1504 ECONOMY 45.9D TREASURY 779D STAB +3
March- Russia annexes kazan after winning the war there.
August--250ducats are payed to savoy and negotiations with their nobles begin in an italian move to win savoy to vassalization. Savoy relations once poor with italy, now became good +3 so far after 250d
Sep another 250d are payed to savoy this brings relations with their nobles to very good, +166 and a royal marriage is solidified also in october however in november savoy rejects Italys offer to be vassals.
1505 economy 46d treasury 418d stab +3
Doge Leonardo finances an explorer for 250ducats, he is Garda and emediately is given a fleet of 4 ships to go to west africa.
Italy continues to put money into the nobles of Savoy but they continue to resist the offer of vassal to Italy, Leonardo and the senators are obviously growing impatient as more than 800ducats have been spent on these ungrateful people. Leonardo sends letters to his senators in the republic, that if savoy does not become vassals soon he will invade them even if they are allies.
August Russia with her allies invade the golden horde that war is long but fruitless for russia.
1506 Economy 45.7d Treasury 445d Stab +3 Taxes 150d yr
Italy gives Savoy some breathing room, and negotiates with France to exchange maps, French and Italian relations are blossoming and maps are exchanged giving Italy knowledge of the persians. So succesful was that exchange that Italy does the same exchange with Russia, also a friend. Now Italy has maps of the uzbeks and central asia.
April SUCCESS IN SAVOY The prince of savoy with his nobles agree to become vassals of Italy, celebrations are held in Milano at the estate of Senator Carolus Rex, attended also by senators MANGNUS/MARIANI/MISHA AND GENGHIS KHAN, however it seems the senator COROLUS REX gets extremely intoxicated during the Ridotto and is rumored to have taken an austrian flag and burned it screaming for war while he did so.... needless to say Doge Leonardo did not take the news too well. austrian merchants in venice rioted by the Piazzetta in protest of this action.
HOwever the vassalage went smoothly and Italy began plans for more exploration of the atlantic and africa.
1507 Economy 48.3d Treasury 475d Stab +3
A peaceful year that saw explorer Garda discovering the west african land of Nouakchott but Italy balked on the chance to colonize it as it was filled with angry natives.
1508 Economy 47.9 Treasury 579d Stab +3
The world was at peace since 1504 and Italy was becoming anxious especially in August when the Pope announced the treaty of tordesillas that allowed spain and portugal to attack at will any land outside of europe. This was a disgrace to Italy and Doge Leonardo sent letters to his senators that he intended to strike a blow to either the iberians or the pope himself. He would plan his move though.
Efforts were being made to fully annex Savoy however it seemed impossible at this point.
in november a trade post was established in Nouakchott but fear from merchants that pressure from the spanish or portugese could lead to open warfare. Italy was prepared for it with her ally france who also was ready for a piece of spain.
Leonardo Loredan the magnificent and noble Doge of Italy passed away before the end of the year. elections were held for a new doge.
1509 Economy 49.5d Treasury 702d Stab +3
Doge Piero Soderino was elected he was a master of diplomacy and also well versed in matters of military and admin. so he set out to do some things Leonardo never finished.
First in March Piero sent another trader to Nouakchott, he intended to build a strong trade base there.
August an exhausted Garda returned to corsica with only 1 ship left he had lost 5 ships in exploring. yet he had advanced Italian maps much. He wasnt finished either.
The rest of 1509 was peaceful except for Piero drawing out plans to eventually politically annex Savoy and prepare for the expiration of the franco-Italian alliance, hence, he had a surprise in store for the Pope and his alter boys.
Doge Piero and senator Storey met secretly in Verona for preperations of action to take against the Pope in 1510 after the alliance expires.
1510 Economy 49.9 Treasury 856d Stab +3
Piero and his incredible ability of dipomacy is able to convince the nobles of savoy that being a part of the Italian empire , is far healthier than being a vassal of the Italian empire. So in January of 1510 Savoy is officially annexed with Italy. her army of 94,000men pass into Italian hands and her navy also goes to Italy.
Italy military in 1510
Army 90,000 infantry 20,000 cavalry 150cannons no general
Navy 60/43/8 split into two fleets of admiral Grimani of Venice and admiral Lomellini in Genoa.
May disaster strikes the Italian trade post in Nouakchott, natives not only whiped out a 4000 man army but destroyed the post as well. Italy loses its hold in africa. this loss alerts Piero to the readiness of his army, how can his army of men beat trained men of the Papacy if they cant beat naked natives.
August senator Carolus Rex upon news of Austria annexing Bohemia demands that Piero declare war on Austria while the alliance is still alive with France. Piero politely sends a letter back to the good senator and says "the time is not right friend"
SEptember a massive revolt begins in styria. 53000 rebels storm the walls of the Italian strongholds. Out of the gates of the castle comes 45,000 screaming Italian soldiers. A massive pitch battle ensues for 15 days and by months end the field is littered with dead men, blood and guts everywhere, The remaining 30,000 italians take rebel prisoners and make them slaves to clean up the mess.
