Kingdom of Catalonia (Age of Uprising)

A Birth of a Nation:
During the fragile state of the First Spanish Republic the Regional Governments of Valencia, Catalonia and the Balearic Island formed the Catalan Kingdom, but not wanting to upset the Republic they denied Alfonso the Throne instead inviting Prince Philippe Count of Flanders.

King Philippe I:
The Newly crowned King needed allies so he approached Portugal who a also invaded the Republic with an alliance, and so the Faction of the European Nations was formed with Italy joining soon. The war against France Was a Success with Italy taking Nice,Savoy,Provence, Monaco and Dauphine, Portugal got Madagascar and Catalonia got Algeria. He abolished slavery in defence when the Republic was claiming that the country was unfit for independence. The Country was not allowed in the Scramble for Africa because i had its piece of Africa in Algeria. He barely lived to see the Catalan national bank stabilise. he died at the age of 68.

King Albert I:
Succeeding his father Albert had nine years to prepare for WW1 during which he sided with the Entente because the Republic declared war on Catalonia and Portugal. In the deal Portugal created the Arabic Peninsular Republic, Catalonia got the Old Kingdom of Aragon and Italy got the entire Adriatic coastlina 50 miles in.