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As the Minister of War, I recommend to the General Staff to build four ironclad ships to reinforce our navy. As the Minister of Colonies, I must express my deepest belief that only white, Italian and Catholic population сan be a guarantee of a righteous regime in our overseas empire. Therefore, the Ministry of Colonies, with the cooperation of Governor-Generals, would be ready to provide free unoccupied lands and commercial concessions to the gentlemen of merit that would be ready to travel to the region of Tunisia and participate in the holy mission of its civilization. (Set National Foci on Immigration in Tunisia)

((Privy Council - Private))

My dear lords of the Privy Council,

I am happy to open then new session of Privy Council and propose the following recommendations to His Majesty.

Following the old tradition of appointing experienced warlords to the Senate, I suggest that we recommend General Augustin Luigi Eugenio Barnardi, who has won renown after his service as a military district commander, and now has been appointed as Governor-General for Tunisia. I believe that the experience of this hero of Unification wars may be of great use in the upperchamber.

Another worthy candidate is the leader of the patriotic youth of our nation, our Minister of the Royal Court, Baron Alexander Marius Albin-Fabian Maximilian dom Contravarius-Don'Paulus y Rex-Trpimirović-Luzsénszky (Contravius), and I believe that his vigour and talents could be apllied well in the Senate.

- Amedeo Cesare Amat, Marchese di Soleminis, Lord President of the Privy Council and Minister of War and Colonies

((24 hours.

Alexander Marius Albin-Fabian Maximilian dom Contravarius-Don'Paulus y Rex-Trpimirović-Luzsénszky (Contravius) for Senate: Yea/No/Abstain

Augustin Luigi Eugenio Barnardi ((Glueth)) for Senate: Yes/No/Abstain ))
 
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((Officially resigning. Thanks for the game thus far. Balbo4life))
 
A MEMORANDUM FROM THE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER TO HIS MAJESTY, THE PRIME MINISTER, AND CABINET

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I hereby name Conte Karlomarx de Maxispierre von Habsburg-Lorraine d'Annecy ((Mikkel Glahder)) as Minister of Education in lieu of the retirement of Signore Balbo, pending approval of the Prime Minister.

~Stefano Francesco Teulada Bonaretti
Deputy Prime Minister
Conte di Nizza
 
 
Andre Massena said:
A MEMORANDUM FROM THE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER TO HIS MAJESTY, THE PRIME MINISTER, AND CABINET

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I hereby name Conte Karlomarx de Maxispierre von Habsburg-Lorraine d'Annecy ((Mikkel Glahder)) as Minister of Education in lieu of the retirement of Signore Balbo, pending approval of the Prime Minister.

~Stefano Francesco Teulada Bonaretti
Deputy Prime Minister
Conte di Nizza
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Approved.​
-Prime Minister Achille Giovanni Delle Pes, Marquess of Villamarina
 
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National Anthem Bill: Abstain
Marcia Reale Act: Abstain
Hymn of the People Act: Abstain
Capital Relocation Act: Yes
Pompeii Excavation and Preservation Act: Yes
Embracement of Divine Magnificence Act: No
EDT to Jerusalem Bill: No
EDT to Rome Bill: No
Law of Papal Guarentees Act: No
Leonine City Act: No
Restitution Act: Yes
Ministrial Integrity Act: Yes
Colonial Act of 1872: Yes
14 Hours Workday Act: No
1872 Budget: Yes

(Industrialist)
(Bonus - No at present)
 
((Voting is now closed.))

((EDIT: Final tally.))

Aristocrats: [7]

National Anthem Bill: 0/3/1 [0, 21, 7]
Marcia Reale Act: 3/0/1 [21, 0, 7]
Hymn of the People Act: 0/3/1 [0, 21, 7]
Capital Relocation Act: 2/2/0 [14, 14, 0]
Pompeii Excavation and Preservation Act: 4/0/0 [28, 0, 0]
Embracement of Divine Magnificence Act: 3/1/0 [21, 7, 0]
EDT to Jerusalem Bill: 2/1/1 [14, 7, 7]
EDT to Rome Bill: 3/0/1 [21, 0, 7]
Law of Papal Guarantees Act: 3/1/0 [21, 7, 0]
Leonine City Act: 4/0/0 [28, 0, 0]
Restitution Act: 4/0/0 [28, 0, 0]
Ministerial Integrity Act: 2/2/0 [14, 14, 0]
Colonial Act of 1872: 4/0/0 [28, 0, 0]
14 Hour Workday Act: 0/4/0 [0, 28, 0]
1872 Budget: 4/0/0 [28, 0, 0]

