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Post-unification election - Syndicalists elected, Urban-Rural unions compromised)

%%->'''Role:''' Chairman[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Post-unification election - Syndicalists elected, Rural unions empowered)

->'''Role:''' Prime Minister[[note]]Head of Government[[/note]] (Mussolini cabinet, Parliamentarist government or Presidency restored), Chairman[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Post-unification election - Actionists elected)

* AllohistoricalAllusion: Should he suceed in the constitutional restoration, the Workers' Republic shares the same flag as the OTL [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giustizia_e_Libert%C3%A0 Giustizia e Libertà]] movment, which he co-founded with Ferruccio Parri and Sandro Pertini in his exile in Paris.

%%->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Presidency restored)

%%!!''Emilio Lussu''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_sri_emilio_lussu.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' Prime Minister[[note]]Head of Government[[/note]] (Rosselli cabinet), Chairman[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Rosselli assassinated or Veterans' Coup)
%%->'''Party:''' Partito d'Azione[[note]]Action Party[[/note]]
%%->'''Ideology:''' Radical Socialism
%%----

%%->'''Role:''' Field Marshal, Head of State (Released by a Social Liberal country)

%%->'''Role:''' Head of State (Released by a Reactionary country)

->'''Role:''' Pope[[note]]Head of State[[/note]]

%%->'''Role:''' Cardinal[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Pius XI dies)

->'''Role:''' Pope[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Papal Conclave)

->'''Role:''' Pope[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Papal Conclave)

->'''Role:''' Pope[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Papal Conclave)

!! ''Julius IV''

->'''Role:''' Pope[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Papal Conclave)

%%->'''Role:''' Monarch[[note]]Head of State[[/note]]

->'''Role:''' Monarch[[note]]Head of State[[/note]]

The son of King Emanuele Filiberto who succeeded him after his death in 1931. He's the current head of the the House of Savoy, and the current King of Sardinia-Piedmont.

%%!!''Emilio Lussu''
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%%->'''Role:''' Chairman[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Released by a Socialist country)

%%->'''Role:''' Head of State (Released by a Liberal/Conservative country)

%%->'''Role:''' Head of State (Released by a Reactionary country)

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%%->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Traitor. Sellout. Puppet. Failure. Ivanoe Bonomi has heard it all, but he still diligently fights every day for Italy and the Republic. Being a Prime Minister isn’t an easy job for most countries, and certainly not in a divided Italy. When the Sicilians and Sardinians withdrew from the Italian Federation in 1930, then Prime Minister of the Federation Bonomi dissolved the Federation, a bold move that established a new republic and sidelined the foreign-raised monarchs nominally ruling Italy. Subsequently, he was elected Prime Minister of the new Italian Republic, and his willingness to work with the much-maligned Austria, while economically beneficial, continues to draw great internal scrutiny. Bonomi struggles to weather these increasingly virulent criticisms while cementing the republic's political institutions.\\\
%%It would be unwise, however, to write off Bonomi as just another Austrian collaborator or political suit. The father of this new Italian Republic actually had his origins as a socialist deputy from Mantua. Born 1873, a generation after first Risorgimento, he grew up a scholar and a journalist as Italy transitioned from a wartime state to a new Kingdom. His moderate views and support for Giolitti's war in Libya saw him expelled from the PSI in 1912, and opted to co-found the Italian Socialist Reformist Party (PSRI).\\\
%%When the Weltkrieg began, he volunteered to go to the front. After a short stint however, he quickly assumed a series of high ranking cabinet positions, with portfolios including Public Works, War, and Treasury. With many other Italian politicians fleeing into exile or retiring from politics in 1919 after the humiliating armistice, Ivanoe Bonomi was one of the few who dared to remain in the government as the Austrians began drafting their peace terms. The deteriorating political situation saw Italy collapse into civil war and Austrian occupation of northern Italy. \\\
%%Realising things have gone out of control and in a desperate bid to attract some liberal support, the Austrians allowed Bonomi to form a compromise provisional democratic government in Milan parallel to their Aristocratic federation project. Bonomi, for his part, dropped his openly socialist views in favour of joining the newly formed Liberal Democrats.\\\
%%Having outflanked the Austrians for now, it is up to Bonomi to navigate the treacherous waters ahead if his Republic is to survive.[[/labelnote]]

%%->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Sometimes, despite all the chaos and all rapid changes engulfing a nation, it is easier to go back to the way things used to be. The triumph of the Italian Liberal Party is proof of that fact, and with the reemergence of the dominant party of the early 1900s, it would appear that the status quo of old has returned. But not everything is the same - Luigi Einaudi is a new man promising a new day in Italy. Under his careful eye, liberalism will flourish in Italy and will be more than just a capitalistic vehicle for political control. Rather, it will be an expansive ideology reflecting integrated approach to moral, economic and social reasoning.\\\
%%Born in 1874 to a small town in Piedmont to a minor bureaucratic family, Einaudi was orphaned at age 14. He went to school in Turin, studying economics under Salvatore Cognetti de Martiis. A socialist in university and a collaborator with Critica Sociale, his time as a magazine contributor ended with a move towards liberal thought. He spent a significant portion of his life in academia, teaching finance at schools in Turin and Milan.\\\
1919 changed everything, not just for Italy but also for a young Einaudi. The middle aged professor found himself at Bocconi University in occupied Milan as socialist and nationalist revolutionaries began to overrun major cities and towns across the country. With many of his students dropping out to join a cause, Einaudi became inspired to find a movement of his own. He was introduced to national politics by Francesco Saverio Nitti during the chaotic early days of the Italian Federation, and soon became an outspoken member of the PLI.\\\
%%Although Nitti remained with the Sicilian government after the Federation collapsed, Einaudi stayed with Federation leadership in Lombardy and joined the Republican government. He helped to reorganise the liberals, rallying them against the aristocratic influence of the Austrians and their Federationist allies as well as the nationalistic legionaires under Ciano. Instead, he has chosen to offer a vision of an Italy with the utmost respect for human liberty and encouraging the individual to pursue a form of self actualisation away from the dominance of the state. He also dreams of a European federalism, distinct from the false and exploitative ‘federation’ imposed by the Hapsburgs, one where European peoples work together to keep the red tide at bay and to promote individual civil liberties across the continent.[[/labelnote]]

%%->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]In a country dominated by Roman Catholics, it was perhaps no surprise when Giovanni Gronchi and the Italian’s People’s Party (PPI) took charge of the young Italian Republic. This coalition, dominated by Christian Democrats, promises to guide the Italian nation using Christian social teachings - contrasting with anti-clerical factions on the left while still promoting welfare and labor issues opposed by the right.\\\
%%The man at the helm of the PPI is Giovanni Gronchi, a Tuscan-born follower of Father Romolo Murri, one of the early founders of Christian democracy in Italy. Initially a highschool teacher with a degree in literature from the University of Pisa, when the Weltkrieg broke out Gronchi fought as an infantry officer.\\\
%%When the war ended, Giovanni Gronchi returned as a decorated soldier to a deteriorating political situation at home. Fearful of anti-Catholic violence, he fled Tuscany and went to Milan. There, Father Luigi Sturzo began to organise the PPI for the first time with the blessing of Rome and Vienna. Unlike the other Christian Democratic parties emerging in post-civil war Italy, the PPI found themselves under a Republic and proved to be comfortable serving both under the Austrian imposed federation and Bonomi’s republican system.\\\
%%Gronchi’s activities as a PPI activist and representative have been varied. In addition to being a reasonably successful businessman, industrialist and salesperson, he was also notable for helping organise Catholic trade unions in an effort to undercut syndicalist influence and win better concessions for the workers. One of the more left-leaning members of the PPI, his ascension into leadership was not a sure thing. When Luigi Sturzo resigned as leader of the PPI, Gronchi took power as part of a triumvirate with Giulio Rodinò and Giuseppe Spataro. Together they formed a front against the rising Legionairism in Italy, hoping to organise the remaining democratic parties against them.\\\
%%Gronchi’s election as President of Italy now confirms the influence of the PPI in Italian politics. While some have criticised him for actions seen as conciliatory to socialists and syndicalists, his commitment to parliamentary democracy and his willingness to engage in some economic reform makes him a stable candidate to guide Italy for the near future.[[/labelnote]]

->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]\\
Born: August 30th, 1876, in Livorno, Tuscany, Kingdom of Italy\\
Political Career: An unassuming sailor, a terrible public speaker, no one would have thought the Tuscan officer would have ever amounted to anything much; and yet, there he is.\\\
After years of service in the Navy, Ciano was shot to national relevance due to his actions in Buccari in 1918; Decorated with a golden medal to valour, his fifth, he would watch in horror as the war turned on Italy. He would fight for the White side in the civil war, ensuring their superiority at sea in the Adriatic; he also became one of the few monarchist officers not to follow Badoglio in Sardinia during his evacuation.\\\
Hailed as a national hero and one of the few men in the Northeast to be able to oppose both Austrian hegemony and Red infiltration, he rose to ANI leadership with the support of both party secretary Luigi Federzoni and Blueshirts leader Alessandro Sardi, becoming the figurehead of the movement.\\\
When the ANI was carried to power in the aftermath of the chaotic 1936 elections, Ciano was seen as the natural leader of the country, a true Duce to follow in the footsteps of Garibaldi and free Italy from tyranny.
[[/labelnote]]

%%->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]As one star fades, another rises in its place. After decades of leadership under Ivanoe Bonomi, the Liberal Democrats have emerged renewed under Ferruccio Parri. With the support of a wider coalition, Parri hopes for a new era of unity in a tumultuous Italy.\\\
%%Initially a school teacher in Milan and an editor at Corriere della Sera, the Weltkrieg changed Parri’s life forever. Joining as an officer, he was decorated for bravery and was wounded on three separate occasions throughout the war. During the closing days of the war, he was an officer of the Italian General Staff, and was dismayed as the Italian military suffered defeat after defeat at the hands of the combined Austro-German offensive.\\\
%%Parri was part of the Italian military remnant released by the Austrians to help stabilise the situation in the Italian homefront as Italian revolutionaries deposed the monarchy and sought to oust the Austrians from the peninsula. While suspicious of Austrian aims, he feared the rising tide of socialism and used his influence in Milan to organise partisan groups to counter red infiltration. He became moderately known locally for being a staunchly republican editor of the Corriere della Sera, promoting a liberal democratic alternative to syndicalism.\\\
%%Initially lukewarm towards the Italian Federation imposed by the Austrians, he became an avid supporter of Bonomi’s Italian Republic when it was declared in 1930. By that point, he was a manager of Milan’s largest electrical company and joined up with Bonomi’s newly formed Liberal Democrats. Now, it is up to Parri to take up the torch of the party and safeguard the democratic, moderate ideals of the Republic.[[/labelnote]]

%%->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Even as times change and politicians come and go, it can be reassuring for many that a familiar face is at the helm. Marcello Soleri is one of those faces, a long time political figure in the Italian Liberal Party from even before the Weltkrieg. Before the chaos that engulfed Italy. His vision for Italy marks a return to the old, liberal dominated order - challenging the Catholics to the right and the socialists to the left.\\\
%%Soreli was born in Cuneo, a small town near Turin. His parents were active in local politics, and instilled a powerful sense of duty into their sons. After studying at the University of Turin and receiving a degree in law, funded in significant amounts by family friends such as Giovanni Giolitti, Soleri became a part time journalist and a lawyer.\\\
%%His early career was marked by a leftist turn, admiring socialists and joining a Masonic Lodge. However, he remained connected to Giolitti - a Liberal party grandee - and helped him campaign to rally moderate Christian opposition to socialism. Soleri became a mayor of Cuneo at age 30 in 1912 as the leader of a liberal-democratic coalition. He began an aggressive job-creating infrastructure development scheme, but transitioned to national politics within a year or so.\\\
%%As a member of the chamber of deputies, Soleri frequently broke with the Liberal party, especially when it came to intervention in the Weltkrieg. Initially a ‘neutralist’, he joined the Alpini infantry corps as a second lieutenant. He was wounded towards the end of the war, which took him out of the fighting as the Italian front collapsed around him. As Ivanoe Bonomi worked to establish a stable government in the civil war, Soleri was invited to become a finance minister. He worked to lower the heavy taxation imposed on the people during the Weltkrieg and civil war, which he saw as choking Italian business. Suspicious of Austrian influence, the Aristocratic Federationists, Socialists and the rising Legionnaires, Soleri worked to minimise these influences while avoiding any direct challenges that would destabilise the state.\\\
%%Recently, the ascent of the Liberals have propelled Soleri to leadership of the Italian Republic. Now a seasoned politician, it is up to him to ensure that the republic and its leading party remains on top of the challenges ahead.[[/labelnote]]

%%->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]While many in Italy dream of great change, others look back to the past - back when things were different. For many of such nostalgics, they look to Garibaldi or Mazzini, for a time when Italy was strong and united. But, there is a minority that look back even further. It would appear that their dream has come true: Grand Duke Pietro Ferdinando d'Asburgo-Lorena has assumed the title of President of the restored Italian Federation, a collection of pre-Risorgimento Italian states. His ascension is no doubt in part as a reward for Austria’s loyal patronage of Italian aristocrats and conservatives.\\\
%%Pietro Ferdinando was born in Salzburg to the former Grand Duke Ferdinand IV of Tuscany, one of the larger states in Italy. His father had been deposed, and in exile abdicated his claim to the throne in favour of the Austrian Emperor. The third son of his family and given the political circumstances, Pietro Ferdinando did not expect to be restored to Tuscany and enrolled in the Austrian military.\\\
%%During the Weltkrieg, he served as an infantry commander and aided in the occupation of Northern Italy. As the armistice was first signed, Austrian planners began drafting up plans to restore the old status quo with a small twist: there would be a loose federation led by the Pope to govern Italy and quell Italian nationalistic sentiment. Since his brothers both married morganatically, General Pietro Ferdinand was chosen by Charles to become the new Grand Duke of Tuscany.\\\
%%These designs proved to be too ambitious. The Austrian advance never made it to Tuscany, and socialist rebels have overrun the region. Moreover, by 1930 the Federation had collapsed: Sicily and Sardinia left while Austrian troops pulled out of the north. A republic was declared, and Pietro Ferdinand effectively stuck in a legal limbo. At least until now. To keep himself entertained, the Hapsburg prince has been known to appreciate the arts. He is distantly related to the House of Bourbon-Parma through his mother’s side.[[/labelnote]]

!!''Adriano Visconti''
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->'''Role:''' Monarch[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Venice wins against Italy, Count leads the Federation)
->'''Party:''' Consiglio della Federazione Italiana[[note]]Council of the Italian Federation[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Authoritarian Democracy
See his entry in the Lombardy folder.

