Commune of Monza (1983: Doomsday)

the commune of Monza was a survivor city-state in the aftermath of doomsday. it was established after the dissolution of the enormous city of Milan.

Its brief history is based around the idea of the direct democratic citizenry in a post-apocalyptic world. the community spent most of its history seeking for a solid state in order to preserve peace in the Lombard region

pre doomsday
Monza was the third biggest city in the Lombard region of Italy, with approximately 130.000 inhabitants. the cultural life of the city wasn't vibrant and the city was considered the smaller version of close Milan. in the southern neighborhoods of st. Rocco and Cederna were the centers of industry, in the centre the Royal Villa and the catherdal were attracting tourist from close citie and in the north of the city the park hosted the prestigious Grand Prix: it was a normal northern italian industrial big town

doomsay
during the doomsday, Monza wasn't hitten but the grand city of Milan was nuked. in order to keep stability in the city the mayor, Elio Malvezzi granted himself special powers. in the following days, hundreds of refugee were seeking to enter the city, the Mayor granted them asylum and a refugee camp in the park of Monza in the north, in the following week Elio Malvezzi officially announced that city was in a major crisis and the only way to overcome it was to get help from the central government in Rome.

a major protest for the lack of food supplies came in the industrial suburbs of St. Rocco and St. Alessandro the clashes with the weak police force became violent and the Mayor had no choice but to negotiate

the commune
n order to keep the peace in the city the commune was proclaimed and a major program for food production in the parks begun, in the socialist south the commune granted the status of "collective" to the two neighborhoods of St.Rocco and Cederna establishing a syndicalist society within the state. during the winter a constitution and a declaration of independence were written. even though Malvezzi was a moderate conservative he had to emphasize the struggles of the community for the good of the nation and promoting a moderate socialist economy based on mutual aid, he affirmed "I realized that in certain cases a red society it's for the good of the struggling nation, when this will be over the freedom will reign again"