Industrialists: [9]

National Anthem Bill: 1/1/2 [9, 9, 18]
Marcia Reale Act: 1/1/2 [9, 9, 18]
Hymn of the People Act: 1/1/2 [9, 9, 18]
Capital Relocation Act: 3/1/0 [27, 9, 0]
Pompeii Excavation and Preservation Act: 4/0/0 [36, 0, 0]
Embracement of Divine Magnificence Act: 1/2/1 [9, 18, 9]
EDT to Jerusalem Bill: 1/2/1 [9, 18, 9]
EDT to Rome Bill: 2/2/0 [18, 18, 0]
Law of Papal Guarantees Act: 2/2/0 [18, 18, 0]
Leonine City Act: 1/2/1 [9, 18, 9]
Restitution Act: 2/1/1 [18, 9, 9]
Ministerial Integrity Act: 1/1/2 [9, 9, 18]
Colonial Act of 1872: 4/0/0 [36, 0, 0]
14 Hour Workday Act: 1/3/0 [9, 27, 0]
1872 Budget: 4/0/0 [36, 0, 0]

Gen. Marshall: [13]

National Anthem Bill: 0/1/0 [0, 13, 0]
Marcia Reale Act: 1/0/0 [13, 0, 0]
Hymn of the People Act: 0/1/0 [0, 13, 0]
Capital Relocation Act: 0/1/0 [0, 13, 0]
Pompeii Excavation and Preservation Act: 0/1/0 [0, 13, 0]
Embracement of Divine Magnificence Act: 0/1/0 [0, 13, 0]
EDT to Jerusalem Bill: 0/1/0 [0, 13, 0]
EDT to Rome Bill: 0/1/0 [0, 13, 0]
Law of Papal Guarantees Act: 0/1/0 [0, 13, 0]
Leonine City Act: 0/1/0 [0, 13, 0]
Restitution Act: 0/1/0 [0, 13, 0]
Ministerial Integrity Act: 0/1/0 [0, 13, 0]
Colonial Act of 1872: 0/1/0 [0, 13, 0]
14 Hour Workday Act: 0/0/1 [0, 0, 13]
1872 Budget: 1/0/0 [13, 0, 0]

Canadian_95_RTS: [30]

National Anthem Bill: 0/1/0 [0, 30, 0]
Marcia Reale Act: 1/0/0 [30, 0, 0]
Hymn of the People Act: 0/1/0 [0, 30, 0]
Capital Relocation Act: 0/0/1 [0, 0, 30]
Pompeii Excavation and Preservation Act: 1/0/0 [30, 0, 0]
Embracement of Divine Magnificence Act: 0/1/0 [0, 30, 0]
EDT to Jerusalem Bill: 0/1/0 [0, 30, 0]
EDT to Rome Bill: 0/0/1 [0, 0, 30]
Law of Papal Guarantees Act: 0/0/1 [0, 0, 30]
Leonine City Act: 1/0/0 [30, 0, 0]
Restitution Act: 0/1/0 [0, 30, 0]
Ministerial Integrity Act: 0/1/0 [0, 30, 0]
Colonial Act of 1872: 1/0/0 [30, 0, 0]
14 Hour Workday Act: 0/1/0 [0, 30, 0]
1872 Budget: 1/0/0 [30, 0, 0]

Militarists: [10]

National Anthem Bill: 0/3/0 [0, 30, 0]
Marcia Reale Act: 2/1/0 [20, 10, 0]
Hymn of the People Act: 0/3/0 [0, 30, 0]
Capital Relocation Act: 2/1/0 [20, 10, 0]
Pompeii Excavation and Preservation Act: 2/1/0 [20, 10, 0]
Embracement of Divine Magnificence Act: 3/0/0 [30, 0, 0]
EDT to Jerusalem Bill: 1/1/1 [10, 10, 10]
EDT to Rome Bill: 3/0/0 [30, 0, 0]
Law of Papal Guarantees Act: 2/1/0 [20, 10, 0]
Leonine City Act: 1/2/0 [10, 20, 0]
Restitution Act: 2/1/0 [20, 10, 0]
Ministerial Integrity Act: 1/2/0 [10, 20, 0]
Colonial Act of 1872: 2/1/0 [20, 10, 0]
14 Hour Workday Act: 0/3/0 [0, 30, 0]
1872 Budget: 3/0/0 [30, 0, 0]

Marschalk: [15]