!!''Giuseppe Volpi''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State (Venice wins against Italy, Volpi leads the Federation)
->'''Party:''' Consiglio della Federazione Italiana[[note]]Council of the Italian Federation[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Authoritarian Democracy
See his entry in the Venice folder.
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->'''Official Name:''' Republic of Lombardy, Kingdom of Lombardy (Monarchy restored), Kingdom of Italy (Monarchy, Italian reunification)
->'''Ruling Party:''' Consiglio Ducale[[note]]Ducal Council[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Authoritarian Democracy
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%%->'''In-Game Biography''' (Duke of Lombardy)[[labelnote:Click to Show]]The son of Galeazzo Visconti, Adriano was born during the Weltkrieg in then Italian Libya, but he was still little more than a baby when he returned to Italy. Having joined the Air Force in 1936, amid rising tensions in the peninsula, he has shown remarkable talent as a fighter pilot, and has always seen himself as one. Thrust into the position of duke to bring stability to Lombardy, the brash and impetuous young man has little care for diplomatic niceties, or the idea that a Duke cannot pilot a fighter plane, but is still loyal and has no intention of skipping the duties of his position, for he has seen from above the consequences of syndicalism and war personally.[[/labelnote]]
%%->'''In-Game Biography''' (King of Lombardy)[[labelnote:Click to Show]]The son of Galeazzo Visconti, Adriano was born during the Weltkrieg in then Italian Libya, but he was still little more than a baby when he returned to Italy. Having joined the Air Force in 1936, amid rising tensions in the peninsula, he has shown remarkable talent as a fighter pilot, and has always seen himself as one. Thrust into the position of duke to bring stability to Lombardy, the brash and impetuous young man has little care for diplomatic niceties, or the idea that a King cannot pilot a fighter plane, but is still loyal and has no intention of skipping the duties of his position, for he has seen from above the consequences of syndicalism and war personally. The young King has recently managed to return Lombardy to its ancient status as a kingdom, in a publicity stance to highlight the sovereignty of the Lombard people. Now, he turns his attention into the matter of finding a queen, and the Milanese tabloids claim he's being quite diligent in the search.[[/labelnote]]

!!''Luigi Einaudi''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State (Elections)
->'''Party:''' Partito Liberale Lombardo[[note]]Lombard Liberal Party[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Market Liberalism
See his entry in the Italian Republic folder.

!!''Ivanoe Bonomi''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State (Elections)
->'''Party:''' Partito Liberale Democratico[[note]]Liberal Democratic Party[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Social Liberalism
See his entry in the Italian Republic folder.

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->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Giuletti was born in Rimini, Emilia-Romagna, in 1879 to a poor fisherman family. After graduating in the Nautical Institute, he pursued a career in the merchant marine. During his military service in the Navy, he came into contact with anarchist and socialist circles in Liguria. He became affiliated to the Italian Federation of Seaworkers as well as the socialist party (PSI) just after he concluded his service in 1903.\\\
After become the leader of the federation in 1906, he became a key figure in the unification of all naval workers into one big union, which was achieved in just four years. He came into conflict with the PSI after expanding the executive powers of the newly created union in 1913 and even moreso when he supported Italian entry into the Weltkrieg alongside Mussolini. During the Weltkrieg he became an officer in the Navy and played a key role in confirming the availability of the merchant marine, leading to the creation of a dockworkers' coop in Genoa in 1918.\\\
The Italian Civil War saw him join the Republican side, from which he supported the socialist wing. Inspired by brave martyrs like D'Annunzio who fought to keep Austrian influence away from Italy, he became a major advocate of an aggressive militarisation policy, seeing it a necessary component of Syndicalist Italy's survival. He finally became president in 1931, though disagreements with his less militaristic syndicalist comrades led him to agree to a government including Mussolini's fascists in 1934.\\\
On the eve of elections in 1936, it looks like Giuletti may have inadvertently legitimised Mussolini to the Italian population, leading to a larger fascist movement than may otherwise have happened. Whether this is a worthwhile sacrifice for a larger degree of militarisation, only time will tell.[[/labelnote]]
->'''In-Game Biography (After Second Risorgimento)''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Giuletti was born in Rimini, Emilia-Romagna, in 1879 to a poor fisherman family. After graduating in the Nautical Institute, he pursued a career in the merchant marine. During his military service in the Navy, he came into contact with anarchist and socialist circles in Liguria. He became affiliated to the Italian Federation of Seaworkers as well as the socialist party (PSI) just after he concluded his service in 1903.\\\
After become the leader of the federation in 1906, he became a key figure in the unification of all naval workers into one big union, which was achieved in just four years. He came into conflict with the PSI after expanding the executive powers of the newly created union in 1913 and even moreso when he supported Italian entry into the Weltkrieg alongside Mussolini. During the Weltkrieg he became an officer in the Navy and played a key role in confirming the availability of the merchant marine, leading to the creation of a dockworkers' coop in Genoa in 1918.\\\
The Italian Civil War saw him join the Republican side, from which he supported the socialist wing. Inspired by brave martyrs like D'Annunzio who fought to keep Austrian influence away from Italy, he became a major advocate of an aggressive militarisation policy, seeing it a necessary component of Syndicalist Italy's survival. He finally became president in 1931, though disagreements with his less militaristic syndicalist comrades led him to agree to a government including Mussolini's fascists in 1934.\\\
Now that Mussolini has been ousted from power, Giuletti is distrusted among his fellow syndicalists. The only thing keeping him as president is the fact that the different factions are jockeying for dominance and he emerged as the compromise candidate, but this is unlikely to last long...[[/labelnote]]

->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Mussolini was born in Dovia, Emilia-Romagna, in 1883 to a socialist blacksmith father and a devoutly catholic schoolteacher. Despite being baptised at an early age, he became a militant atheist like his father, comparing his religious boarding school to hell. He nevertheless later graduated in a non-religious school and qualified as an elemental schoolmaster.\\\
He emigrated to Switzerland for a brief period of time to avoid the compulsory military service and became acquainted with the ideas of Nietzsche and Sorel among others, which deeply influenced him. Returning to Italy in 1904, he spent two years in military service and then became a teacher. In 1909 he left to become the secretary of the labour party in Trentino and was later arrested in 1911 for his militant opposition to the Libyan War.\\\
In 1912 he became part of the national directorate of the PSI, though his support of Italian Intervention in the Weltkrieg got him ousted. He soon formed the Fascio Rivoluzionario d'Azione Internazionalista and joined the war effort as a soldier, being gravely wounded in 1917. The ICW saw him join d'Annunzio, De Ambris and others in forming the blackshirts - a radical paramilitary that sought to establish socialism and was militantly anti-Austrian.\\\
He quickly rose through the ranks in the new socialist republic, advocating for a militant approach to the reunification of Italy. His rapport with Giuletti saw him become part of the government and his fascists' growth in the subsequent elections have confirmed that Italians want militant reunification. Now as president he will take the fight to the reactionaries surrounding the SRI - none shall prevent Italy's rise this time![[/labelnote]]
->'''In-Game Biography (After Second Risorgimento)''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Born in Dovia, Emilia-Romagna, Mussolini soon showed his radical atheism at an early age - perhaps as a reaction to his devout mother. He graduated as an elemental schoolmaster from a non-religious school after comparing his previous religious school to hell and decided to leave for Switzerland in order to avoid the military draft. While there, he became acquainted with the ideas of Nietzsche and Sorel, becoming deeply influenced by them.\\\
His militant opposition to the Libyan War saw him being imprisoned, though it would soon propel him to the national directorate of the PSI. However, he would soon be ousted due to his equally militant support of Italian entry into the Weltkrieg. While fighting in the war, he became gravely wounded and was sent home, soon forming the blackshirts alongside d'Annunzio, de Ambris and many other militant socialists.\\\
During the ICW, the blackshirts played a key role in the defeat of the royalists first and the 'white' movement later and Mussolini became a big player in Italian politics. Though he had the backing of the blackshirts, his uncompromising attitude led him to be isolated from government - until Giuletti agreed to a coalition. After using his newfound platform to promote his views, he became president and led Italy through the Second Risorgimento.\\\
Now having unrivaled control over the entirety of Italy, he seeks to centralise power in the figure of the president in order to root our revisionists and reactionaries alike. It appears that the age of relative socialist harmony that the SRI brought has come to an abrupt end, with blackshirt intimidation of political opponents being at an all-time high.[[/labelnote]]

%%->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Palmiro Togliatti was born in Genoa to a middle-class family in 1893. During his early life he was forced to move around due to his father's job as a schoolteacher - first to Novara, then Turin, then Sondrio, then Sassari. His father's tragic death in 1911 forced him to move back to Turin, where he received a scholarship to study law, although he would have preferred philosophy.\\\
%%Togliatti joined the socialist party (PSI) in 1914, just before the Weltkrieg, where he favoured Italian entry on the side of the entente. He finally graduated in late 1915 and despite wanting to pursue a degree in philosophy, he joined the Red Cross due to his myopia, later fighting in the front lines. When the ICW began he joined the republican front and later the 'red' faction that emerged.\\\
%%Unlike many other syndicalists, he strongly promoted militarism to reunite Italy under a syndicalist flag as soon as possible. This, combined with his opposition to the chaotic syndicalist system and desire for a more centralised government, led him to sympathise with the growing fascist movement. These sympathies became a formal alliance after 1927, when the Italian Federation collapsed but the SRI failed to pounce. Pressured by Mussolini, he eventually adopted the fascist manifesto as the [=PCd=]'I's party programme and was rewarded with the position of Mussolini's second in command.\\\
%%When Mussolini was murdered, Togliatti saw the chance of creating a new direction for the movement and took it. Rebuilding bridges with the trade unions while forcing them to accept increased central control and simutaneously denouncing blackshirt excesses, his rule appears to be a radical shift from Mussolini's. But the question remains - will the blackshirts accept him as their leader?[[/labelnote]]

%%->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Alceste de Ambris was born in Licciana Nardi, Tuscany, in 1874 as the first of 8 siblings. He became active in the socialist movement from an early age, becoming involved in the 1898 popular uprisings. The aftermath saw him exiled to Marsaille, then Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, only being able to return to Italy in 1903.\\\
%%When he came back, he became active in the trade union movement and later became leader of the socialist youth in Rome. He opposed the Libyan war and got himself elected to parliament as part of the PSI in 1913. However, when the Weltkrieg began, he opposed them and called for interventionism on the entente side, alongside Mussolini. After fighting for his country, he formed a paramilitary unit alongside Mussolini and d'Annunzio called the blackshirts, which fought for syndicalism and against Austrian influence during the ICW.\\\
%%In the new socialist republic he remained prominent within the fascist movement, though Mussolini took most of the spotlight. The latter's autocratic tendencies caused de Ambris to view him with distrust, though he remained committed to the fascist cause as an organiser for the fascist paramilitaries. He joined the cabinet during Giuletti's and Mussolini's governments, always retaining a prominent role.\\\
%%When Mussolini was tragically assasinated, Togliatti tried to subvert everything the fascist movement stood for, but de Ambris led the blackshirts in recapturing power from that traitor. Now standing atop a united Italy, his governance will likely see the blackshirts more unleashed than they were even under Mussolini - a dangerous predicament for revisionists and reactionaries alike.[[/labelnote]]

%%->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Giuseppe Di Vittorio was born in Cerignola, Apulia, in 1892, and his father's untimely death forced him to take over his job as an agricultural worker at age 10. Nevertheless, he made the best of the situation, educating himself with the help of a dictionary he bought at age 12 with his own salary. He became sympathetic to anarchism at age 12, moving onto socialism as he helped found a socialist youth club at age 15.\\\
%%He became affiliated with the trade union movement in Cerignola and started to believe in the revolutionary potential of the trade unions. When the Weltkrieg came, he authored an article in Mussolini's 'Il Popolo d'Italia' embracing interventionism and when the time came was wounded while fighting for his country. The Italian Civil War saw him embrace the republican and later socialist movements, through which he became estranged from his native Apulia.\\\
%%Nevertheless, he became actively involved in the trade union movement, championing the cause of the urban workers. Though he came from a rural background himself, he abandoned the mainly rural USI and joined the predominantly urban-based CGL due to their compromising attitude towards more moderate factions of the socialist republic. He believed that compromise and unity would be the best way for the socialist republic to survive and as such was skeptical of Giuletti's alliance with Mussolini.\\\
%%He was eventually proven right and as the dust settled on the Second Risorgimento, he managed to pull together a majority of trade unions behind him. Now, with Mussolini's ambitions curtailed, his vision of a unifying syndicalist movement has prevailed.[[/labelnote]]

