Italian Empire (No Communism, Yes Fascism)

The Kingdom of Italy or known very platitudinous as Italy or the Italian Empire is a sovereign state situated on the European continent. The nation borders Germany and Switzerland to the north, the Balkan State to the south, Hungary to the east, and France to the west. The nation is compassed of OTL Italy and Albania, and a puppet government was installed in OTL Greece.

The nation was created from Benito Mussolini's march on Rome in 1922, in attempt to subvert the current Italian government, which suffered from economic turmoil and damages from World War I. The march was first culminated, but later gained more support from the Italian civilians and a coup d'etat was ordered. The coup was successful, and Mussolini took action and installed a fascist totalitarian dictatorship, and Mussolini was the center of the political sphere in Italy.

Italy later became good friends with Germany in 1933, and the Pact of Steel was signed by the 2 nations. Other fascist nations including Russia, Hungary, Finland, Japan, and Romania all signed the pact, which was endorsed into the Tripartite Pact.

World War II came along, after the German invasion of Poland, and the Italian Empire was at war with British Egypt to secure the African colonies that the Italians had. It was all until the German invasion of France and Britain in 1941, in which the nation distracted troops in the British and French colonies, staging a invasion and taking over the colonies. World War II later ended with the American signing of surrender of 1946, and the Italians gained a lot of the British colonies and French colonies in Africa, as well as occupying Greece for the remainder of the world.

Today in ATL, Italy is producing more modernized equipment for military, while expanding social services for the Italian civilian, and other ethnic groups across the Italian state.