National Anthem Bill: 0/1/0 [0, 15, 0]
Marcia Reale Act: 1/0/0 [15, 0, 0]
Hymn of the People Act: 0/1/0 [0, 15, 0]
Capital Relocation Act: 0/1/0 [0, 15, 0]
Pompeii Excavation and Preservation Act: 1/0/0 [15, 0, 0]
Embracement of Divine Magnificence Act: 1/0/0 [15, 0, 0]
EDT to Jerusalem Bill: 0/0/1 [0, 0, 15]
EDT to Rome Bill: 1/0/0 [15, 0, 0]
Law of Papal Guarantees Act: 1/0/0 [15, 0, 0]
Leonine City Act: 1/0/0 [15, 0, 0]
Restitution Act: 1/0/0 [15, 0, 0]
Ministerial Integrity Act: 1/0/0 [15, 0, 0]
Colonial Act of 1872: 1/0/0 [15, 0, 0]
14 Hour Workday Act: 0/1/0 [0, 15, 0]
1872 Budget: 1/0/0 [15, 0, 0]

Riccardo93: [15]

National Anthem Bill: 0/0/0 [0, 0, 0]
Marcia Reale Act: 0/0/0 [0, 0, 0]
Hymn of the People Act: 0/0/0 [0, 0, 0]
Capital Relocation Act: 0/0/0 [0, 0, 0]
Pompeii Excavation and Preservation Act: 0/0/0 [0, 0, 0]
Embracement of Divine Magnificence Act: 0/0/0 [0, 0, 0]
EDT to Jerusalem Bill: 0/0/0 [0, 0, 0]
EDT to Rome Bill: 0/0/0 [0, 0, 0]
Law of Papal Guarantees Act: 0/0/0 [0, 0, 0]
Leonine City Act: 0/0/0 [0, 0, 0]
Restitution Act: 0/0/0 [0, 0, 0]
Ministerial Integrity Act: 0/0/0 [0, 0, 0]
Colonial Act of 1872: 0/0/0 [0, 0, 0]
14 Hour Workday Act: 0/0/0 [0, 0, 0]
1872 Budget: 0/0/0 [0, 0, 0]

Andre Massena: [15]

National Anthem Bill: 0/1/0 [0, 15, 0]
Marcia Reale Act: 1/0/0 [15, 0, 0]
Hymn of the People Act: 0/1/0 [0, 15, 0]
Capital Relocation Act: 0/1/0 [0, 15, 0]
Pompeii Excavation and Preservation Act: 1/0/0 [15, 0, 0]
Embracement of Divine Magnificence Act: 1/0/0 [15, 0, 0]
EDT to Jerusalem Bill: 0/1/0 [0, 15, 0]
EDT to Rome Bill: 1/0/0 [15, 0, 0]
Law of Papal Guarantees Act: 1/0/0 [15, 0, 0]
Leonine City Act: 1/0/0 [15, 0, 0]
Restitution Act: 1/0/0 [15, 0, 0]
Ministerial Integrity Act: 0/1/0 [0, 15, 0]
Colonial Act of 1872: 1/0/0 [15, 0, 0]
14 Hour Workday Act: 0/1/0 [0, 15, 0]
1872 Budget: 1/0/0 [15, 0, 0]

99KingHigh: [16]

National Anthem Bill: 0/0/0 [0, 0, 0]
Marcia Reale Act: 0/0/0 [0, 0, 0]
Hymn of the People Act: 0/0/0 [0, 0, 0]
Capital Relocation Act: 0/0/0 [0, 0, 0]
Pompeii Excavation and Preservation Act: 0/0/0 [0, 0, 0]
Embracement of Divine Magnificence Act: 0/0/0 [0, 0, 0]
EDT to Jerusalem Bill: 0/0/0 [0, 0, 0]
EDT to Rome Bill: 0/0/0 [0, 0, 0]
Law of Papal Guarantees Act: 0/0/0 [0, 0, 0]
Leonine City Act: 0/0/0 [0, 0, 0]
Restitution Act: 0/0/0 [0, 0, 0]
Ministerial Integrity Act: 0/0/0 [0, 0, 0]
Colonial Act of 1872: 0/0/0 [0, 0, 0]
14 Hour Workday Act: 0/0/0 [0, 0, 0]
1872 Budget: 0/0/0 [0, 0, 0]

Labor Leaders: [10]