%%->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Pietro Sandro Nenni was born in Faenza, Emilia-Romagna, in 1891, to a family of peasants and his father died while young. He was then put into an orphanage by a local aristocratic family with the intention of having him become a priest. They had him recite his catechism every Sunday before the countess, receiving a silver coin if he made no mistakes. Nenni would later describe this affair as "generous, but humiliating".\\\
%%Active in the trade union movement, he became a member of the Italian Republican Party in 1909 and got arrested in 1911 due to his opposition to the Libyan War. Sharing a prison cell with Mussolini, he struck an unlikely friendship with the young firebrand after intense arguments. When the Weltkrieg came, he volunteered to fight in the Isonzo front, being gravely wounded in 1916. During the ICW he fought for the republican cause, though was disheartened when the split between 'reds' and 'whites' happened - ultimately supporting the former due to Austrian recognition of the latter.\\\
%%He became involved in the socialist newspaper 'Avanti' in the aftermath, as its special correspondant in Paris. Through this, he became heavily involved in the French political scene, becoming acquainted with figures like Marcel Cachin and Pierre Monatte. When Giuletti chose to let Mussolini into government, Nenni was hopeful due to his prior friendship with Mussolini though he quickly came to oppose the new direction.\\\
Following the Second Risorgimento and as part of a compromise plan brokered by French syndicalists, Nenni was supported by both the CGL and USI to become president. Now at the helm of a united socialist Italy, his main priority is cooperation with other socialist states.[[/labelnote]]

%%->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Alberto Meschi was born in Borgo San Donnino, Parma, in 1879. He worked as a bricklayer from a young age, quickly becoming involved in the local socialist movement as a writer for various publications. In 1905 he emigrated to Argentina and became introduced to anarcho-syndicalist ideas, though his radicalism got him expelled in 1909. Back in Italy, he became involved in union organising in Carrara, Tuscany, a local syndicalist hotbed. From 1911 to 1914 his activism secured many rights for workers, such as a pension or an eight-hour workday.\\\
%%In 1912 he founded the Unione Sindicale Italiana (USI), an explicitly revolutionary syndicalist organisation. When the Weltkrieg came, he saw it as an opportunity for the international proletariat to cast off the yoke of the bourgeoise but was conscripted to fight nonetheless and became a [=PoW=] in Hungary. His uncompromising demands were a large cause of the division of the republican movement in the ICW between "whites" and "reds", with him firmly in the latter camp.\\\
%%Once the SRI was established, he positioned the USI as the main union in rural areas, owing to his uncompromising attitude towards the catholic church. He initially was ambivalent to an alliance with Mussolini to militarise the socialist republic, seeing it as a necessary evil. However, when it became clear that Mussolini was only interested in securing control of the state, he became the main proponent of a strategy of 'strategic cooperation', arguing that he should only be supported in actions that furthered the revolution.\\\
The Second Risorgimento's aftermath saw him convince the more moderate CGL to support his vision of an uncompromising revolutionary attitude. Meschi in charge can only mean one thing - no quarter for reactionaries![[/labelnote]]

->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Born to a wealthy Tuscan Jewish family in 1899, Rosselli participated in the Weltkrieg with enough distinction to be promoted to a second lieutenant. During Italy's civil war he supported the broad republican movement against the unpopular Victor Emmanuel. When the movement splintered into "reds" and "whites" he called for unity in the republican camp, seemingly unwilling to fully commit to either side. However, when the dust settled, he joined the dominant socialist republic.\\\
After graduating in political sciences and law in Florence and Turin respectively, he became heavily involved in the politics of the republic. There he came to dislike the immense power wielded by trade unions, which he saw as a fundamentally undemocratic way to organise a society. When the British Revolution happened, he volunteered to advise the nascent Union of Britain, helping to shape its constitution and proving that parliamentarism and socialism aren't mutually exclusive.\\\
Once back in Italy he founded a new party, the Partito d'Azione, which was a namesake of Mazzini's party from the prior century. It advocated for liberal social values and for parliament to take a bigger role in the running of the economy. His new party quickly became a force to be reckoned with, though he would still be viewed with distrust by other revolutionaries, especially after Mann dissolved the British Parliament.\\\
Though he didn't find much political success until the Second Risorgimento was complete, Rosselli now finds himself as the most powerful man in Italy. One thing is certain - his election marks a seismic shift in Italian revolutionary politics.[[/labelnote]]

%%->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Salvemini was born in 1873 and graduated from a humanities degree in Florence in 1895. Having a Redshirt father and a socialist mother, it is perhaps not surprising that he joined the socialist party in 1894. However, his time within the party was not devoid of issues - chief among them the Libyan War in which Salvemini thought the PSI's attitude towards the war was too lukewarm. However, he was convinced by Mussolini to return to the PSI in 1914, just in time for the next confrontation.\\\
%%Salvemini strongly supported Italian entry into the Weltkrieg on the entente side, unlike most of the PSI. When Italy finally joined, he enlisted as a volunteer but fell ill and was let go by December 1915. When Italy was defeated and the Italian Civil War began, he joined the republican front and then its socialist faction, though he took no part in any formal combat.\\\
%%Having been notable in the PSI pre-war, it was easy for him to rise through the ranks of the new revolutionary society. He befriended Carlo Rosselli and was sympathetic to his arguments regarding parliamentary oversight of trade unions, but stopped short of formally joining the Partito d'Azione. Maintaining his political independence would be better in the long-term, or so he thought.\\\
%%And his gamble appears to have paid off. Now, after Rosselli's reforms to the political system, he was elected president as a compromise figure between the different factions. While he would never consider returning to the syndicalist system of yesteryear, his victory also marks the end of radical changes to the system in the vein of Rosselli.[[/labelnote]]

%%->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Lussu earned his law degree in Cagliari just before Italy joined the Weltkrieg. Having served as an infantry officer beforehand, his experience and valour in the battlefield earned him four awards and the rank of captain. When the Weltkrieg ended and the Italian Civil War began, Lussu joined the republican front and then became part of its socialist faction.\\\
%%The civil war estranged him from his dear Sardinia, where the royalist government issued an arrest warrant for him. Nevertheless, he became active in the war veteran scene, quickly rising to national prominence. His ideal socialism diverged from the trade union-dominated politics of Italy, and he was sidelined as a result.\\\
%%His close relationship with Carlo Rosselli allowed him to play a key role in the founding of the Partito d'Azione, a namesake of Mazzini's party from the prior century. Through his influence in the veteran movement, he advocated for the people (through their parliamentary representatives) to take power back from the trade unions.\\\
%%After Rosselli's tragic murder by radical squadristi, Lussu assumed the leadership of the Partito d'Azione. His closer perspective to the syndicalist mindset was perhaps why he managed to bring the Pd'A into government for the first time, though his election still marks a clear departure from the previous revolutionary consensus.[[/labelnote]]

->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Pope Pius XI, formerly Cardinal Achille Ratti, was elected to the Holy See in 1922, having spent most of the previous years as a papal representative in the newly re-established state of Poland, and was named a cardinal in 1921. Thus, he avoided most of the turmoil of the civil war and the danger that the Papacy underwent in its later stages. He was the first pope since the unification of Italy to give an ascension speech at Saint Peter's, as the practice has been abandoned during the 'Hostage Years' under the Savoyard monarchy. His papacy has been also marked by increasing tensions between factions in the Curia, and the troubled re-establishment of temporal authority.[[/labelnote]]

%%->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]While the conclave is in session, Carmelengo Eugenio Pacelli holds de facto administrative roles. however the Holy See is officially empty, and the Papal State thus lacks a Head of State formally. The conclave is usually a time consuming process that may set the State and the Church itself in a brand new path for decades to come.[[/labelnote]]

->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Pope Pius XII, formerly Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli, is a man of great spiritual fervour. He is renowned for his piety, but has a strong authoritarian streak that is matched only by his desire to protect the people.[[/labelnote]]

->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Pope Stephen X, formerly Cardinal Elia dalla Costa, is a gentle man renowned for his charitable nature and love of the poor. Most assume he will eventually turn the Papacy away from its direct rule of the nation, and already forces are gathering within the Papal State to determine who will undertake that role.[[/labelnote]]

->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Pope John XXIII, formerly Cardinal Achille Liènart, is a controversial choice as Pope. He is a well-known socialist, considered by some to even be a radical, and it's possible he was chosen by the Papacy due to the possibility his socialist leanings will lead to a reconciliation with the north.[[/labelnote]]

->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Pope Julius IV, formerly Cardinal Alfredo Schuster, is a man renowned for his passion. He has been involved in the running of the Papal State for many years, and, as the former Archbishop of Milan, has declared syndicalism to be an evil he will battle until it is eradicated from the Earth.[[/labelnote]]

%%->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Ferdinand of Bourbon-Two Sicilies' last twenty years have been troubled, as the relative tranquility of exile he lived in since his birth in 1869 was replaced with the responsibilities of being a monarch of a member of the Italian Federation and now a sovereign nation. Having arrived well after the civil war in Italy was concluded, his position was always fragile, and he himself knows he is little more than a puppet in the great game of Sicilian, Italian and global politics at large, as his presence legitimises the Kingdom internationally and allows it to remain aligned with the powers that be in Europe, having effectively kept large scale syndicalist offensives at bay. His rule, while not without political issues, came after six years of war and strife, and he tries his utmost to ensure that he takes personal credit for this peace and relative prosperity. While he traditionally has kept himself away from political affairs, as he is aware of the fragility of the peace he and many others work to maintain, the matters of the constant syndicalist threat and the lack of a male heir of his body weigh heavily on him. The nascent feelings of powerlessness, even in his current position as a monarch, makes him more prone to overtures by radical monarchists than even he himself realises.[[/labelnote]]

->'''In-Game Biography (King Leader)''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]For the longest time, Amedeo of Savoy-Aosta kept out of national politics. The would-be King wasn't interested in the affairs of state, or the day-to-day administration of the Country; instead, much like all other Dukes of Aosta, he spent his early years going through a rigorous military education, first in Britain and then in Naples. In 1915, the then 16-year-old royal joined the Army on the Alpine front as a corporal, and fought his way into becoming a captain. With the end of the war, he was initially forced to follow his father to Cagliari.\\\
However, instead of studying the specifics of Sardinia, Amedeo was fascinated by the ancient lands and cultures of Africa. Deeply uninterested in the political affairs of the Island, he spent much of the 1920s in the jungles of the Congo with his uncle the famous Duke of the Abruzzi, leaving Sardinia in the hands of Marshal Badoglio and only coming back once the health of his father had begun to falter.\\\
Now on the throne, Amedeo remains as brave and bright as any seasoned explorer, though he retains his aversion to politics; some say these characteristics are those of a great general, but it is uncertain whether they are those of a great King.[[/labelnote]]
->'''In-Game Biography (War Leader)''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]For the longest time, Amedeo of Savoy-Aosta kept out of national politics. The would-be King wasn't interested in the affairs of state, or the day-to-day administration of the Country; instead, much like all other Dukes of Aosta, he spent his early years going through a rigorous military education, first in Britain and then in Naples. In 1915, the then 16-year-old royal joined the Army on the Alpine front as a corporal, and fought his way into becoming a captain. With the end of the war, he was initially forced to follow his father to Cagliari.\\\
However, instead of studying the specifics of Sardinia, Amedeo was fascinated by the ancient lands and cultures of Africa. Deeply uninterested in the political affairs of the Island, he spent much of the 1920s in the jungles of the Congo with his uncle the famous Duke of the Abruzzi, leaving Sardinia in the hands of Marshal Badoglio and only coming back once the health of his father had begun to falter.\\\
Now descending upon the battlefield to fight with his soldiers like he did in the Weltkrieg, King Amedeo's reputation as a fearless explorer has now evolved and morphed into that of a fearless soldier, fighting on the field for the Country upon which he reigns 'by the Grace of God and will of the Nation'. Some initially questioned the truthfulness of this reputation, though a number of daring actions made this view marginal at best. Others say this is just an inventive way to escape from the duties of kinghood; this may well be true, but his people don't seem to care quite enough as their Iron King rides into battle to defeat the enemies of the Nation.[[/labelnote]]

