Intermezzo 2 : The Doge's nightmare (9)
Rebels are active also in the colonies in the Philippines.
Muscowy is white peaced. Abruzzi defects to Naples, while another rebel round starts in December 1708.
By September 1709, Palermo, Messina and Apulia have defected to Naples as well, while Venice is helpless against the rebels in Northern Italy and prays for the intervention of the vassals.
Turns out, there is no time for that. There are too many occupied provinces. Venice collapses.
As a result, Styria and Croatia are born as full-grown countries. That is a unmitigated disaster, now Austria, Augsburg and Württemberg won't be able to come to Italy to help with rebels. All alliances have been cancelled, anyway. In fact, Naxos isn't allied to Venice any longer, but it is still a vassal. We will need a spy to keep on observing Venice.
Apart from Styria and Croatia, nothing else is lost.
Venice, by the way, is a Republican Dictatorship - has been for a while. Stability is fixed at -3 - whatever the reason. And we have become... Protestant. WHAT ?
As a positive effect, all rebels disappear - for a while. They soon reappear - now they are religious zealots - CATHOLIC religious zealots.
Meanwhile, Venice annexes Corfu.
There are other provinces who were lost - "British Venice"
Not it is religious zealots all over the place - but these will cause a defection. To Sardinia, of all countries.
Religious zealots are active in Italy too. And this time, no help from the vassals will come. Styria and Croatia are blocking the way.
And in September 1713, the first defection happens. Santana defects to Sardinia.
Then come Uruguay, Puerto Rico, Pampas - "Sardinian Venice" is born.
Saint Lucia, Tape, Barbados defect to Sardinia. When you think it can't get worse, it does.
Saint Helena defects to Fez. Alpercatas, Maranhao to Sardinia.
There is the first defection in Italy. Liguria defects to Savoy.
Pernambuco defects to Sardinia. Athens defects to Morea, but Morea is a vassal of Venice. In January 1716, the situation in Italy is just... horrible.
Parma defects to Mantua, who is NOT a vassal of Venice.
Saint Martin, Bahia, Espirito Santo defect to Sardinia. Sardinia's colour is horrible.
Janina defects to Morea. Munster declares independence from Venice.
Cagayan and Manila defect to Aceh.
Curacao defects to Sardinia. Salinan and Pomo defect to Savoy ! And create the "Savoyard Venice" !