National Anthem Bill: 0/0/0 [0, 0, 0]
Marcia Reale Act: 0/0/0 [0, 0, 0]
Hymn of the People Act: 0/0/0 [0, 0, 0]
Capital Relocation Act: 0/0/0 [0, 0, 0]
Pompeii Excavation and Preservation Act: 0/0/0 [0, 0, 0]
Embracement of Divine Magnificence Act: 0/0/0 [0, 0, 0]
EDT to Jerusalem Bill: 0/0/0 [0, 0, 0]
EDT to Rome Bill: 0/0/0 [0, 0, 0]
Law of Papal Guarantees Act: 0/0/0 [0, 0, 0]
Leonine City Act: 0/0/0 [0, 0, 0]
Restitution Act: 0/0/0 [0, 0, 0]
Ministerial Integrity Act: 0/0/0 [0, 0, 0]
Colonial Act of 1872: 0/0/0 [0, 0, 0]
14 Hour Workday Act: 0/0/0 [0, 0, 0]
1872 Budget: 0/0/0 [0, 0, 0]

Dadarian: [11]

National Anthem Bill: 0/0/1 [0, 0, 11]
Marcia Reale Act: 0/0/1 [0, 0, 11]
Hymn of the People Act: 0/0/1 [0, 0, 11]
Capital Relocation Act: 1/0/0 [11, 0, 0]
Pompeii Excavation and Preservation Act: 1/0/0 [11, 0, 0]
Embracement of Divine Magnificence Act: 1/0/0 [11, 0, 0]
EDT to Jerusalem Bill: 1/0/0 [11, 0, 0]
EDT to Rome Bill: 1/0/0 [11, 0, 0]
Law of Papal Guarantees Act: 1/0/0 [11, 0, 0]
Leonine City Act: 1/0/0 [11, 0, 0]
Restitution Act: 1/0/0 [11, 0, 0]
Ministerial Integrity Act: 1/0/0 [11, 0, 0]
Colonial Act of 1872: 1/0/0 [11, 0, 0]
14 Hour Workday Act: 1/0/0 [11, 0, 0]
1872 Budget: 0/1/0 [0, 11, 0]

Antigov Demagogues: [10]

National Anthem Bill: 1/1/0 [10, 10, 0]
Marcia Reale Act: 0/2/0 [0, 20, 0]
Hymn of the People Act: 2/0/0 [20, 0, 0]
Capital Relocation Act: 2/0/0 [20, 0, 0]
Pompeii Excavation and Preservation Act: 2/0/0 [20, 0, 0]
Embracement of Divine Magnificence Act: 0/2/0 [0, 20, 0]
EDT to Jerusalem Bill: 0/2/0 [0, 20, 0]
EDT to Rome Bill: 0/2/0 [0, 20, 0]
Law of Papal Guarantees Act: 1/1/0 [10, 10, 0]
Leonine City Act: 0/2/0 [0, 20, 0]
Restitution Act: 1/0/1 [10, 0, 10]
Ministerial Integrity Act: 1/0/1 [10, 0, 10]
Colonial Act of 1872: 0/0/2 [0, 0, 20]
14 Hour Workday Act: 2/0/0 [20, 0, 0]
1872 Budget: 0/2/0 [0, 20, 0]

Progov Demagogues: [1]

National Anthem Bill: 0/0/0 [0, 0, 0]
Marcia Reale Act: 0/0/0 [0, 0, 0]
Hymn of the People Act: 0/0/0 [0, 0, 0]
Capital Relocation Act: 0/0/0 [0, 0, 0]
Pompeii Excavation and Preservation Act: 0/0/0 [0, 0, 0]
Embracement of Divine Magnificence Act: 0/0/0 [0, 0, 0]
EDT to Jerusalem Bill: 0/0/0 [0, 0, 0]
EDT to Rome Bill: 0/0/0 [0, 0, 0]
Law of Papal Guarantees Act: 0/0/0 [0, 0, 0]
Leonine City Act: 0/0/0 [0, 0, 0]
Restitution Act: 0/0/0 [0, 0, 0]
Ministerial Integrity Act: 0/0/0 [0, 0, 0]
Colonial Act of 1872: 0/0/0 [0, 0, 0]
14 Hour Workday Act: 0/0/0 [0, 0, 0]
1872 Budget: 0/0/0 [0, 0, 0]

Bonus: [0]