!!''Ivanoe Bonomi''
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->'''Role:''' Prime Minister[[note]]Head of State[[/note]]
->'''Party:''' Partito Liberale Democratico[[note]]Liberal Democratic Party[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Social Liberalism
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Traitor. Sellout. Puppet. Failure. Ivanoe Bonomi has heard it all, but he still diligently fights every day for Italy and the Republic. Being a Prime Minister isn’t an easy job for most countries, and certainly not in a divided Italy. When the Sicilians and Sardinians withdrew from the Italian Federation in 1930, then Prime Minister of the Federation Bonomi dissolved the Federation, a bold move that established a new republic and sidelined the foreign-raised monarchs nominally ruling Italy. Subsequently, he was elected Prime Minister of the new Italian Republic, and his willingness to work with the much-maligned Austria, while economically beneficial, continues to draw great internal scrutiny. Bonomi struggles to weather these increasingly virulent criticisms while cementing the republic's political institutions.\\\
It would be unwise, however, to write off Bonomi as just another Austrian collaborator or political suit. The father of this new Italian Republic actually had his origins as a socialist deputy from Mantua. Born 1873, a generation after first Risorgimento, he grew up a scholar and a journalist as Italy transitioned from a wartime state to a new Kingdom. His moderate views and support for Giolitti's war in Libya saw him expelled from the PSI in 1912, and opted to co-found the Italian Socialist Reformist Party (PSRI).\\\
When the Weltkrieg began, he volunteered to go to the front. After a short stint however, he quickly assumed a series of high ranking cabinet positions, with portfolios including Public Works, War, and Treasury. With many other Italian politicians fleeing into exile or retiring from politics in 1919 after the humiliating armistice, Ivanoe Bonomi was one of the few who dared to remain in the government as the Austrians began drafting their peace terms. The deteriorating political situation saw Italy collapse into civil war and Austrian occupation of northern Italy. \\\
Realising things have gone out of control and in a desperate bid to attract some liberal support, the Austrians allowed Bonomi to form a compromise provisional democratic government in Milan parallel to their Aristocratic federation project. Bonomi, for his part, dropped his openly socialist views in favour of joining the newly formed Liberal Democrats.\\\
Having outflanked the Austrians for now, it is up to Bonomi to navigate the treacherous waters ahead if his Republic is to survive.[[/labelnote]]
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!!''Luigi Einaudi''
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->'''Role:''' Prime Minister[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (1936/Second election)
->'''Party:''' Partito Liberale Italiano[[note]]Italian Liberal Party[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Market Liberalism
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Sometimes, despite all the chaos and all rapid changes engulfing a nation, it is easier to go back to the way things used to be. The triumph of the Italian Liberal Party is proof of that fact, and with the reemergence of the dominant party of the early 1900s, it would appear that the status quo of old has returned. But not everything is the same - Luigi Einaudi is a new man promising a new day in Italy. Under his careful eye, liberalism will flourish in Italy and will be more than just a capitalistic vehicle for political control. Rather, it will be an expansive ideology reflecting integrated approach to moral, economic and social reasoning.\\\
Born in 1874 to a small town in Piedmont to a minor bureaucratic family, Einaudi was orphaned at age 14. He went to school in Turin, studying economics under Salvatore Cognetti de Martiis. A socialist in university and a collaborator with Critica Sociale, his time as a magazine contributor ended with a move towards liberal thought. He spent a significant portion of his life in academia, teaching finance at schools in Turin and Milan.\\\

Although Nitti remained with the Sicilian government after the Federation collapsed, Einaudi stayed with Federation leadership in Lombardy and joined the Republican government. He helped to reorganise the liberals, rallying them against the aristocratic influence of the Austrians and their Federationist allies as well as the nationalistic legionaires under Ciano. Instead, he has chosen to offer a vision of an Italy with the utmost respect for human liberty and encouraging the individual to pursue a form of self actualisation away from the dominance of the state. He also dreams of a European federalism, distinct from the false and exploitative ‘federation’ imposed by the Hapsburgs, one where European peoples work together to keep the red tide at bay and to promote individual civil liberties across the continent.[[/labelnote]]

!!''Giovanni Gronchi''
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->'''Role:''' Prime Minister[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (1936/Second election)
->'''Party:''' Partito Popolare Italiano[[note]]Italian People's Party[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Social Conservatism
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]In a country dominated by Roman Catholics, it was perhaps no surprise when Giovanni Gronchi and the Italian’s People’s Party (PPI) took charge of the young Italian Republic. This coalition, dominated by Christian Democrats, promises to guide the Italian nation using Christian social teachings - contrasting with anti-clerical factions on the left while still promoting welfare and labor issues opposed by the right.\\\
The man at the helm of the PPI is Giovanni Gronchi, a Tuscan-born follower of Father Romolo Murri, one of the early founders of Christian democracy in Italy. Initially a highschool teacher with a degree in literature from the University of Pisa, when the Weltkrieg broke out Gronchi fought as an infantry officer.\\\
When the war ended, Giovanni Gronchi returned as a decorated soldier to a deteriorating political situation at home. Fearful of anti-Catholic violence, he fled Tuscany and went to Milan. There, Father Luigi Sturzo began to organise the PPI for the first time with the blessing of Rome and Vienna. Unlike the other Christian Democratic parties emerging in post-civil war Italy, the PPI found themselves under a Republic and proved to be comfortable serving both under the Austrian imposed federation and Bonomi’s republican system.\\\
Gronchi’s activities as a PPI activist and representative have been varied. In addition to being a reasonably successful businessman, industrialist and salesperson, he was also notable for helping organise Catholic trade unions in an effort to undercut syndicalist influence and win better concessions for the workers. One of the more left-leaning members of the PPI, his ascension into leadership was not a sure thing. When Luigi Sturzo resigned as leader of the PPI, Gronchi took power as part of a triumvirate with Giulio Rodinò and Giuseppe Spataro. Together they formed a front against the rising Legionairism in Italy, hoping to organise the remaining democratic parties against them.\\\
Gronchi’s election as President of Italy now confirms the influence of the PPI in Italian politics. While some have criticised him for actions seen as conciliatory to socialists and syndicalists, his commitment to parliamentary democracy and his willingness to engage in some economic reform makes him a stable candidate to guide Italy for the near future.[[/labelnote]]
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!!''Costanzo Ciano''
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->'''Role:''' Admiral, Head of State (1936 election or ANI coup)
->'''Party:''' Associazione Nazionalista Italiana[[note]]Italian Nationalist Association[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' National Populism
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]\\
Born: August 30th, 1876, in Livorno, Tuscany, Kingdom of Italy\\
Political Career: An unassuming sailor, a terrible public speaker, no one would have thought the Tuscan officer would have ever amounted to anything much; and yet, there he is.\\\
After years of service in the Navy, Ciano was shot to national relevance due to his actions in Buccari in 1918; Decorated with a golden medal to valour, his fifth, he would watch in horror as the war turned on Italy. He would fight for the White side in the civil war, ensuring their superiority at sea in the Adriatic; he also became one of the few monarchist officers not to follow Badoglio in Sardinia during his evacuation.\\\
Hailed as a national hero and one of the few men in the Northeast to be able to oppose both Austrian hegemony and Red infiltration, he rose to ANI leadership with the support of both party secretary Luigi Federzoni and Blueshirts leader Alessandro Sardi, becoming the figurehead of the movement.\\\
When the ANI was carried to power in the aftermath of the chaotic 1936 elections, Ciano was seen as the natural leader of the country, a true Duce to follow in the footsteps of Garibaldi and free Italy from tyranny.
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!!''Ferruccio Parri''
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->'''Role:''' Prime Minister[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (PLD leadership election)
->'''Party:''' Partito Liberale Democratico[[note]]Liberal Democratic Party[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Social Liberalism
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]As one star fades, another rises in its place. After decades of leadership under Ivanoe Bonomi, the Liberal Democrats have emerged renewed under Ferruccio Parri. With the support of a wider coalition, Parri hopes for a new era of unity in a tumultuous Italy.\\\
Initially a school teacher in Milan and an editor at Corriere della Sera, the Weltkrieg changed Parri’s life forever. Joining as an officer, he was decorated for bravery and was wounded on three separate occasions throughout the war. During the closing days of the war, he was an officer of the Italian General Staff, and was dismayed as the Italian military suffered defeat after defeat at the hands of the combined Austro-German offensive.\\\
Parri was part of the Italian military remnant released by the Austrians to help stabilise the situation in the Italian homefront as Italian revolutionaries deposed the monarchy and sought to oust the Austrians from the peninsula. While suspicious of Austrian aims, he feared the rising tide of socialism and used his influence in Milan to organise partisan groups to counter red infiltration. He became moderately known locally for being a staunchly republican editor of the Corriere della Sera, promoting a liberal democratic alternative to syndicalism.\\\
Initially lukewarm towards the Italian Federation imposed by the Austrians, he became an avid supporter of Bonomi’s Italian Republic when it was declared in 1930. By that point, he was a manager of Milan’s largest electrical company and joined up with Bonomi’s newly formed Liberal Democrats. Now, it is up to Parri to take up the torch of the party and safeguard the democratic, moderate ideals of the Republic.[[/labelnote]]
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!!''Marcello Soleri''
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->'''Role:''' Prime Minister[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (PLI leadership election)
->'''Party:''' Partito Liberale Italiano[[note]]Italian Liberal Party[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Market Liberalism
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Even as times change and politicians come and go, it can be reassuring for many that a familiar face is at the helm. Marcello Soleri is one of those faces, a long time political figure in the Italian Liberal Party from even before the Weltkrieg. Before the chaos that engulfed Italy. His vision for Italy marks a return to the old, liberal dominated order - challenging the Catholics to the right and the socialists to the left.\\\
Soreli was born in Cuneo, a small town near Turin. His parents were active in local politics, and instilled a powerful sense of duty into their sons. After studying at the University of Turin and receiving a degree in law, funded in significant amounts by family friends such as Giovanni Giolitti, Soleri became a part time journalist and a lawyer.\\\
His early career was marked by a leftist turn, admiring socialists and joining a Masonic Lodge. However, he remained connected to Giolitti - a Liberal party grandee - and helped him campaign to rally moderate Christian opposition to socialism. Soleri became a mayor of Cuneo at age 30 in 1912 as the leader of a liberal-democratic coalition. He began an aggressive job-creating infrastructure development scheme, but transitioned to national politics within a year or so.\\\
As a member of the chamber of deputies, Soleri frequently broke with the Liberal party, especially when it came to intervention in the Weltkrieg. Initially a ‘neutralist’, he joined the Alpini infantry corps as a second lieutenant. He was wounded towards the end of the war, which took him out of the fighting as the Italian front collapsed around him. As Ivanoe Bonomi worked to establish a stable government in the civil war, Soleri was invited to become a finance minister. He worked to lower the heavy taxation imposed on the people during the Weltkrieg and civil war, which he saw as choking Italian business. Suspicious of Austrian influence, the Aristocratic Federationists, Socialists and the rising Legionnaires, Soleri worked to minimise these influences while avoiding any direct challenges that would destabilise the state.\\\
Recently, the ascent of the Liberals have propelled Soleri to leadership of the Italian Republic. Now a seasoned politician, it is up to him to ensure that the republic and its leading party remains on top of the challenges ahead.[[/labelnote]]
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!!''Giacomo Matteotti''
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->'''Role:''' Prime Minister[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Second election)
->'''Party:''' Lega Democratica Riformista[[note]]Reformist Democratic League[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Social Democracy
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!!''Pietro Ferdinando d'Asburgo-Lorena''
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->'''Role:''' Monarch[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Venice wins against Italy, Grand Duke leads the Federation)

->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]While many in Italy dream of great change, others look back to the past - back when things were different. For many of such nostalgics, they look to Garibaldi or Mazzini, for a time when Italy was strong and united. But, there is a minority that look back even further. It would appear that their dream has come true: Grand Duke Pietro Ferdinando d'Asburgo-Lorena has assumed the title of President of the restored Italian Federation, a collection of pre-Risorgimento Italian states. His ascension is no doubt in part as a reward for Austria’s loyal patronage of Italian aristocrats and conservatives.\\\
Pietro Ferdinando was born in Salzburg to the former Grand Duke Ferdinand IV of Tuscany, one of the larger states in Italy. His father had been deposed, and in exile abdicated his claim to the throne in favour of the Austrian Emperor. The third son of his family and given the political circumstances, Pietro Ferdinando did not expect to be restored to Tuscany and enrolled in the Austrian military.\\\
During the Weltkrieg, he served as an infantry commander and aided in the occupation of Northern Italy. As the armistice was first signed, Austrian planners began drafting up plans to restore the old status quo with a small twist: there would be a loose federation led by the Pope to govern Italy and quell Italian nationalistic sentiment. Since his brothers both married morganatically, General Pietro Ferdinand was chosen by Charles to become the new Grand Duke of Tuscany.\\\
These designs proved to be too ambitious. The Austrian advance never made it to Tuscany, and socialist rebels have overrun the region. Moreover, by 1930 the Federation had collapsed: Sicily and Sardinia left while Austrian troops pulled out of the north. A republic was declared, and Pietro Ferdinand effectively stuck in a legal limbo. At least until now. To keep himself entertained, the Hapsburg prince has been known to appreciate the arts. He is distantly related to the House of Bourbon-Parma through his mother’s side.[[/labelnote]]
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!!''Adriano Visconti''
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->'''Role:''' Monarch[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Venice wins against Italy, Count leads the Federation)
->'''Party:''' Consiglio della Federazione Italiana[[note]]Council of the Italian Federation[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Authoritarian Democracy

[[folder:Venice]]
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->'''Official Name:''' Most Serene Republic of Venice, Serene Republic of Italy (Italian reunification)
->'''Ruling Party:''' Partito Repubblicano Veneto[[note]]Venetian Republic Party[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Market Liberalism

!!''Giuseppe Volpi''
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->'''Role:''' Doge[[note]]Head of State[[/note]]
->'''Party:''' Partito Repubblicano Veneto[[note]]Venetian Republic Party[[/note]], Consiglio Ducale[[note]]Doge's Council[[/note]] (Old Republic)
->'''Ideology:''' Market Liberalism, Authoritarian Democracy (Old Republic)
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!!''Umberto Merlin''
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->'''Role:''' Doge[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (New Republic, elections)
->'''Party:''' Partito Cristiano Liberale[[note]]Liberal Christian Party[[/note]]

