Italy (Dutch Superpower)

The Kingdom of Italy is one of two Successor states to the Italian Kingdom formed by Garibaldi in the 1860's. It was formed as a constitutional monarchy by King Umberto in his attempts to retain control of Northern Italy in the face of the Failure of Benito Mussolini to retain control of the strikes and the unions. It's early existence was nearly ended in the 60's when the Socialist's in Sicily attempted to overrun its defenses and reunite Italy.

The saved the Kingdom in the 60's but Italy was never a full member and it renounced associate membership in 1982 when Princess Maria who had been Regent during the Italian war staged a coup alongside the military and with Papal backing that saw her depose her father. Not satisfied with total control of Northern Italy the army urged Maria to go one further and end the influence that the Vatican had on Italy and in the summer of 1990 with the world distracted by the Anglo-Dutch succession crisis Italian troops stormed Rome in a joint Operation with there Sicilian Counterparts and crowned Maria as Pope with the unwilling backing of the College of Cardinals.