National Anthem Bill: 0/0/0 [0, 0, 0]
Marcia Reale Act: 0/0/0 [0, 0, 0]
Hymn of the People Act: 0/0/0 [0, 0, 0]
Capital Relocation Act: 0/0/0 [0, 0, 0]
Pompeii Excavation and Preservation Act: 0/0/0 [0, 0, 0]
Embracement of Divine Magnificence Act: 0/0/0 [0, 0, 0]
EDT to Jerusalem Bill: 0/0/0 [0, 0, 0]
EDT to Rome Bill: 0/0/0 [0, 0, 0]
Law of Papal Guarantees Act: 0/0/0 [0, 0, 0]
Leonine City Act: 0/0/0 [0, 0, 0]
Restitution Act: 0/0/0 [0, 0, 0]
Ministerial Integrity Act: 0/0/0 [0, 0, 0]
Colonial Act of 1872: 0/0/0 [0, 0, 0]
14 Hour Workday Act: 0/0/0 [0, 0, 0]
1872 Budget: 0/0/0 [0, 0, 0]

Politicians: [1]

National Anthem Bill: 3/1/0 [3, 1, 0]
Marcia Reale Act: 0/4/0 [0, 4, 0]
Hymn of the People Act: 1/3/0 [1, 3, 0]
Capital Relocation Act: 2/0/2 [2, 0, 2]
Pompeii Excavation and Preservation Act: 3/0/1 [3, 0, 1]
Embracement of Divine Magnificence Act: 0/2/2 [0, 2, 2]
EDT to Jerusalem Bill: 0/3/1 [0, 3, 1]
EDT to Rome Bill: 0/1/3 [0, 1, 3]
Law of Papal Guarantees Act: 1/1/2 [1, 1, 2]
Leonine City Act: 2/2/0 [2, 2, 0]
Restitution Act: 2/0/2 [2, 0, 2]
Ministerial Integrity Act: 2/1/1 [2, 1, 1]
Colonial Act of 1872: 1/2/1 [1, 2, 1]
14 Hour Workday Act: 2/2/0 [2, 2, 0]
1872 Budget: 2/1/1 [2, 1, 1]

Totals:
National Anthem Bill: 5/13/4 [29, 158, 36] [15.5%]
Marcia Reale Act: 10/8/4 [123, 60, 36] [67.2%]
Hymn of the People Act: 4/14/4 [33, 177, 36] [15.7%]
Capital Relocation Act: 12/7/3 [113, 76, 38] [59.8%]
Pompeii Excavation and Preservation Act: 19/2/1 [231, 23, 1] [90.9%]
Embracement of Divine Magnificence Act: 10/9/3 [101, 108, 13] [48.3%]
EDT to Jerusalem Bill: 5/12/5 [44, 151, 46] [22.6%]
EDT to Rome Bill: 11/6/5 [110, 57, 52] [65.9%]
Law of Papal Guarantees Act: 12/7/3 [122, 65, 38] [65.2%]
Leonine City Act: 12/9/1 [144, 88, 9] [62.1%]
Restitution Act: 14/4/4 [143, 62, 25] [69.8%]
Ministerial Integrity Act: 9/9/4 [85, 112, 32] [43.1%]
Colonial Act of 1872: 15/4/3 [172, 30, 23] [85.1%]
14 Hour Workday Act: 6/15/1 [50, 176, 13] [22.1%]
1872 Budget: 17/4/1 [203, 35, 1] [85.3%]
 
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Pes 1872-1874: The War of Polish Liberation​


Achille Giovanni Delle Pes became Prime Minister of Italy following the 1872 General Election; most people in government did not know what to expect, as Pes had not held any preceding office which might have revealed his nature. While most expected him to be a conservative jingo, it was not understood how deep this tendency ran until he took the reins of power.

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1. Achille Giovanni Delle Pes​
The first two years of his administration were dominated by foreign policy crises, about half of which were of his own making. As soon as he took office, Pes was rapidly briefed on the brewing Polish Question by the incoming Foreign Affairs minister, Stefano Bonaretti. Pes initially said he wished to back the Czar, a comment that alarmed his ministers - as Russia stood alone against the UK, Germany, and Austria-Hungary in the rapidly developing crisis. Most viewed backing Russia as suicidal. Pes' ministers eventually dissuaded him from backing Russia and maintaining Italian neutrality.

However, that was not the end of things. By September, negotiations over Poland had broken down and despite the forces arrayed against it, Russia refused to budge on the issue of Polish liberation. The British believed that with one additional great power on their side they might be able to force the Russians to bow to the inevitable. They approached the Italians seeking their support; Bonaretti's foreign office rejected the suggestion that Italy join the UK-led coalition at once. Furious, the British ambassador insulted Italy. The Polish War of Liberation broke out three days later.