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!!''Giovanni Battista Gianquinto''
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->'''Role:''' Doge[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (New Republic, elections)
->'''Party:''' Partito Popolare Veneto[[note]]Venetian People's Party[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Social Democracy
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!!''Giovanni Ponti''
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->'''Role:''' Doge[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Elections)
->'''Party:''' Lega Cattolica[[note]]Catholic League[[/note]] (New Republic), Maggior Consiglio[[note]]Great Council[[/note]] (Old Republic)
->'''Ideology:''' Social Conservatism (New Republic), Paternal Autocracy (Old Republic)
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[[folder:Lombardy]]
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->'''Official Name:''' Republic of Lombardy, Kingdom of Lombardy (Monarchy restored), Kingdom of Italy (Monarchy, Italian reunification)
->'''Ruling Party:''' Consiglio Ducale[[note]]Ducal Council[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Authoritarian Democracy

!!''Adriano Visconti/Adriano I''
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->'''Role:''' Monarch[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Venice defeats Italy, makes Lombardy independent)
->'''Party:''' Consiglio Ducale[[note]]Ducal Council[[/note]], Casa di Visconti[[note]]House of Visconti[[/note]] (Strengthen authority), Partito Popolare Lombardo[[note]]Lombard People's Party[[/note]] (Universal Suffrage), Partito Liberale Lombardo[[note]]Lombard Liberal Party[[/note]] (Election), Partito Liberale Democratico[[note]]Liberal Democratic Party[[/note]] (Election)
->'''Ideology:''' Authoritarian Democracy, Paternal Authority (Strengthen authority), Social Conservatism (Universal Suffrage), Market Liberalism (Elections) Social Liberalism (Elections)
->'''In-Game Biography''' (Duke of Lombardy)[[labelnote:Click to Show]]The son of Galeazzo Visconti, Adriano was born during the Weltkrieg in then Italian Libya, but he was still little more than a baby when he returned to Italy. Having joined the Air Force in 1936, amid rising tensions in the peninsula, he has shown remarkable talent as a fighter pilot, and has always seen himself as one. Thrust into the position of duke to bring stability to Lombardy, the brash and impetuous young man has little care for diplomatic niceties, or the idea that a Duke cannot pilot a fighter plane, but is still loyal and has no intention of skipping the duties of his position, for he has seen from above the consequences of syndicalism and war personally.[[/labelnote]]
->'''In-Game Biography''' (King of Lombardy)[[labelnote:Click to Show]]The son of Galeazzo Visconti, Adriano was born during the Weltkrieg in then Italian Libya, but he was still little more than a baby when he returned to Italy. Having joined the Air Force in 1936, amid rising tensions in the peninsula, he has shown remarkable talent as a fighter pilot, and has always seen himself as one. Thrust into the position of duke to bring stability to Lombardy, the brash and impetuous young man has little care for diplomatic niceties, or the idea that a King cannot pilot a fighter plane, but is still loyal and has no intention of skipping the duties of his position, for he has seen from above the consequences of syndicalism and war personally. The young King has recently managed to return Lombardy to its ancient status as a kingdom, in a publicity stance to highlight the sovereignty of the Lombard people. Now, he turns his attention into the matter of finding a queen, and the Milanese tabloids claim he's being quite diligent in the search.[[/labelnote]]

!!''Sebastiano Visconti-Prasca''
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->'''Role:''' General, Head of State (Duke steps down)
->'''Party:''' Partito Popolare Lombardo[[note]]Lombard People's Party[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Social Conservatism

!!''Luigi Einaudi''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State (Elections)
->'''Party:''' Partito Liberale Lombardo[[note]]Lombard Liberal Party[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Market Liberalism
See his entry in the Italian Republic folder.

!!''Ivanoe Bonomi''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State (Elections)
->'''Party:''' Partito Liberale Democratico[[note]]Liberal Democratic Party[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Social Liberalism
See his entry in the Italian Republic folder.

!!''Ludovico d'Aragona''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State (Radicals banned, elections)
->'''Party:''' Lega Democratica Riformista[[note]]Reformist Democratic League[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Social Democracy
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!!''Giacomo Acerbo''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State (Radicals allowed, elections)
->'''Party:''' Lega Longobarda[[note]]Lombard League[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' National Populism
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[[folder:Socialist Republic of Italy]]
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->'''Official Name:''' Socialist Republic of Italy, Italian Social Republic (Mussolini, De Ambris), Italian Democratic Workers' Republic (Constitutional restoration)
->'''Ruling Party:''' Confederazione Generale del Lavoro - Unione Sindacale Italiana (Sezione Italiana dell'Internazionale Operaia Sindacalista)[[note]]General Confederation of Labour - Italian Syndicalist Union (Italian Section of the Syndicalist Workers' International)[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Syndicalism
A socialist pan-Italian republic founded by leftist republicans in the Italian Civil War, currently controlling most of North Italy. Prevented from unifying Italy in the civil war due to military defeats and Austrian intervention, the SRI accepted Austria's armistice to rebuild. Backed by the Third International, the republic actively prepares for a future war to unify Italy under socialist republicanism.
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* AllohistoricalAllusion: While there hasn't been a Socialist Republic of Italy (RSI), there has been an [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_Social_Republic Italian Social Republic]] (RSI). It was the puppet state led by Mussolini after the Nazis forcibly re-installed him. Mussolini's path include changing the country's name to Italian Social Republic and adopt the same flag as the OTL regime.
* BookBurning: During the Cultural Revolution, a large bonfire is lit in Florence, where people burn reactionary books and historical culture.
* ChummyCommies: Compared to Mussolini and his ilk, the Syndicalists and Radical Socialists are determined to defend socialist democracy to the last.
* TheGulag: Mussolini's SRI can establish work camps for enemies of the state.
* IllegalReligion: Mussolini's SRI will institute State Atheism, and churches are actively destroyed during the Cultural Revolution.
* MurderIsTheBestSolution: During the Cultural Revolution, Mussolini's Ministry of Public Security will not prosecute revolutionary violence against reactionaries during the revolution, leading to a wave of violence across Italy.

!!''Giuseppe Giulietti''
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->'''Role:''' Chairman[[note]]Head of State[[/note]]
->'''Party:''' Confederazione Generale del Lavoro - Unione Sindacale Italiana (Sezione Italiana dell'Internazionale Operaia Sindacalista)[[note]]General Confederation of Labour - Italian Syndicalist Union (Italian Section of the Syndicalist Workers' International)[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Syndicalism
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Giuletti was born in Rimini, Emilia-Romagna, in 1879 to a poor fisherman family. After graduating in the Nautical Institute, he pursued a career in the merchant marine. During his military service in the Navy, he came into contact with anarchist and socialist circles in Liguria. He became affiliated to the Italian Federation of Seaworkers as well as the socialist party (PSI) just after he concluded his service in 1903.\\\
After become the leader of the federation in 1906, he became a key figure in the unification of all naval workers into one big union, which was achieved in just four years. He came into conflict with the PSI after expanding the executive powers of the newly created union in 1913 and even moreso when he supported Italian entry into the Weltkrieg alongside Mussolini. During the Weltkrieg he became an officer in the Navy and played a key role in confirming the availability of the merchant marine, leading to the creation of a dockworkers' coop in Genoa in 1918.\\\
The Italian Civil War saw him join the Republican side, from which he supported the socialist wing. Inspired by brave martyrs like D'Annunzio who fought to keep Austrian influence away from Italy, he became a major advocate of an aggressive militarisation policy, seeing it a necessary component of Syndicalist Italy's survival. He finally became president in 1931, though disagreements with his less militaristic syndicalist comrades led him to agree to a government including Mussolini's fascists in 1934.\\\
On the eve of elections in 1936, it looks like Giuletti may have inadvertently legitimised Mussolini to the Italian population, leading to a larger fascist movement than may otherwise have happened. Whether this is a worthwhile sacrifice for a larger degree of militarisation, only time will tell.[[/labelnote]]
->'''In-Game Biography (After Second Risorgimento)''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Giuletti was born in Rimini, Emilia-Romagna, in 1879 to a poor fisherman family. After graduating in the Nautical Institute, he pursued a career in the merchant marine. During his military service in the Navy, he came into contact with anarchist and socialist circles in Liguria. He became affiliated to the Italian Federation of Seaworkers as well as the socialist party (PSI) just after he concluded his service in 1903.\\\
After become the leader of the federation in 1906, he became a key figure in the unification of all naval workers into one big union, which was achieved in just four years. He came into conflict with the PSI after expanding the executive powers of the newly created union in 1913 and even moreso when he supported Italian entry into the Weltkrieg alongside Mussolini. During the Weltkrieg he became an officer in the Navy and played a key role in confirming the availability of the merchant marine, leading to the creation of a dockworkers' coop in Genoa in 1918.\\\
The Italian Civil War saw him join the Republican side, from which he supported the socialist wing. Inspired by brave martyrs like D'Annunzio who fought to keep Austrian influence away from Italy, he became a major advocate of an aggressive militarisation policy, seeing it a necessary component of Syndicalist Italy's survival. He finally became president in 1931, though disagreements with his less militaristic syndicalist comrades led him to agree to a government including Mussolini's fascists in 1934.\\\
Now that Mussolini has been ousted from power, Giuletti is distrusted among his fellow syndicalists. The only thing keeping him as president is the fact that the different factions are jockeying for dominance and he emerged as the compromise candidate, but this is unlikely to last long...[[/labelnote]]

* {{Cincinnatus}}: Should Mussolini fail to consolidate his power in time he will be removed and replaced by a returning Giulietti, who remains in power until he is replaced by a Syndicalist leader.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: By forming a government with Mussolini and the fascists, Giuletti inadvertedly legitimised them as a movement, which, at worst, will result in the creation of a dictatorship by them.
* {{Warhawk}}: Giuletti is extremely militaristic, advocating for Italian entry into World War 1 and also advocated for an extremely militaristic stance on defending Syndicalist Italy's borders against Austria as a neccesity for Syndicalism to survive.

!!''UsefulNotes/BenitoMussolini''
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->'''Role:''' Prime Minister[[note]]Head of Government[[/note]] (Giulietti cabinet), Chairman[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Giulietti resigns)
->'''Party:''' Fasci d'Azione Rivoluzionaria[[note]]Fasces of Revolutionary Action[[/note]], Partito Nazionale Fascista[[note]]National Fascist Party[[/note]] (Reform the Party focus)
->'''Ideology:''' Totalism
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Mussolini was born in Dovia, Emilia-Romagna, in 1883 to a socialist blacksmith father and a devoutly catholic schoolteacher. Despite being baptised at an early age, he became a militant atheist like his father, comparing his religious boarding school to hell. He nevertheless later graduated in a non-religious school and qualified as an elemental schoolmaster.\\\
He emigrated to Switzerland for a brief period of time to avoid the compulsory military service and became acquainted with the ideas of Nietzsche and Sorel among others, which deeply influenced him. Returning to Italy in 1904, he spent two years in military service and then became a teacher. In 1909 he left to become the secretary of the labour party in Trentino and was later arrested in 1911 for his militant opposition to the Libyan War.\\\
In 1912 he became part of the national directorate of the PSI, though his support of Italian Intervention in the Weltkrieg got him ousted. He soon formed the Fascio Rivoluzionario d'Azione Internazionalista and joined the war effort as a soldier, being gravely wounded in 1917. The ICW saw him join d'Annunzio, De Ambris and others in forming the blackshirts - a radical paramilitary that sought to establish socialism and was militantly anti-Austrian.\\\
He quickly rose through the ranks in the new socialist republic, advocating for a militant approach to the reunification of Italy. His rapport with Giuletti saw him become part of the government and his fascists' growth in the subsequent elections have confirmed that Italians want militant reunification. Now as president he will take the fight to the reactionaries surrounding the SRI - none shall prevent Italy's rise this time![[/labelnote]]
->'''In-Game Biography (After Second Risorgimento)''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Born in Dovia, Emilia-Romagna, Mussolini soon showed his radical atheism at an early age - perhaps as a reaction to his devout mother. He graduated as an elemental schoolmaster from a non-religious school after comparing his previous religious school to hell and decided to leave for Switzerland in order to avoid the military draft. While there, he became acquainted with the ideas of Nietzsche and Sorel, becoming deeply influenced by them.\\\
His militant opposition to the Libyan War saw him being imprisoned, though it would soon propel him to the national directorate of the PSI. However, he would soon be ousted due to his equally militant support of Italian entry into the Weltkrieg. While fighting in the war, he became gravely wounded and was sent home, soon forming the blackshirts alongside d'Annunzio, de Ambris and many other militant socialists.\\\
During the ICW, the blackshirts played a key role in the defeat of the royalists first and the 'white' movement later and Mussolini became a big player in Italian politics. Though he had the backing of the blackshirts, his uncompromising attitude led him to be isolated from government - until Giuletti agreed to a coalition. After using his newfound platform to promote his views, he became president and led Italy through the Second Risorgimento.\\\
Now having unrivaled control over the entirety of Italy, he seeks to centralise power in the figure of the president in order to root our revisionists and reactionaries alike. It appears that the age of relative socialist harmony that the SRI brought has come to an abrupt end, with blackshirt intimidation of political opponents being at an all-time high.[[/labelnote]]
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** Mussolini can come to power in this timeline as he did in real life, although the situation surrounding his ascent to power is very different from the events leading to the emergence of Fascism in Europe in real life.
** If the SRI is defeated by Republican Italy, after reunification, Mussolini will be sentenced to death as a traitor in the Verona Trials. In reality, the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verona_trial Verona Trial]] is a trial by Fascist Italy against members of the Grand Council of Fascism who voted to remove Mussolini from power in 1943.
** Mussolini's path ends with him adopting the title of Duce and creating the PNF.
* CommieNazis: Adheres to a much more left-leaning form of Fascism in contrast to OTL.
* CultOfPersonality: Mussolini builds a huge cult of personality around himself as chairman, particuarly in the path where he reforms the party to his image.
* InSpiteOfANail: Creates an ideology similar to his OTL Fascism in Kaiserreich, but much more left-leaning and closer economically to National Syndicalism over OTL Fascist corporatism.
* GameplayAndStorySegregation: Mussolini is represented as the leader of the Syndicalist ideology after Giulietti steps down despite being a Totalist to represent the power-sharing agreement he has with the Trade Unionists.
* ThePoliticalOfficer: One of the focuses in Mussolini's SRI allows for the creation of Commissars to further his control.
* SecretPolice: Mussolini creates the Ministry of Public Security to root out reactionaries and counterrevolutionaries.
* TyrantTakesTheHelm: Mussolini taking power will dismantle SRI's democracy and either concentrate power to himself or impose the principles of sansepolcro on the SRI.
* {{Warhawk}}: Like in real life, Mussolini is a huge militarist, and justifies his positions not only with nationalistic rhetoric, but also with the purpose of defence of the revolution. In the game itself, Mussolini has a "Warmonger" trait.
* WickedCultured: Mussolini and his faction are patrons of Futurism, like in real life.