OCTOBER The franco-Italian alliance expires, Italy emediately sends a diplomat to the Pope declaring WAR. The pope is naked and has no military ally, now is the time to fight cries Piero.
One day after Italy declares war on the Papacy, Italy and France seal an alliance. Just the two of them each with their own goals. Italy wants the Papacy and Naples later. France wants ..... well i dont know what they want
Nov Russia and Crimea invade Georgia
1511 Economy 46.5d Treasury 940d Stab 0
January--- The battle of florence , 24,000 Italian infantry vs the papacy 10/12/2 army , The italians are routed easily by the alter boys and the Papacy lays siege to Florence. Italy strikes back by laying siege to Emilia in january also.
April, Italy army of 5/0/5 sieges Romagna
Sep italy takes Emelia after a 9 month siege and begins to march toward rome.
the papal army grows to 16/12/2 still sieging florence.
December Poland invades the teutonic knights.
1512 Economy 48.4d Treasury 967d Stab +1
January Romagna is taken by Italy now Italy marches for Rome
Feb-Mar battles between Italian and Papal armies ensue. 40,000 infantry of Italy tries to route the main Papal army in florence but is again forced to retreat. the romans take control of florence after that and try to use their army of 12/10/2 to route the Italians 5/0/5 in romagna but in a great battle, Italy defeats the romans and sends them running.
April after those great battles Italy sieges rome with 8/0/7 while the Roman army is again beaten in Rome, they retreat to Romagna to siege it.
August in a lightning quick 5 month siege of Rome (small fortress) Italians take control of Rome and march to retake florence. while the roman army sieges to retake Romagna their army is 10/10/2
September the Hansa along with teutonic order war against Brandenburg and Hannover.
October the mighty race of sieges, florence is the popes last stronghold before Italy annexes him. While the pope lays siege to retake romagna to stop the annexation. Who will take who first?
1513 Economy 46.6d Treasury 872d Stab +2
April 3 Papal army takes Romagna
April 26 Italian Army retakes Florence sooooo close
The Papal army of 30,000 marches to Milan and lays siege to it. Senator Carolus rex is trapped and sends a letter to Piero that he will be lost if Italy doesnt force the Pope to peace soon. Piero is alarmed and personally joins the italian army in romagna to siege it. that may milan is under siege by the pope and romagna is under siege by Italy, the second race begins, who will get who first???? Carolus Rex wants to know
August Turkey wallachia and the hafsids invade Mamelukes and hedjaz, that war rages fiercely.
September Italian forces take romagna by storm and the banner of romagna and the pope is taken to the popes genaral in Milan who is then forced to surrender. The papal states are formally annexed that fall and the Pope is allowed to practice his witch craft in a small cathedral in rome.
Carolus Rex holds a second huge Ridotto in Milan, nobles from savoy, venice france and everywhere else join in the celebration, no nobles from spain arrive however. Italy has control over the Papacy and emediately Doge Piero is given power of the Pope himself forcing Pope Drakken to kneel to him.
(just a joke)
Italy also inherited the popes 30,000 man army and two good refineries. also 14 ships are added to the Italian mighty fleet, now the second largest in the world behind the turks.
Relations with the French ally improve to +108 however the rest of the continent place scorn on Italy for what it has done. All of the hre states and austria, poland, spain, england and others are sending letters of disgust, hatred, preperations of war to Italy for their conquest of the holy Rome. Piero calls upon his Senators to meet in Rome instead of Florence his speech to the senators follows.
GREAT SENATORS, IT IS NOT BY MY WILL THAT WE HAVE TAKEN THIS COURSE, BUT BY YOUR WISDOM AND GLORY THAT ITALY HAS EMBARKED A COURSE OF UNITY FOR ALL ITALIAN PEOPLE.
WE HAVE BEGUN OUR EXPLORATIONS, BUT FOR SURE MORE MUST FOLLOW WE ARE JUST BEGINNING. WE HAVE GREAT WEALTH AND A HEALTHY ECONOMY TO HIRE MORE EXPLORERS TO SEEK OUT LANDS AND COLONIZE. LETS TEACH THE SPANISH THE ITALIAN PRIDE.
NAPLES HOLDS FIRM TO HER ALLIANCE TO SPAIN, BOTH THE NEOPOLITAN CROWN AND SPANISH CROWN HATE ITALY SO WHY NOT HATE THEM TOO AND SEEK TO FREE THE PEOPLE OF NAPLES FROM THEIR SCOURGE. SICILY TOO CAN BE GIVEN TRUE LEADERS AND TRUE LOVE IN A UNITED ITALY.
ITALY HAS EMERGED, WE ARE A GREAT POWER NOW, WHAT WILL BE OUR NEXT STEP SENATORS OF THE EMPIRE? PEACE , PROSPERITY, UNIFICATION, COLONIZATION, WAR, DIPLOMACY????????????
I hope you like the aar so far, please let me know what you want the doge (me) to do next for our Italy.
I hope i carried out most of my senators wishes in this last ten years, honestly i had no idea i would be this successful, i got lucky with savoy annexation and didnt even know the alliance was ending, what a surprise
hope to hear from you , ill take a two day break to hear what senators and well wishers have to say about Italy.