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2. The Polish War of Liberation was precipitated by Polish nationalism. Pictured, the capture of the Warsaw Arsenal​
Pes heard of the insult and, himself furious, expelled the British ambassador and sent a counter-insult with much indignation. He then asked his cabinet if they should declare war on France. After several seconds of silence, Bonaretti explained to Pes that first, Pes had just expelled the British ambassador and not the French ambassador, and second, Italy had a peace treaty with France until 1877.

Pes would nevertheless maintain an obsession with France across his term of office, often inquiring about their military strength in comparison to Italy's, leading many to wonder if he meant to start a war with France for some as-yet unfathomable reason. He was said to have contemplated war with virtually every other power in the region - the UK over Malta (the military reminding him that Italy had a navy of fewer than two dozen ships, all made of wood, to the Royal Navy's hundreds of steamers and ironclads) - and with Spain, for various colonial territories - and with the Ottomans for the Barbary coast. When the German embassy ventured to ask for military access through Italy (exactly why no one knew), Pes not only rejected the request but sent an unprovoked insult to the Germans. The only nation he was not said to sabre-rattle against was Austria-Hungary, the one nation on which Italy actually had claims.

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3. Irredentists demanded the return of Venice and various other territories​

Bonaretti's foreign policy plans would stall in 1873 after the UK expelled Italian diplomats from Greece. Pes was then said to have inquired into Wallachia and Montenegro - even offering alliance to the latter - with no results. Belgium was ejected from the Italian sphere. After the Italian position in the Sahara and Kenya was secured, Pes further directed colonization efforts towards Amhara - on the Ethiopian border, Chad, and Libya - over the objections of those who wanted Italy to venture further south in Africa and obtain raw materials for Italy's starving markets. Italy and the Ottoman Empire would enter into a colonial tug-of-war over southern Libya - a barren strip of desert.

In 1873, information also reached the Pes administration that a mosque had been attacked in Somaliland, incensing the locals (this unto itself was not so unusual; it happened often when the Italian settlers and soldiers clashed with the domestic interests). Pes ordered the mosque burned and a church built in its place, which did not exactly make him popular in Somaliland - or at home, for that matter. Even Prime Minister Bonaretti, an arch-reactionary, had said that local customs had to be respected somewhat, and few saw what could be gained by riling up the natives.

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4. Italians were often at odds with colonial populations. Pictured, Italian Somaliland.​

Domestically, the Pes administration had few triumphs to trumpet. Practically his government's first action was to arrest Carlo Ponzo on a laundry list of charges. Ponzo was quickly taken into custody and sentenced to fifteen years in jail for a battery of crimes; his factory and his liquid wealth were confiscated to cover fines and needful payment under the newly passed Restitution Act. Auctions of government-owned factories would continue nevertheless, with six major factories being sold off in the first two years - a Luxury Furniture factory in Romagna to I PMC for 10,000 pounds, a Canned Food and liquor factory in Romagna to Il Sardo for 18,000 pounds together, a Fertilizer and an Ammunition factory (also in Lazio) to Il Sardo for 20,000 total, and a clothing factory in Romagna to Marcello Cavalieri personally for 2500. It did not escape the notice of observers that Cavalieri had just become the third consecutive commerce minister to take personal possession of a government factory, and that he and his corporation had won five of the six auctions at or near the minimum bid.

Amid a flurry of legislative activity, the Parliament officially moved the capital to Rome and sought to make peace with the Pope by passing the Law of Guarantees and offering to cede the Leonine City to him; the Pope rejected all these suggestions for fear that it would legitimate the Italian annexation of the Papal State and continued to maintain that he was a prisoner inside the Vatican. The Marcia Reale was declared the national anthem and the city of Pompeii excavated (with many wondering if the Romanists were returing to activity). The Embracement of Divine Magnificence Act - which might have declared certain cities holy and ban noncatholic religious ceremonies in them - failed by a narrow margin, as did the Ministerial Integrity Act, which might have stopped Cavalieri from auctioning himself a factory. The Colonial Act of 1872 passed by a large margin but remained largely symbolic in Italy's rapidly expanding but sparsely populated colonial holdings.

The economic situation generally worsened as the raw materials shortage continued, with coal, lumber, cotton, and other basic goods in vanishingly short supply. While a small handful of Italian industries boomed, most suffered terribly - even the war profiteering industries could not turn a decent profit during the War of Polish Liberation as they often lacked the raw materials to produce at scale. Chamber of Commerce protests after Belgium was ejected from the common market were met with some concessions from the government, but they did nothing to alleviate the raw goods shortages. Unemployment fell but this was largely due to huge subsidies being paid out to private industries that would have otherwise failed. By 1874 these subsidies amounted to more than 15% of Italian budget.