!!''Palmiro Togliatti''
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->'''Role:''' Prime Minister[[note]]Head of Government[[/note]] (Mussolini cabinet, Reform the Party focus), Chairman[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Mussolini assassinated)
->'''Party:''' Fasci d'Azione Rivoluzionaria[[note]]Fasces of Revolutionary Action[[/note]], Partito Comunista d'Italia[[note]]Communist Party of Italy[[/note]] (Reform the Party focus)
->'''Ideology:''' Totalism
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Palmiro Togliatti was born in Genoa to a middle-class family in 1893. During his early life he was forced to move around due to his father's job as a schoolteacher - first to Novara, then Turin, then Sondrio, then Sassari. His father's tragic death in 1911 forced him to move back to Turin, where he received a scholarship to study law, although he would have preferred philosophy.\\\
Togliatti joined the socialist party (PSI) in 1914, just before the Weltkrieg, where he favoured Italian entry on the side of the entente. He finally graduated in late 1915 and despite wanting to pursue a degree in philosophy, he joined the Red Cross due to his myopia, later fighting in the front lines. When the ICW began he joined the republican front and later the 'red' faction that emerged.\\\
Unlike many other syndicalists, he strongly promoted militarism to reunite Italy under a syndicalist flag as soon as possible. This, combined with his opposition to the chaotic syndicalist system and desire for a more centralised government, led him to sympathise with the growing fascist movement. These sympathies became a formal alliance after 1927, when the Italian Federation collapsed but the SRI failed to pounce. Pressured by Mussolini, he eventually adopted the fascist manifesto as the [=PCd=]'I's party programme and was rewarded with the position of Mussolini's second in command.\\\
When Mussolini was murdered, Togliatti saw the chance of creating a new direction for the movement and took it. Rebuilding bridges with the trade unions while forcing them to accept increased central control and simutaneously denouncing blackshirt excesses, his rule appears to be a radical shift from Mussolini's. But the question remains - will the blackshirts accept him as their leader?[[/labelnote]]

!!''Alceste De Ambris''
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->'''Role:''' Prime Minister[[note]]Head of Government[[/note]] (Mussolini cabinet, Presidentalist government), Chairman[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Blackshirts putsch overthrows Togliatti)
->'''Party:''' Fasci d'Azione Rivoluzionaria[[note]]Fasces of Revolutionary Action[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Totalism
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Alceste de Ambris was born in Licciana Nardi, Tuscany, in 1874 as the first of 8 siblings. He became active in the socialist movement from an early age, becoming involved in the 1898 popular uprisings. The aftermath saw him exiled to Marsaille, then Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, only being able to return to Italy in 1903.\\\
When he came back, he became active in the trade union movement and later became leader of the socialist youth in Rome. He opposed the Libyan war and got himself elected to parliament as part of the PSI in 1913. However, when the Weltkrieg began, he opposed them and called for interventionism on the entente side, alongside Mussolini. After fighting for his country, he formed a paramilitary unit alongside Mussolini and d'Annunzio called the blackshirts, which fought for syndicalism and against Austrian influence during the ICW.\\\
In the new socialist republic he remained prominent within the fascist movement, though Mussolini took most of the spotlight. The latter's autocratic tendencies caused de Ambris to view him with distrust, though he remained committed to the fascist cause as an organiser for the fascist paramilitaries. He joined the cabinet during Giuletti's and Mussolini's governments, always retaining a prominent role.\\\
When Mussolini was tragically assasinated, Togliatti tried to subvert everything the fascist movement stood for, but de Ambris led the blackshirts in recapturing power from that traitor. Now standing atop a united Italy, his governance will likely see the blackshirts more unleashed than they were even under Mussolini - a dangerous predicament for revisionists and reactionaries alike.[[/labelnote]]

!!''Giuseppe Di Vittorio''
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->'''Role:''' Chairman[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Post-unification election - Syndicalists elected, Urban unions empowered)
->'''Party:''' Confederazione Generale del Lavoro - Unione Sindacale Italiana (Sezione Italiana dell'Internazionale Operaia Sindacalista)[[note]]General Confederation of Labour - Italian Syndicalist Union (Italian Section of the Syndicalist Workers' International)[[/note]], Confederazione Generale Italiana del Lavoro[[note]]Italian General Confederation of Labour[[/note]] (The Federal Union focus)
->'''Ideology:''' Syndicalism
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Giuseppe Di Vittorio was born in Cerignola, Apulia, in 1892, and his father's untimely death forced him to take over his job as an agricultural worker at age 10. Nevertheless, he made the best of the situation, educating himself with the help of a dictionary he bought at age 12 with his own salary. He became sympathetic to anarchism at age 12, moving onto socialism as he helped found a socialist youth club at age 15.\\\
He became affiliated with the trade union movement in Cerignola and started to believe in the revolutionary potential of the trade unions. When the Weltkrieg came, he authored an article in Mussolini's 'Il Popolo d'Italia' embracing interventionism and when the time came was wounded while fighting for his country. The Italian Civil War saw him embrace the republican and later socialist movements, through which he became estranged from his native Apulia.\\\
Nevertheless, he became actively involved in the trade union movement, championing the cause of the urban workers. Though he came from a rural background himself, he abandoned the mainly rural USI and joined the predominantly urban-based CGL due to their compromising attitude towards more moderate factions of the socialist republic. He believed that compromise and unity would be the best way for the socialist republic to survive and as such was skeptical of Giuletti's alliance with Mussolini.\\\
He was eventually proven right and as the dust settled on the Second Risorgimento, he managed to pull together a majority of trade unions behind him. Now, with Mussolini's ambitions curtailed, his vision of a unifying syndicalist movement has prevailed.[[/labelnote]]

!!''Pietro Nenni''
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->'''Role:''' Chairman[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Post-unification election - Syndicalists elected, Urban-Rural unions compromised)
->'''Party:''' Confederazione Generale del Lavoro - Unione Sindacale Italiana (Sezione Italiana dell'Internazionale Operaia Sindacalista)[[note]]General Confederation of Labour - Italian Syndicalist Union (Italian Section of the Syndicalist Workers' International)[[/note]], Confederazione Generale Italiana del Lavoro[[note]]Italian General Confederation of Labour[[/note]] (The Federal Union focus)
->'''Ideology:''' Syndicalism
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Pietro Sandro Nenni was born in Faenza, Emilia-Romagna, in 1891, to a family of peasants and his father died while young. He was then put into an orphanage by a local aristocratic family with the intention of having him become a priest. They had him recite his catechism every Sunday before the countess, receiving a silver coin if he made no mistakes. Nenni would later describe this affair as "generous, but humiliating".\\\
Active in the trade union movement, he became a member of the Italian Republican Party in 1909 and got arrested in 1911 due to his opposition to the Libyan War. Sharing a prison cell with Mussolini, he struck an unlikely friendship with the young firebrand after intense arguments. When the Weltkrieg came, he volunteered to fight in the Isonzo front, being gravely wounded in 1916. During the ICW he fought for the republican cause, though was disheartened when the split between 'reds' and 'whites' happened - ultimately supporting the former due to Austrian recognition of the latter.\\\
He became involved in the socialist newspaper 'Avanti' in the aftermath, as its special correspondant in Paris. Through this, he became heavily involved in the French political scene, becoming acquainted with figures like Marcel Cachin and Pierre Monatte. When Giuletti chose to let Mussolini into government, Nenni was hopeful due to his prior friendship with Mussolini though he quickly came to oppose the new direction.\\\
Following the Second Risorgimento and as part of a compromise plan brokered by French syndicalists, Nenni was supported by both the CGL and USI to become president. Now at the helm of a united socialist Italy, his main priority is cooperation with other socialist states.[[/labelnote]]

!!''Alberto Meschi''
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->'''Role:''' Chairman[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Post-unification election - Syndicalists elected, Rural unions empowered)
->'''Party:''' Confederazione Generale del Lavoro - Unione Sindacale Italiana (Sezione Italiana dell'Internazionale Operaia Sindacalista)[[note]]General Confederation of Labour - Italian Syndicalist Union (Italian Section of the Syndicalist Workers' International)[[/note]], Confederazione Generale Italiana del Lavoro[[note]]Italian General Confederation of Labour[[/note]] (The Federal Union focus)
->'''Ideology:''' Syndicalism
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Alberto Meschi was born in Borgo San Donnino, Parma, in 1879. He worked as a bricklayer from a young age, quickly becoming involved in the local socialist movement as a writer for various publications. In 1905 he emigrated to Argentina and became introduced to anarcho-syndicalist ideas, though his radicalism got him expelled in 1909. Back in Italy, he became involved in union organising in Carrara, Tuscany, a local syndicalist hotbed. From 1911 to 1914 his activism secured many rights for workers, such as a pension or an eight-hour workday.\\\
In 1912 he founded the Unione Sindicale Italiana (USI), an explicitly revolutionary syndicalist organisation. When the Weltkrieg came, he saw it as an opportunity for the international proletariat to cast off the yoke of the bourgeoise but was conscripted to fight nonetheless and became a [=PoW=] in Hungary. His uncompromising demands were a large cause of the division of the republican movement in the ICW between "whites" and "reds", with him firmly in the latter camp.\\\
Once the SRI was established, he positioned the USI as the main union in rural areas, owing to his uncompromising attitude towards the catholic church. He initially was ambivalent to an alliance with Mussolini to militarise the socialist republic, seeing it as a necessary evil. However, when it became clear that Mussolini was only interested in securing control of the state, he became the main proponent of a strategy of 'strategic cooperation', arguing that he should only be supported in actions that furthered the revolution.\\\
The Second Risorgimento's aftermath saw him convince the more moderate CGL to support his vision of an uncompromising revolutionary attitude. Meschi in charge can only mean one thing - no quarter for reactionaries![[/labelnote]]

!!''Carlo Rosselli''
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->'''Role:''' Prime Minister[[note]]Head of Government[[/note]] (Mussolini cabinet, Parliamentarist government or Presidency restored), Chairman[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Post-unification election - Actionists elected)
->'''Party:''' Partito d'Azione[[note]]Action Party[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Radical Socialism
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Born to a wealthy Tuscan Jewish family in 1899, Rosselli participated in the Weltkrieg with enough distinction to be promoted to a second lieutenant. During Italy's civil war he supported the broad republican movement against the unpopular Victor Emmanuel. When the movement splintered into "reds" and "whites" he called for unity in the republican camp, seemingly unwilling to fully commit to either side. However, when the dust settled, he joined the dominant socialist republic.\\\
After graduating in political sciences and law in Florence and Turin respectively, he became heavily involved in the politics of the republic. There he came to dislike the immense power wielded by trade unions, which he saw as a fundamentally undemocratic way to organise a society. When the British Revolution happened, he volunteered to advise the nascent Union of Britain, helping to shape its constitution and proving that parliamentarism and socialism aren't mutually exclusive.\\\
Once back in Italy he founded a new party, the Partito d'Azione, which was a namesake of Mazzini's party from the prior century. It advocated for liberal social values and for parliament to take a bigger role in the running of the economy. His new party quickly became a force to be reckoned with, though he would still be viewed with distrust by other revolutionaries, especially after Mann dissolved the British Parliament.\\\
Though he didn't find much political success until the Second Risorgimento was complete, Rosselli now finds himself as the most powerful man in Italy. One thing is certain - his election marks a seismic shift in Italian revolutionary politics.[[/labelnote]]

