(1) Irredentism
'A mere year ago our country has come into existence. From Sicily to the Alps, Italians no longer say they belong to small independent states, but to one unified Italy.'
However, not all Italians can call this newly founded state their home. In the Papal States, under French influence, Rome itself is controlled by the church. And beyond the northeastern frontiers many of our brethren still live under the Habsburg tyranny. They must soon be freed, but first Italy must gather its strength as a whole to face them.
And not only that, but beyond the beauty of Venice are more of our folk... yes in Dalmatia lie our natural borders, and perhaps even farther?
The Nationality Mapmode shows easily where to find where our people are being kept as hostages.
Yes indeed, Austria is powerful. Thankfully we managed to secure an alliance with France and proposed an alliance to Prussia. Our interests are mutual, none of the three countries is overly friendly to Austria at the moment (although the French seem to be leaning towards them), so we'll maintain it as a purely neutral diplomatic approach.
Italy as a nation is new to the world stage. So we want our diplomatic missions to keep a close eye on other nations that present an immediate interest to us. We order them to focus primarily on Europe (we couldn't care less about what's going on in Asia or the Americas for now), and especially our neighbours.
Many of the newly formed Italian brigades are undermanned. Fortunately our administration can quickly get the census results and analyse directly where to focus our attention. The Population Density Mapmode gives us details about that.
With a constant stream of information coming from our various ministries and regional administration offices, we can quickly change our priorities as the needs of the nation change. Therefore for now we use our National Foci in states with high Population to promote more soldiers.
The next step is to formally declare our point of view, that lands under foreign control are ours by right. After all, no one can contest that there are ethnic Italians living there, right?
In the period of many months, after numerous postings of job opportunities in the military and the subsequent increase in its budget, eager youngsters from all over the countryside join up the army. Many are assigned to reinforce current regiments, but some new armies are being assembled and given new commanders. Our future focus will be in the north, so the recruitment centers in South Italy are directed to automatically send their recruits to Romagna when they are ready.
There is no public mention of war yet, just rumours that the Italian border with Austria is being reinforced as a precautionary measure. There is still discussion among the politicians within the liberal party, whether such spending on military is justified. Many are against it: staunch Anti-militarists. However, it is clear to the international community that Italy is up to something.
For now the country focus is on military. There are many other fields to improve, though, for example the education and bureaucracy. These must be taken care of, so some national foci are dedicated to bureaucrats and clergymen for now.
The population is generally happy, only a few minor regional independence movements (Pope loyalists! Bah!), but we never know what the future might bring. That's why it's imperative to strengthen the bureaucracy to generate suppression capability and make sure this small disgruntled rabble does not turn into the militant rebels of tomorrow.
'A mere year ago our country has come into existence. From Sicily to the Alps, Italians no longer say they belong to small independent states, but to one unified Italy.'
However, not all Italians can call this newly founded state their home. In the Papal States, under French influence, Rome itself is controlled by the church. And beyond the northeastern frontiers many of our brethren still live under the Habsburg tyranny. They must soon be freed, but first Italy must gather its strength as a whole to face them.
And not only that, but beyond the beauty of Venice are more of our folk... yes in Dalmatia lie our natural borders, and perhaps even farther?
The Nationality Mapmode shows easily where to find where our people are being kept as hostages.
Yes indeed, Austria is powerful. Thankfully we managed to secure an alliance with France and proposed an alliance to Prussia. Our interests are mutual, none of the three countries is overly friendly to Austria at the moment (although the French seem to be leaning towards them), so we'll maintain it as a purely neutral diplomatic approach.
Italy as a nation is new to the world stage. So we want our diplomatic missions to keep a close eye on other nations that present an immediate interest to us. We order them to focus primarily on Europe (we couldn't care less about what's going on in Asia or the Americas for now), and especially our neighbours.
Many of the newly formed Italian brigades are undermanned. Fortunately our administration can quickly get the census results and analyse directly where to focus our attention. The Population Density Mapmode gives us details about that.
With a constant stream of information coming from our various ministries and regional administration offices, we can quickly change our priorities as the needs of the nation change. Therefore for now we use our National Foci in states with high Population to promote more soldiers.
The next step is to formally declare our point of view, that lands under foreign control are ours by right. After all, no one can contest that there are ethnic Italians living there, right?
In the period of many months, after numerous postings of job opportunities in the military and the subsequent increase in its budget, eager youngsters from all over the countryside join up the army. Many are assigned to reinforce current regiments, but some new armies are being assembled and given new commanders. Our future focus will be in the north, so the recruitment centers in South Italy are directed to automatically send their recruits to Romagna when they are ready.
There is no public mention of war yet, just rumours that the Italian border with Austria is being reinforced as a precautionary measure. There is still discussion among the politicians within the liberal party, whether such spending on military is justified. Many are against it: staunch Anti-militarists. However, it is clear to the international community that Italy is up to something.
For now the country focus is on military. There are many other fields to improve, though, for example the education and bureaucracy. These must be taken care of, so some national foci are dedicated to bureaucrats and clergymen for now.
The population is generally happy, only a few minor regional independence movements (Pope loyalists! Bah!), but we never know what the future might bring. That's why it's imperative to strengthen the bureaucracy to generate suppression capability and make sure this small disgruntled rabble does not turn into the militant rebels of tomorrow.