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5. Subsidies kept unemployment down even as factories failed. Pictured, the economic effects of subsidies.​

In part due to the worsening economy, deficit budget provisions were triggered in 1873, bringing down military salaries and equipment budgets and leaving them in a poor state of readiness. This unluckily coincided with the outbreak of an anarcho-liberal rebellion in January of 1873, brought about by escalating discontent among radical liberals nationwide; the small and short-lived rebellion was rapidly put down by the army albeit amid heavy casualties. The rebellion showed just how poorly prepared the army might be to actually prosecute a war; construction had not even begun on the four ironclads the war office had ordered for lack of materials, provisions, and artillery for the ships.

After a fierce but hopeless fight, Russia signed a peace treaty with her enemies in 1874, officially ceding some of her western territory to make a newly independent Poland. The return of peace somewhat improved the economic situation but not incredibly so. Pes had not yet succeeded in starting the war he craved, but few doubted he would manage it eventually while opposition criticism of the government grew louder and louder.


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Il Sardo:

Campania Winery: 5500
Campania Small Arms: 0
Emilia Machine Parts: 0
Emilia Lumber: 900
Sicilian Fertilizer: 900
Sicilian Explosives: 0
Lazio Fertilizer: 1450
Lazio Ammunition: 4200
Lombardia Luxury Clothing: 9500
Piemonte Winery: 36100
Piemonte Furniture: 47500
Puglia Paper Mill: 0
Romagna Canned Food: 0
Romagna Liquor: 7100
Sardinia Ammunition Factory: 4400
Toscana Canned Food: 200

Gross Profit: 117,750
@ 40% taxes: -47100
Total Profit: 70650 ((this is how much money the company gets))

I PMC:

Emilia Liquor Distillery: 13100
Sicilian Artillery Factory: 500
Lazio Luxury Furniture: 0
Piemonte Clothes Factory: 30100
Piemonte Fabric Factory: 48900
Puglia Steam Shipyard: 200
Sardinia Liquor Distillery: 15000
(Societa Hermes Cut): -1300
Sardinia Glass Factory: 1100
(Societa Hermes Cut): -100
Toscana Small Arms: 900

Gross Profit: 108,400
@ 40% taxes: ~-43400
Total Profit: 65000 ((this is how much money the company gets))

Societá Hermes

Campania Clothes Factory: 500
Campania Fabric Factory: 0
Provencal Glass Factory: 5300
Savoyard Cement Factory: 8000
Toscana Cement Factory: 0
Railroads: 1400

Gross Profits: 15200
@ 40% taxes: -~6100
Total Profit: 9100

((Gen. Marshall))

Campania Cement Factory: 0

Gross Profit: 0
@ 40% taxes: 0
Total Profit: 0

Marcello Cavalieri ((Otto of england))
Romagna Clothing: 0

Gross Profit: 0
@ 40% taxes: 0
Total Profit: 0
 
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"Well," commented one bystander to another. "He hasn't triggered a revolution nor committed treason."
"Indeed" replied the other, fidgeting with his hat. "He may very well be the second greatest Prime Minister in our History!"
"Hear, Hear," chanted the third.
 
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Bonaretti shook his head after leaving yet another baffling cabinet meeting where he once again had to answer the Prime Minister's childish questions and correct his idiotic schemes. Against his protests, the Prime Minister had insisted that they end the common market treaty with Belgium and now the economy was suffering for it. Against his judgement, the Prime Minister had insulted every great power on the continent except the one power who actually was their enemy. The only area where Bonaretti succeeded was convincing Pes not to start a suicidal war with all of Europe over suppressing some backwards Poles.

He hurried back to his new mansion that had a beautiful view of the Forum. Rome was a dumpster heap and he missed Florence and Torino, though it was nice to visit the Vatican. He had some Sparrow paperwork to examine at home- silly business, but it had to be done- and some reports from Paris but they could wait. His wife was waiting in bed for him and he wanted to make the marriage work.
 
Could someone please explain why were are attempting to engage in another war with France? What is our objective? What do they have that we want, and is more valuable, than, say, Venetia, Trento, Trieste, and Dalmatia?

While I am perhaps not completely opposed to war with the Ottomans over Tripolitania, a war with France is folly. They have nothing of value to us beyond perhaps Algeria, and while I am sympathetic to the cause of fixing our borders - because by god, as governer of Tunisia I have to stare at the bloody things all day - I doubt it is really worth the many deaths that would result.