* AllohistoricalAllusion: Should he suceed in the constitutional restoration, the Workers' Republic shares the same flag as the OTL [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giustizia_e_Libert%C3%A0 Giustizia e Libertà]] movment, which he co-founded with Ferruccio Parri and Sandro Pertini in his exile in Paris.
!!''Gaetano Salvemini''
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->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Presidency restored)
->'''Party:''' Partito d'Azione[[note]]Action Party[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Radical Socialism
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Salvemini was born in 1873 and graduated from a humanities degree in Florence in 1895. Having a Redshirt father and a socialist mother, it is perhaps not surprising that he joined the socialist party in 1894. However, his time within the party was not devoid of issues - chief among them the Libyan War in which Salvemini thought the PSI's attitude towards the war was too lukewarm. However, he was convinced by Mussolini to return to the PSI in 1914, just in time for the next confrontation.\\\
Salvemini strongly supported Italian entry into the Weltkrieg on the entente side, unlike most of the PSI. When Italy finally joined, he enlisted as a volunteer but fell ill and was let go by December 1915. When Italy was defeated and the Italian Civil War began, he joined the republican front and then its socialist faction, though he took no part in any formal combat.\\\
Having been notable in the PSI pre-war, it was easy for him to rise through the ranks of the new revolutionary society. He befriended Carlo Rosselli and was sympathetic to his arguments regarding parliamentary oversight of trade unions, but stopped short of formally joining the Partito d'Azione. Maintaining his political independence would be better in the long-term, or so he thought.\\\
And his gamble appears to have paid off. Now, after Rosselli's reforms to the political system, he was elected president as a compromise figure between the different factions. While he would never consider returning to the syndicalist system of yesteryear, his victory also marks the end of radical changes to the system in the vein of Rosselli.[[/labelnote]]
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!!''Emilio Lussu''
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->'''Role:''' Prime Minister[[note]]Head of Government[[/note]] (Rosselli cabinet), Chairman[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Rosselli assassinated or Veterans' Coup)
->'''Party:''' Partito d'Azione[[note]]Action Party[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Radical Socialism
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Lussu earned his law degree in Cagliari just before Italy joined the Weltkrieg. Having served as an infantry officer beforehand, his experience and valour in the battlefield earned him four awards and the rank of captain. When the Weltkrieg ended and the Italian Civil War began, Lussu joined the republican front and then became part of its socialist faction.\\\
The civil war estranged him from his dear Sardinia, where the royalist government issued an arrest warrant for him. Nevertheless, he became active in the war veteran scene, quickly rising to national prominence. His ideal socialism diverged from the trade union-dominated politics of Italy, and he was sidelined as a result.\\\
His close relationship with Carlo Rosselli allowed him to play a key role in the founding of the Partito d'Azione, a namesake of Mazzini's party from the prior century. Through his influence in the veteran movement, he advocated for the people (through their parliamentary representatives) to take power back from the trade unions.\\\
After Rosselli's tragic murder by radical squadristi, Lussu assumed the leadership of the Partito d'Azione. His closer perspective to the syndicalist mindset was perhaps why he managed to bring the Pd'A into government for the first time, though his election still marks a clear departure from the previous revolutionary consensus.[[/labelnote]]
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!!''Randolfo Pacciardi''
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->'''Role:''' Field Marshal, Head of State (Released by a Social Liberal country)
->'''Party:''' Partito Repubblicano Italiano[[note]]Italian Republican Party[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Social Liberalism
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!!''Enrico Caviglia''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State (Released by a Reactionary country)
->'''Party:''' Fronte Militare Clandestino[[note]]Clandestine Military Front[[/note]], Fronte Militare Clandestino (Sempre Pronti per la Patria e per il Re)[[note]]Clandestine Military Front (Always Ready for the Fatherland and the King)[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Paternal Autocracy, National Populism
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[[folder:Papal States]]
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->'''Official Name:''' Papal States, Kingdom of Rome (If secularised), Italian Federation (Italian reunification)
->'''Ruling Party:''' Stato Ecclesiastico[[note]]Ecclesiastical States[[/note]]

A pre-''Risorgimento'' state in Central Italy diretly ruled by the Pope, restored by Austria in the post-war Treaty of Trieste as a part of the Italian Federation (over territory controlled by the disunited South Italian royalists). Closely aligned with Two Sicilies after the Federation's collapse, the Papal States' existence is directly threatened by the anti-theocratic Syndicalist forces to the north.

* AllohistoricalAllusion:
** Pope Pius XI issues the encyclical ''Quadragesimo quinto anno'' ("In the 45th Year") in 1936, an allusion to ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadragesimo_anno Quadragesimo anno]]'' Pius XI issued in 1931 in real life. The contents of the encyclical are identical, except that communism is replaced with syndicalism.
** Not only Eugenio Pacelli[=/=]Pius XII is the historical successor of Pius XI, but the three non-historical successors all took part in the Conclave held for Pius XI's succession.
* ChurchMilitant: The Papal State has a small army in the form of the Palatine Honour Guard, as well as a navy in 1936. They can develop an air force too and become a respectable force on Italy.
* RedScare: Pius XII and Julius IV can issue an encyclical to condemn syndicalism through the focus "Condemn Mob Rule".
* TheTheocracy: Rather obviously, the Catholic Pope is the absolute monarch of the Papal State. Under Stephen X or John XXIII it can be downplayed, as they can cede most temporal power to an elected assembly and associated secular institutions, but they still maintain their authority over the church and position as head of state over the Papal State.

!!''Pius XI''
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->'''Role:''' Pope[[note]]Head of State[[/note]]
->'''Party:''' Stato Ecclesiastico[[note]]Ecclesiastical States[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Paternal Autocracy
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Pope Pius XI, formerly Cardinal Achille Ratti, was elected to the Holy See in 1922, having spent most of the previous years as a papal representative in the newly re-established state of Poland, and was named a cardinal in 1921. Thus, he avoided most of the turmoil of the civil war and the danger that the Papacy underwent in its later stages. He was the first pope since the unification of Italy to give an ascension speech at Saint Peter's, as the practice has been abandoned during the 'Hostage Years' under the Savoyard monarchy. His papacy has been also marked by increasing tensions between factions in the Curia, and the troubled re-establishment of temporal authority.[[/labelnote]]
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* PlotTriggeringDeath: Pius XI will inevitably die when Black Monday hits, leading to the election of a new Pope.

!!''College of Cardinals''
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->'''Role:''' Cardinal[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Pius XI dies)
->'''Party:''' Stato Ecclesiastico[[note]]Ecclesiastical States[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Paternal Autocracy
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]While the conclave is in session, Carmelengo Eugenio Pacelli holds de facto administrative roles. however the Holy See is officially empty, and the Papal State thus lacks a Head of State formally. The conclave is usually a time consuming process that may set the State and the Church itself in a brand new path for decades to come.[[/labelnote]]
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!!''[[UsefulNotes/PopePiusXII Pius XII]]''
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->'''Role:''' Pope[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Papal Conclave)
->'''Party:''' Stato Ecclesiastico[[note]]Ecclesiastical States[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Paternal Autocracy
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Pope Pius XII, formerly Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli, is a man of great spiritual fervour. He is renowned for his piety, but has a strong authoritarian streak that is matched only by his desire to protect the people.[[/labelnote]]
Eugenio Pacelli is the Archbishop of Sardes, papal name Pius XII. He is known for his traditionalism and wishes to maintain the order in Rome, his home city.
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* GoodOldWays: Pius XII is a traditionalist, and wants to keep the Papal State safe and stable.

!!''Stephen X''
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->'''Role:''' Pope[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Papal Conclave)
->'''Party:''' Nuovo Papato[[note]]New Papacy[[/note]], Movimento Sociale Latino[[note]]Latin Social Movement[[/note]] (Secularised elections), Alleanza Cristiana Democratica[[note]]Christian Democratic Alliance[[/note]] (Secularised elections)
->'''Ideology:''' Authoritarian Democracy, Social Conservatism (Secularised elections), Social Democracy (Secularised elections)
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Pope Stephen X, formerly Cardinal Elia dalla Costa, is a gentle man renowned for his charitable nature and love of the poor. Most assume he will eventually turn the Papacy away from its direct rule of the nation, and already forces are gathering within the Papal State to determine who will undertake that role.[[/labelnote]]
Elia dalla Costa is the Archbishop of Padua, papal name Stephen X. He is revered for his faith and respected for his humanitarian services during the Weltkrieg.
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* {{Cincinnatus}}: Pope Stephen X can relinquish his civic powers and reform the Papal State into a constitutional monarchy, transforming power to the people of Rome.
* WeHelpTheHelpless: Stephen X has several focuses where he helps out poor starving people and refugees.

!!''John XXIII''
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->'''Role:''' Pope[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Papal Conclave)
->'''Party:''' Nuovo Papato[[note]]New Papacy[[/note]], Movimento Sociale Latino[[note]]Latin Social Movement[[/note]] (Secularised elections), Alleanza Cristiana Democratica[[note]]Christian Democratic Alliance[[/note]] (Secularised elections)
->'''Ideology:''' Authoritarian Democracy, Social Sonservatism (Secularised elections), Social Democracy (Secularised elections)
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Pope John XXIII, formerly Cardinal Achille Liènart, is a controversial choice as Pope. He is a well-known socialist, considered by some to even be a radical, and it's possible he was chosen by the Papacy due to the possibility his socialist leanings will lead to a reconciliation with the north.[[/labelnote]]
Achille Liénart is the the Archbishop of Lille, papal name John XXIII. He is a social reformer, and supports trade unionism and the Worker-Priest movement.
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* AllohistoricalAllusion: There was an actual OTL pope using this name; they're not the same person (OTL's John XXIII was an Italian prelate named Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, who reigned from 1958 to 1963).
* {{Cincinnatus}}: Like Stephen X, John XXIII can cede his civil powers to the people of Rome.
* HistoricalHeroUpgrade: The real Liénart is a somewhat controversed figure thanks to his active support to Vichy France and his absence of opposition to Vichy's antisemitic policies. In ''Kaiserreich'', he's a moderate socialist able to reform the Papal State without bloodshed.
* InternalReformist: Liénart is politically a moderate socialist, and he can create Christian trade unions to reform the system without creating a revolution.

!! ''Julius IV''
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->'''Role:''' Pope[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Papal Conclave)
->'''Party:''' Ultramontanisti[[note]]Ultramontanists[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' National Populism
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Pope Julius IV, formerly Cardinal Alfredo Schuster, is a man renowned for his passion. He has been involved in the running of the Papal State for many years, and, as the former Archbishop of Milan, has declared syndicalism to be an evil he will battle until it is eradicated from the Earth.[[/labelnote]]
Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster is the Archbishop of Milan, papal name Julius IV. He is a stern militarist, and believes in an eleventh crusade against the threat of syndicalism.
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* {{Warhawk}}: Julius IV is by far the most pro-war Pope, and can declare the Eleventh Crusade on the Syndicalists.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Julius IV has good intentions of trying to preserve Catholic order when it's under existential threat from the Syndicalists. However, he is very aggressive about it.

[[folder:Two Sicilies]]
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%%Credit to Reddit user theamethystwizard for the recreation
->'''Official Name:''' Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, Italian Empire (Italian reunification)
->'''Ruling Party:''' Partito Democratico Cristiano[[note]]Christian Democratic Party[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Social Conservatism

A pre-''Risorgimento'' kingdom restored by Austria in the Treaty of Trieste as a part of the Italian Federation. It was restored on the mainland royalist-controlled areas in the Italian Civil War, the royalists having been forced into Austrian alignment due to internal disunity. The kingdom currently pursues independent external policies, having withdrew from the Federation in 1926 in reaction to Austria's cowardice against the socialists' military agitation.

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* TheEmpire: If the Two Sicilies defeats all of their enemies on Italy, they can reform Italy into the Italian Empire. Although if this was preceded by a consolidation of Two Sicilies democracy, this is closer to a federation, it just ''calls'' itself an Empire because the monarch holds the title of Emperor.
* TheFederation: If the Two Sicilies defeats all of their enemies on Italy, they can reform Italy into the Italian Confederation, a government so loose it is represented by the members of the Confederation being puppets.

!!''Ferdinando III''
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->'''Role:''' Monarch[[note]]Head of State[[/note]]
->'''Party:''' Partito Democratico Cristiano[[note]]Christian Democratic Party[[/note]], Partito Popolare Democratico (Elections), Democrazia Cristiana[[note]]Christian Democracy[[/note]] (Elections), Partito Liberale e Agrario[[note]]Liberal and Agrarian Party[[/note]] (Elections), Integralisti 'e Ddoje Sicilie (Elections)
->'''Ideology:''' Social Conservatism, Social Democracy, Social Liberalism, Authoritarian Democracy, National Populism
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Ferdinand of Bourbon-Two Sicilies' last twenty years have been troubled, as the relative tranquility of exile he lived in since his birth in 1869 was replaced with the responsibilities of being a monarch of a member of the Italian Federation and now a sovereign nation. Having arrived well after the civil war in Italy was concluded, his position was always fragile, and he himself knows he is little more than a puppet in the great game of Sicilian, Italian and global politics at large, as his presence legitimises the Kingdom internationally and allows it to remain aligned with the powers that be in Europe, having effectively kept large scale syndicalist offensives at bay. His rule, while not without political issues, came after six years of war and strife, and he tries his utmost to ensure that he takes personal credit for this peace and relative prosperity. While he traditionally has kept himself away from political affairs, as he is aware of the fragility of the peace he and many others work to maintain, the matters of the constant syndicalist threat and the lack of a male heir of his body weigh heavily on him. The nascent feelings of powerlessness, even in his current position as a monarch, makes him more prone to overtures by radical monarchists than even he himself realises.[[/labelnote]]
The current head of the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, restored to rule the Kingdom of Two Sicilies in the Treaty of Trieste.
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[[folder:Sardinia]]
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->'''Official Name:''' Kingdom of Sardinia, Kingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont (Piedmont is reclaimed), Kingdom of Italy (Italian reunification)
->'''Ruling Party:''' Governo Bardanzellu[[note]]Bardanzellu Government[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Paternal Autocracy
The remnants of the House of Savoy who formerly ruled Italy, now reduced to a "restored" pre-''Risorgimento'' Savoyard kingdom. During the civil war, Duke Emanuele Filiberto claimed kingship after the abdication of King Victor Emmanuel and his son Umberto, but royalist disunity forced him to work with Austria, turning him into the King of Sardinia under the Italian Federation. With the Federation collapsed in 1926, Sardinia has rekindled its Entente connections, and still holds some hope for a chance to restore the Kingdom of Italy.
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* DeadlyEuphemism: One focus for Sardinia is "Disappear Our Rivals", in which the King approves for all members of the opposition to be given a "Mediterranean Cruise".
* RightfulKingReturns: Their goal is to restore the rule of the Savoys to Italy as a whole, or at least Piedmont.
* TheStarscream: If Germany takes over Piedmont, they have the option to offer it to Sardinia in exchange for them leaving the Entente and joining the Reichspakt, making them only one of two starting members of the Entente able to betray their allies without having their original government be overthrown beforehand (the other is National France). Needless to say, the rest of the Entente don't take kindly to this.
* VestigialEmpire: While true for the entirety of the starting members of the Entente, it is especially true for them. Sardinia is the sole remaining possession of the House of Savoia, who ruled Sardina-Piedmont and then Italy. While civil war engulfed the peninsula immediately after Italian capitulation, Savoia was able to establish a court here outside the reach of the Austrians and the Syndicalist rebels.

