For two years New Antrim has been under direct or indirect control of my brother Eoin.
And with the recent diplomatic actions taken by Eoin, switching sides in this wars of words and resigning as Alaurentia Foreign Minster I was forced to take these actions
From this moment the Gaelic High Kingdom of New Antrim exists and will resume actions against Arkovia’s successor state in the absence of the other New Antrim
Following a comment I made on r/HistoryWhatIf, I've been reading up a bit on the economy of the early Kingdom of Italy, but I'm not very knowledgeable on this period so maybe r/AskHistorians can help.
As I understand, at Unification in 1866/1871 the young Italian state was quite a backwards place compared to the rest of western Europe. Normally that would mean they would profit from the catch-up effect, but as I understand that wasn't really the case until decades later. What were the reasons for this?
I am aware of the Italian Concession of Tianjin but why didn't Italy own major trade cities like Britain,France,and Germany did?
Hello I’m Drowse, current dev for Italy. Sorry with the lack of updates recently. The team has been working really hard to get 0.3 done and haven’t had the time to make as many posts as we probably should but now Italy has gotten to the point where I feel confident to show you the progress we have made.
I was never satisfied with how Italy turned out in 0.1. Lore was confusing and not very historically sound plus with the Italian rework in Kaiserreich it was about time to make some changes. The FR Italy you knew has been completely reworked from the ground up.
Italy emerged from the Great War on the side as the victorious Entente Powers but at a great cost. By 1919 Italy had been pushed to the breaking point. The War had cost millions of lives and crippled the economy. The Liberal status quo that brought Italy into the war was collapsing and new parties began attempting to fill the vacuum. Returning soldiers found their homes unrecognizable in the wake of massive social change, many choosing to side with the newly formed Socialists and Nationalists movements. These two factions would find themselves at war with each other as they attempted to spread their influence across Italy. With the Italian economy in shambles and Revolution going strong in Russia the Italian Socialists began to fuel the flames of their own Revolution. Leftists Unions began occupying factories and fighting the Police. To combat this Nationalists began forming vigilante squads to disrupt the Socialists, the two largest being the ANI backed Blueshirts and the National Syndicalists backed Blackshirts. Italy was on the brink of Civil War during this so called “Biennio Rosso”.
While revolution seemed inevitable from the outside, within the Socialist camp divisions were growing between hardline Communists and more reform minded socialists. These 2 groups would eventually form two separate political parties which severely weakened the Socialists ability to organize. The PPI lead by the “Clerical Socialist” Luigi Sturzo took advantage of this situation and began working with the moderate socialists to pass much needed reforms for Italy and pressure both the Socialists and Nationalists militias to stand down. This uneasy alliance between the PPI and PSI would dominate Italian poli
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Have you noticed this this picture around the precinct? Its a map of Italy including present day Italy + Istria and Rijeka in present day Croatia and Slovenia. Does anyone have any idea where does this poster come from?
