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Expanded Play for Demagogues: Yes
Expanded Play for Militarists: Yes
Dynasticism: Yes
Carrot and Stick: No
Expanded Colonialism: Yes
Easier Bonuses and Penalties: No
Franchise and Parties: Yes
Direct Effect of Taxation: Abstain I like this but, it directly hurt how I want to play so...
Party Regionalism: Yes

Industrialist
 
Expanded Play for Demagogues: Yes
Expanded Play for Militarists: Yes
Dynasticism: No
Carrot and Stick: No
Expanded Colonialism: Yes
Easier Bonuses and Penalties: No
Franchise and Parties: Yes
Direct Effect of Taxation: Yes
Party Regionalism: Yes

Militarist
 
Expanded Play for Demagogues: Yes
Expanded Play for Militarists: Yes
Dynasticism: Yes
Carrot and Stick: Yes
Expanded Colonialism: Yes
Easier Bonuses and Penalties: Yes
Franchise and Parties: Yes
Direct Effect of Taxation: Yes
Party Regionalism: Yes

Class: Militarists
 
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Expanded Play for Demagogues: Yes
Expanded Play for Militarists: Yes
Dynasticism: Yes
Carrot and Stick: Yes
Expanded Colonialism: Yes
Easier Bonuses and Penalties: Yes
Franchise and Parties: Yes
Direct Effect of Taxation: Abstain
Party Regionalism: Yes

[Aristocrat]
 
Constantino Telemaco Parassani

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Name: Constantino Telemaco Parassani
Born: Susa, Piedmont
Date of Birth: 2nd May 1783
Nationality: Piedmontese
Class: Politician
Biography:

Born the fifth child and third son of Alessandro Parassani, the police prefect of Susa. The Parassani were a provincial family of modest means but common birth, and the patriarch had scant expectations of his offspring. Constantino Telemaco, however, was a bright child with an aptitude for rhetoric. Aided by private tutorials, he was admitted to the famous Faculty of Law at the University of Turin in 1801, during the French occupation. It was in this relatively lax atmosphere that he started to cultivate an interest in politics, as the University facilitated intellectual exchange between rustic Piedmont and revolutionary Paris. In the interval between Austerliz and Waterloo, he slowly climbed the judicial hierarchy. His progress was rendered naught, however, when the returning Savoyard monarchy abolished the Napoleonic Code. In the aftermath, the University of Turin became the centre of an uprising in 1821, an event that would have a formative effect on Constantino's political ethos. His condemnation of the violence found him back in favour with the authorities. His career as a jurist thereafter continued with greater success, and he was later recalled to the University to hold the new chair in Political Economy. The accession of Carlo Alberto lifted the limitations on political involvement, and Constantino found himself thrust into the heady political scene prior to the first free elections.
 
Expanded Play for Demagogues: No
Expanded Play for Militarists: Sì
Dynasticism: Sì
Carrot and Stick: Sì
Expanded Colonialism: Sì
Easier Bonuses and Penalties: Sì
Franchise and Parties: Sì
Direct Effect of Taxation: No
Party Regionalism: Sì

[Politician]

((With due apologies for the double post, but I couldn't bundle it into my biography.))
 
Expanded Play for Demagogues: No
Expanded Play for Militarists: Yes
Dynasticism: Yes
Carrot and Stick: No
Expanded Colonialism: Yes
Easier Bonuses and Penalties: Yes
Franchise and Parties: Yes
Direct Effect of Taxation: Yes
Party Regionalism: Yes
[Militarist]


((Also, Allo Syriana! Great to have you again.))
 
Expanded Play for Demagogues: Yes
Expanded Play for Militarists: Yes
Dynasticism: Yes
Carrot and Stick: No
Expanded Colonialism: Yes
Easier Bonuses and Penalties: Yes
Franchise and Parties: Yes
Direct Effect of Taxation: Yes
Party Regionalism: Abstain

[Demagogue]
 
Play for Demagogues: No
Expanded Play for Militarists: Yes
Dynasticism: Yes
Carrot and Stick: No
Expanded Colonialism: Yes
Easier Bonuses and Penalties: Yes
Franchise and Parties: Yes
Direct Effect of Taxation: No
Party Regionalism: No
[Aristocrat]
 
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Lucius Vico Balbo​
Date of Birth: August 7th, 1807 (29)
Place of Birth: Aosta, Kingdom of Sardinia
Class: Demagogue
Position: Founding member of the Figli della Lupa "Children of the She-Wolf"

Biography:

Lucius V. Balbo was born the first son to a common family, lacking in nobility but endowed with wealth and social class from lucrative trade from ancestors long past. As a child, Lucius was quick to learn in the fields of literature and history, but loathed all things dealing with economy and finance. Preferring their wealth to last and not be squandered, Lucius' younger brothers took the responsibility of managing the financial assets and trades of the Balbo household. Lucius readily accepted this, and was thus free to pursue his interests on the expense of his kin's work.

This would take the form of academia, as Lucius would go on to pursue higher learning throughout Europe, finding himself in universities from France to the Austrian Empire. This journey would work to shape his personal beliefs, as Lucius would learn to find disdain in those not cut from Italian cloth. Instead, Lucius would find his interests in the classic tales of the Roman Empire and its exploits, and the Italian legacy associated. The foreign control and influence over the modern Italian Peninsula was abominable and oppressed the ancestrally mighty Italian people. Lucius had the ideas of Italian nationalism, but lacked a clear way to convey this or make a difference.

Thus, Lucius took to the pen and paper, forming the "Figli della Lupa" or "Children of the She-Wolf", an allusion to the origin story of Rome's founders - Romulus and Remus and their wolf mother. This society was to work on preaching the ideas of a people freed and united under a single monarchy through the medium of print. The membership would prove minuscule, but Lucius was nevertheless ambitious.
 