!!''Amedeo I''
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->'''Role:''' Monarch[[note]]Head of State[[/note]]
->'''Party:''' Governo Bardanzellu[[note]]Bardanzellu Government[[/note]], Governo Badoglio[[note]]Badoglio Government[[/note]] (Marshal Badoglio appointed), Governo Marras[[note]]Marras Government[[/note]] (General Marras appointed/Marras moves towards democracy), Governo Thaon di Revel[[note]]Thaon of Revel Government[[/note]] (Marshal Badoglio arrested), Unione Democratica Sarda[[note]]Sardinian Democratic Union[[/note]] (UDS elected), Unione Liberale[[note]]Liberal Union[[/note]] (Liberals elected), Partito Sardo d'Azione[[note]]Sardinian Action Party[[/note]] (Sardists elected, Bellini chosen as PM), Partito Sardo d'Azione[[note]]Sardinian Action Party[[/note]] (Centre-Left elected or Sardists elected, Melis chosen as PM)
->'''Ideology:''' Paternal Autocracy, Authoritarian Democracy (Marras moves towards democracy), Social Conservatism (Elections), Social Liberalism (Elections), Market Liberalism (Elections), Social Democracy (Elections)
->'''In-Game Biography (King Leader)''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]For the longest time, Amedeo of Savoy-Aosta kept out of national politics. The would-be King wasn't interested in the affairs of state, or the day-to-day administration of the Country; instead, much like all other Dukes of Aosta, he spent his early years going through a rigorous military education, first in Britain and then in Naples. In 1915, the then 16-year-old royal joined the Army on the Alpine front as a corporal, and fought his way into becoming a captain. With the end of the war, he was initially forced to follow his father to Cagliari.\\\
However, instead of studying the specifics of Sardinia, Amedeo was fascinated by the ancient lands and cultures of Africa. Deeply uninterested in the political affairs of the Island, he spent much of the 1920s in the jungles of the Congo with his uncle the famous Duke of the Abruzzi, leaving Sardinia in the hands of Marshal Badoglio and only coming back once the health of his father had begun to falter.\\\
Now on the throne, Amedeo remains as brave and bright as any seasoned explorer, though he retains his aversion to politics; some say these characteristics are those of a great general, but it is uncertain whether they are those of a great King.[[/labelnote]]
->'''In-Game Biography (War Leader)''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]For the longest time, Amedeo of Savoy-Aosta kept out of national politics. The would-be King wasn't interested in the affairs of state, or the day-to-day administration of the Country; instead, much like all other Dukes of Aosta, he spent his early years going through a rigorous military education, first in Britain and then in Naples. In 1915, the then 16-year-old royal joined the Army on the Alpine front as a corporal, and fought his way into becoming a captain. With the end of the war, he was initially forced to follow his father to Cagliari.\\\
However, instead of studying the specifics of Sardinia, Amedeo was fascinated by the ancient lands and cultures of Africa. Deeply uninterested in the political affairs of the Island, he spent much of the 1920s in the jungles of the Congo with his uncle the famous Duke of the Abruzzi, leaving Sardinia in the hands of Marshal Badoglio and only coming back once the health of his father had begun to falter.\\\
Now descending upon the battlefield to fight with his soldiers like he did in the Weltkrieg, King Amedeo's reputation as a fearless explorer has now evolved and morphed into that of a fearless soldier, fighting on the field for the Country upon which he reigns 'by the Grace of God and will of the Nation'. Some initially questioned the truthfulness of this reputation, though a number of daring actions made this view marginal at best. Others say this is just an inventive way to escape from the duties of kinghood; this may well be true, but his people don't seem to care quite enough as their Iron King rides into battle to defeat the enemies of the Nation.[[/labelnote]]
The son of King Emanuele Filiberto who succeeded him after his death in 1931. He's the current head of the the House of Savoy, and the current King of Sardinia-Piedmont.
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* PraetorianGuard: Amedeo is guarded by a small set of troops that escorted him into exile. This guard can be expanded and enshrined within the Kingdom as the King's sworn protectors.
* PuppetKing: King Amedeo is so aligned with National France that claiming him to be a puppet would not be out of place.

%%!!''Emilio Lussu''

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[[folder:Malta]]
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->'''Official Name:''' Malta
Releasable nation from the French Republic
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!!''Paul Boffa''
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->'''Role:''' Chairman[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Released by a Socialist country)
->'''Party:''' Partit Maximista Malti[[note]]Maltese Maximist Party[[/note]], Partit Syndicalista Malti[[note]]Maltese Syndicalist Party[[/note]], Partit tal-Haddiema[[note]]Workers' Party[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Totalism, Syndicalism, Radical Socialism
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!!''Gerald Strickland''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State (Released by a Liberal/Conservative country)
->'''Party:''' Partit Laburista[[note]]Labour Party[[/note]], Partit Demokratiku[[note]]Democratic Party[[/note]], Alleanza Repubblikana[[note]]Republican Alliance[[/note]], Partit Nazzjonalista[[note]]Nationalist Party[[/note]], Partit Kostituzzjonali[[note]]Constitutional Party[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Social Democracy, Social Liberalism, Market Liberalism, Social Conservatism, Authoritarian Democracy
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!!''Enrico Mizzi''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State (Released by a Reactionary country)
->'''Party:''' Gvern Militari[[note]]Military Government[[/note]], Partit Malti[[note]]Maltese Party[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Paternal Autocracy, National Populism
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->'''Official Name:''' Italian Republic, Legionnaire Italy (Balbo), Italian Imperium (Balbo, Italian reunification), Italian Federation (Federation restored)

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Although Nitti remained with the Sicilian government after the Federation collapsed, Einaudi stayed with Federation leadership in Lombardy and joined the Republican government. He helped to reorganise the liberals, rallying them against the aristocratic influence of the Austrians and their Federationist allies as well as the nationalistic legionaires under Balbo. Instead, he has chosen to offer a vision of an Italy with the utmost respect for human liberty and encouraging the individual to pursue a form of self actualisation away from the dominance of the state. He also dreams of a European federalism, distinct from the false and exploitative ‘federation’ imposed by the Hapsburgs, one where European peoples work together to keep the red tide at bay and to promote individual civil liberties across the continent.[[/labelnote]]

!!''Italo Balbo''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State (1936 election or ANI coup)

->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Disruptive. Bombastic. Extreme. Violent. But never boring. Few could predict that the Italian Republic, long torn between the aristocratic federation backed by Austria and the democracy backed by idealists, would be toppled by a man who despised both. Atop the ashes, Italo Balbo has declared himself Il Duce before his legionnaires and would not be stopped: not by decency, by threat of revolt, invasion by Austrians, or the red menace to the West.\\\
Balbo grew up near Ferrara, and quickly fell under the spell of romanticism. He admired the heroes of the Risorgimento, particularly Giuseppe Mazzini, and at age 14 attempted to run away to join Ricciotti Garibaldi’s attempt to free Albania from the Ottoman yolk.\\\
When the Weltkrieg broke out, he paused his studies and joined the Alpini. He was quickly noted for his courage and fanaticism against the Austrians, gaining multiple awards and the rank of Captain. During the war, he was also first introduced to aircraft: he volunteered for flight training as the tide began to turn against the Entente. Despite the Italians’ best efforts however, they were defeated and an armistice was signed in 1919.\\\
Despite having grown up exposed to Republican and Socialist viewpoints, Balbo developed a hatred for the socialist revolution. After resigning his commission in protest for their surrender to the Austrians, he organised his own militias to crack down on socialist activity. This brought him to the attention of the like-minded Gabriele D'Annunzio, who helped co-found the Italian Nationalist Association.\\\
The ANI became infamous within the newly founded ‘Italian Federation’ for their violent acts of terrorism against pro-Austrian and pro-Socialist figures. Many landowners turned a blind eye to their activities, and Balbo became infamous as one of D’Annunzio’s enforcers, easily assuming leadership after the former’s death. Now, having swept away his political opponents, Balbo’s vision of an irredentist, totalitarian and nationalist Italy can be implemented. But whether this is folly or if he truly is the next Mazzini, one thing is for certain: there’s a long way to go.[[/labelnote]]

** Upon coming to power, Balbo instantly ditches the Prime Minister title for "[[UsefulNotes/BenitoMussolini Il Duce]]".

** Some of the things that Balbo forms in Italy include [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opera_Nazionale_Balilla Opera Nazionale Balilla]] youth organization, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opera_Nazionale_Dopolavoro Opera Nazionale Dopolavoro]] recreation organization, the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_the_Roman_Eagle Order of the Roman Eagle]] award, and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Council_of_Corporations National Council of Corporations]], all of which were created by Fascist Italy in real life.

* PresidentForLife: After coming to power through a democratic election, Balbo stops elections and turns the Italian Republic into a far-right ultranationalist dictatorship.

* TyrantTakesTheHelm: After being elected as the Prime Minister, Balbo shuts down democracy and ushers in a new age of radical ultranationalism.

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->'''Official Name:''' Socialist Republic of Italy, Italian Social Republic (Mussolini), Italian Democratic Workers' Republic (Constitutional restoration)

->'''Role:''' Prime Minister[[note]]Head of Government[[/note]] (Giulietti cabinet), Chairman[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Post-War Election - Totalists elected)
->'''Party:''' Fasci d'Azione Rivoluzionaria[[note]]Fasces of Revolutionary Action[[/note]], Partito Nazionale Fascista[[note]]National Fascist Party[[/note]] (Fascist Party reformed)

->'''Role:''' Chairman[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Mussolini assassinated)
->'''Party:''' Partito Comunista d'Italia[[note]]Communist Party of Italy[[/note]]

->'''Role:''' Chairman[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Blackshirts putsch overthrows Togliatti)
->'''Party:''' Fasci d'Azione Rivoluzionaria[[note]]Fasces of Revolutionary Action[[/note]], Partito Nazionale Fascista[[note]]National Fascist Party[[/note]] (Fascist Party reformed)

->'''Role:''' Chairman[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Post-War Election - Syndicalists elected, Urban unions empowered)
->'''Party:''' Confederazione Generale del Lavoro - Unione Sindacale Italiana (Sezione Italiana dell'Internazionale Operaia Sindacalista)[[note]]General Confederation of Labour - Italian Syndicalist Union (Italian Section of the Syndicalist Workers' International)[[/note]]

->'''Role:''' Chairman[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Post-War Election - Syndicalists elected, Urban-Rural unions compromised)
->'''Party:''' Confederazione Generale del Lavoro - Unione Sindacale Italiana (Sezione Italiana dell'Internazionale Operaia Sindacalista)[[note]]General Confederation of Labour - Italian Syndicalist Union (Italian Section of the Syndicalist Workers' International)[[/note]]

->'''Role:''' Chairman[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Post-War Election - Syndicalists elected, Rural unions empowered)
->'''Party:''' Confederazione Generale del Lavoro - Unione Sindacale Italiana (Sezione Italiana dell'Internazionale Operaia Sindacalista)[[note]]General Confederation of Labour - Italian Syndicalist Union (Italian Section of the Syndicalist Workers' International)[[/note]]

->'''Role:''' Chairman[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Post-War Election - Socialists elected)
->'''Party:''' Partito d'Azione[[note]]Action Party[[/note]], Confederazione Generale del Lavoro - Unione Sindacale Italiana (Sezione Italiana dell'Internazionale Operaia Sindacalista)[[note]]General Confederation of Labour - Italian Syndicalist Union (Italian Section of the Syndicalist Workers' International)[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Radical Socialism, Syndicalism

* {{Cincinnatus}}: After reforming the political system of the SRI, Rosselli will step down from his position.

->'''Role:''' Chairman[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Rosselli shot/killed)

->'''Role:''' Head of State (Released by a Paternal Autocratic/National Populist country)

->'''Role:''' Chairman[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Released by a Totalist/Syndicalist/Radical Socialist country)

->'''Role:''' Head of State (Released by a Social Democratic/Social Liberal/Market Liberal/Social Conservative/Authoritarian Democratic country)

->'''Role:''' Head of State (Released by a Paternal Autocrat/National Populism country)