I urge the Prime Minister to change his course, and turn around from war with France in favour of, if war is necessary, a war against the Austrian Empire for Venetia.
 
((Private-Militarists))

Our nation starves for resources and our colonial empire is split in two by heathens and the Spanish. Therefore, we must conquer Egypt. Tunis to Jerusalem, my fellow soldiers!

((Vote on CB fabrication, Deadline 48 hours))

Fabricate "Establish Protectorate" CB on Egypt: Yes/No

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Fabricate CB on Egypt: Yes

-Stefano Bonaretti
Conte di Nizza
Deputy PM
Foreign Minister
 
Glueth said:
Could someone please explain why were are attempting to engage in another war with France? What is our objective? What do they have that we want, and is more valuable, than, say, Venetia, Trento, Trieste, and Dalmatia?

While I am perhaps not completely opposed to war with the Ottomans over Tripolitania, a war with France is folly. They have nothing of value to us beyond perhaps Algeria, and while I am sympathetic to the cause of fixing our borders - because by god, as governer of Tunisia I have to stare at the bloody things all day - I doubt it is really worth the many deaths that would result.

I urge the Prime Minister to change his course, and turn around from war with France in favour of, if war is necessary, a war against the Austrian Empire for Venetia.
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I, as Prime Minister, who values not just the elite word of say, but all word of say. I have considered your words, and, while negotiations with the Austrian Empire was thought of, it was ultimately abandoned due to political engagements that kept us from otherwise allowing for an expansion of resources. We, sadly, suffered from Great Britain's heavy-handed, and archaic view, that they rule the seas. Well, while they may have once had a hand in every pocket, Malta is their last bastion in our Great Mediterranean.

I have never released a statement to the public that I wished war with the France, quite on the contrary, I wish only the defense of the Nation, which, an strong France entirely rejects.

However, I, the Prime Minister, will release a statement in the coming days about fixing our colonial situation and looking towards the civilized coasts of our Beautiful Mediterranean, rather then the fringes of some African darkness that other Prime Ministers thought we would find the solution to our one folly.(The economy) '

While things may have been stressed in the Cabinet meetings, I assure everyone any rumor they may hear is false. The fury of our debates only prove to our valor to our cause. While I may not believe these news chroniclers have it the right way, they never quite due, I value the press in its initiative in getting its information out to the masses.

I pray only that our proud nation is still open to the bright future they are to receive with a Pes Administration. The storm always hits, before the calm, and what we are dealing with now is the folly of past governance.

-Achille Giovanni Delle Pes, Marquess of Villamarina, Prime Minister of Italy

((Fabricate "Establish Protectorate" CB on Egypt: Aye))
 
((Private))

While working with the numerous papers connected with the colonization efforts in Africa, Amedeo Cesare Amat di Soleminis has been heard exclaiming «What were we thinking, when we made a feckless hussar officer our Prime Minister!».

In his diary of the time he had made the following note regarding the Marchese di Villamarina «My cousin, lacking the experience of any political office in the past, has no grasp over the domestic issues, is rather disinterested with the legislative process and has only a very base knowledge of the subtleties of the foreign policies. War is what he constantly talking about - war is his breakfast, lunch and supper. Well, it seems that Egypt is ripe to be conquered – and the baby would receive its rattle. Hopefully it would be a victorious little war…»

In public his statements were quite reserved, courteous and laconic.

As the Minister of War and Colonies, I may express my deepest belief that it is archnecessary to establish the connection between the two parts of our overseas empire, now disunited, by any means that His Majesty and the Prime Minister would see as appropriate. We remember how the sad disunity of the Kingdom has led to the war with the Papal States – and yet now we suffer from the same malady in our colonial realm. More than that, our desperate need for resources dictates us the necessity to take more lucrative regions in Africa under our control. God has ruled that Italy should lord over the countries and people of the Dark Continent – and we must humbly bow our heads before the will of God.

- Amedeo Cesare Amat, Marchese di Soleminis, Minister of War and Colonies and Lord President of the Privy Council

((Militarists – Private)) ((Fabricate "Establish Protectorate" CB on Egypt: Aye))

((Privy Council – Private))

Alexander Marius Albin-Fabian Maximilian dom Contravarius-Don'Paulus y Rex-Trpimirović-Luzsénszky (Contravarius) for Senate: Yea

Augustin Luigi Eugenio Barnardi ((Glueth)) for Senate: Aye
 
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