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Expanded Play for Demagogues: Yes
Expanded Play for Militarists: Yes
Dynasticism: Yes
Carrot and Stick: No
Expanded Colonialism: Yes
Easier Bonuses and Penalties: Yes
Franchise and Parties: Yes
Direct Effect of Taxation: Yes
Party Regionalism: Yes

Militarist
 
Expanded Play for Demagogues: Yes
Expanded Play for Militarists: Abstain
Dynasticism: Yes
Carrot and Stick: Nay
Expanded Colonialism: Yes
Easier Bonuses and Penalties: Yes
Franchise and Parties: Yes
Direct Effect of Taxation: Yes
Party Regionalism: Yes

[Politician]
 
Expanded Play for Demagogues: Aye
Expanded Play for Militarists: Abstain
Dynasticism: Aye
Carrot and Stick: Abstain
Expanded Colonialism: Abstain
Easier Bonuses and Penalties: Aye
Franchise and Parties: Aye
Direct Effect of Taxation: Aye
Party Regionalism: Nay

Demagogue
 
Expanded Play for Demagogues: Yes
Expanded Play for Militarists: Yes
Dynasticism: Yes
Carrot and Stick: Yes
Expanded Colonialism: Yes
Easier Bonuses and Penalties: Abstain
Franchise and Parties: Yes
Direct Effect of Taxation: Yes
Party Regionalism: Yes

[Industrialist]
 
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Name: Marchese Antonio Maria Enrico di Susa
Born: 15 February, 1800
Class: Aristocrat
Background: Born to a rich noble family from Susa, Antonio was given an education in war, economics, and politics. His father, who had fought in the Napoleonic Wars, taught him many things and instilled in him a strong sense of duty and a belief in aristocratic tradition. With the death of his father, Antonio has inherited the family estate, and has also become involved in the politics of the Kingdom.
 
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Federico takes his seat along the other members of the Privy Council to discuss events and decisions. He sits in the back, and pulls out a small journal, and a writing utensil. Federico has never been much of a talker, but he has made the decision to write down what his fellow nobles on the Privy Council were discussing on a daily basis, and would record all the major decisions made that session. He hoped that perhaps his journal could enlighten posterity into the dealings of the government of the past, and help shape government meetings in the future.
 
Name: Agostino Epifano Gonzaga, Marquess of Monferatto
Date of Birth: June 9, 1816 (20)
Place of Birth: Monferatto
Class: Aristocrat
Position: Marquess of Monferatto
Ancestral lands: Monferatto, in Genoa region

Bio: Following the Spanish War of Succession, the Marquess of Monferatto was confiscated from Ferdinand Chalres of Gonzaga-Nevers by the House of Savoy. His son, Giovanni Gonzaga did successfully petition for the lands back from the House of Savoy. This was a start of Gonzaga vassalage to House Savoy. This has continued to this day.
Agostino's father, Eleuterio Philipo Gonzaga, was given a commission in the Piedmont military, and served with distinction. Eleuterio also married the older sister of Vincenzo Roberto Pec. With the Pec family connections, his military glory, and the Gonzaga family fortune, Eleuterio made a swift wise in Sardinian politics, even landing a position on the Privy Council. Sadly, Eleuterio used up the entire Gonzaga fortune, and went into debt, before dyeing under suspicious circumstances, leaving Agostino a debt to deal with.

Agostino Epifanso Gonzaga was born on June 9th, 1816, in the family estates. He was educated in Oxford, and Paris. After completing his education, Agostino was secured a position as a Gentleman-in-waiting to the King. He managed to make several friends and allies in the court, before his father died. After his father died, Agostino left the court and became the Marquis of Monferatto. After returning home, he found out the state of the family's finances, and had to deal with the debtors knocking at his door. Using all his friends at the Court,and cashing in ever favor he had, he was able to massively reduce the debt, and keep his father's position on the Privy Council. He still had some debt to pay by some other means, so, he looked to get married. The industrialist Enzio Ferrabino was looking for husbands for his nieces, the sisters of Major Napoleone d'Auria. Desperate for money, Agostino had too swallow his pride and go to Ferrabino in the hopes of securing a large dowry. Ferrabino leaped at the idea of getting a noble, and member of the Privy Council, in his debt, and so relented, offering a very generous dowry, that not just covered the rest of the debt, but also a little bit of extra money. Agostino then met with both of the nieces. While he did get along with Eugenia, Agostino found that he was far more comfortable around Augusta, and the two quickly became friends. Agostino and Augusta were quickly betrothed, and Agostino set about preparing the Marquess-to-be for life at court. The two were married shortly before the end of 1835, in a ceremony attended by close family.
 
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La Sinistra

Interventionism/Protectionism/Pluralism/Anti-military/Limited Citizenship​


La Sinistra Partito is a liberal, monarchist party seeking to protect the rights of the artisans and businessmen. The party favours reformation of the social and political state of the nation while upholding the traditions born from the monarchy.

Notable Members:
Alberto Perrizini (Leader 1836 - 1841, Founder) [Politician] ((Belgiumruler))
Alessandru Zammit [Politician] ((Suirantes))
Giuseppe di Antico (co-founder) [Labour Leader] ((Dadarian))
Ascanio Sobrero [Labour Leader] ((Jack LEagle))
Giovanni Ferrero [Labour Leader] ((etranger 01))
Bertrando de Fiore [Labour Leader] ((Harpsichord))

Electoral History:

1836 - 90% Regionalism (Piedmont) - 9 seats
1841 - 90% Regionism (Piedmont) - 9 seats
 
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