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| Anthem | "Il Canto degli Italiani" | ||||||
| Federal Capital | Florence | ||||||
| Largest city | Bologna | ||||||
| Other cities | Ravenna, Pisa, Genova, Nuoro, Forli, Grosseto | ||||||
| Language official |
Italian, Ligurian (de facto) | ||||||
| others | Italian, English, Arab, Chinese, Serb, Bosniak and others | ||||||
| Religion main |
Christianity | ||||||
| others | Atheism, Islam and others | ||||||
| Ethnic Groups main |
Italians | ||||||
| others | French, Corsican, Alpine, Argentine, British, Croatian, Slovenian, Chinese, American, and others | ||||||
| Demonym | Italian | ||||||
| Government | Semi-presidential, parliamentary federal republic | ||||||
| Legislature | Federal Congress | ||||||
| President | Adan Anana | ||||||
| Prime Minister | Lorem Ipsum (Socialist Party) | ||||||
| Area | 109,000 sq. km km² | ||||||
| Population | 6,400,000 est. | ||||||
| Established | 2016 | ||||||
| Currency | Medi (Ɱ) | ||||||
| Organizations | League of Nations , Mediterranean Union | ||||||
The Italian Federation is a state on the Italian peninsula. The state formed as a federation of several of the members of the Italian Peninsula Alliance following the Second Sicilian War. The capital of the Republic is Florence though the federal judiciary sits in Ravenna and the largest city by population is Bologna, being the site of various battles post-Doomsday and significant reconstruction after the War. It is bordered in the north by its allies San Marino, Venice and the Alpine States of Padania and Lombardy. To its south lies its former adversary Sicily.
History[]
The Sicilian Wars, Ravenna Accords and Proto-State[]
For more information, please see the Second Sicily War
The regions of Tuscany, Lazio Umbria and Marche, all fell victim to the hostile subjugators of the Sicilian regime. For years during the warring period, the central states resisted fiercely the seemingly relentless push of Sicilian aggression. It was not until the introduction of the Alpine Confederation and the Atlantic Defence Community did the tide turn in the allies favour and defeat was handed to Sicily.
In the end the freedom of the Italian centre was won. The Sicilians had been routed at Bologna and an armistice followed by a treaty for peace was signed. This treaty was harsh on the Sicilians with the islands of Sardinia being occupied by a Genoese peacekeeping force and lands north of the Tiber river ceded to the IPA protection zone, the Sicilians, after upheaval in Palermo rocked their internal politics, agreed to the terms and pulled all troops out of the central states. Thus began the process of rebuilding for those left behind. The Tuscan government reoccupied their seat at Florence and the Romagnolo began the long task of rebuilding the war battered Bologna. The Genoese set up an interim government for the Sardinians at Cagliari. The question of what to do with the newly liberated provinces was posed. On one hand there were the Umbrians and the survivors of the Roman wasteland in Lazio who were subjected to rule by Palermo and wanted out of the Sicilian system. These areas were easier to integrate with a provisional local council in Viterbo and Perugia established with the help of Florence. Marche however posited its own problems.
Umbria-Marche[]
Though all of Marche fell to the Sicilians, not all were subjugated by force. The provincial leaders of Ascoli Piceno, Fermo and Macerata willingly accepted Sicilian rule, though modern leadership in Macerata counter this claim by saying they had no other choice. The province was split in two by the pro-Italians in the northern communi and the Pro-Sicilian in the south. Though the whole province had been stripped from Sicily in the peace treaty, the decision of what to do with the three communi would have to be decided by a joint conference of the IPA. Initially, Tuscany and Genoa were opposed to the communi re-joining Sicily, as they feared that relinquishing the agreed territory may lead to further unravelling of the southern state borders.
The government of Romagna held firm though that the people of a future Italy must have the right to be so by choice, and not by force, for if the three states went with the latter, they were no better than the Sicilians. The talks were tense with both Ravenna and Florence sticking to their decisions, thus Genoa had the final say in the matter. Eventually the Genoese relented and sided with the Romagnolo, the people of the Marche would have to choose to be a part of the Sicily, or choose there own path. This negotiation was the first that pointed to a new burgeoning state in central Italy, with the former provinces interacting more than as war compatriots, but as diplomatic bodies. Eventually the Marche populace were put to a referendum, with no surprise the northern communi chose to not join Sicily once more, and the South to join their southern neighbours. The most surprising was Macerata, initially a communi that willingly joined the Sicilian state, had instead swung, barely, to join their northern communi neighbours.
Constitution of Federation[]
The states continued to work alongside each other during the reconstruction, with jurisdiction over different factors of their existence becoming further and further intertwined, the offices of the Italian Peninsula Alliance became the nexus of commotion on the continent. The federation of the organization was proposed in 2016. Naturally, the Alpine departure at this time shifted the paradigm of relations here.
Expansion[]
Federation was initially unpopular in Sardinia, whose political scene in the 2010s was dominated by isolationists who associated commercial development with Sicilian exploitation and wanted to concentrate on self-sufficiency. However, this current lost strength over the course of the decade, and by 2020 the question had shifted to aligning with the Atlantic powers or with the Italian Peninsula. Supporters of the Federation were strong enough in Parliament to put a referendum before the voters in 2022. They narrowly voted to join, and Sardinia became a member.
Present Day[]
Today, the Italian Federation is a member state of the western Mediterranean customs union known as the Mediterranean Union, of which it was a founding member. Serving as the "land bridge" between various member-states, 40 years after Doomsday, and 12 years after the end of hostilities, centre of the Italian Peninsula is bustling with construction activities and commercial activity.
On the political level, the Federal Parliament is constantly embattled with itself, with various coalitions gaining and losing majority in the brevity of its 7 years of existence. However, this too can be considered part of the signs of life, as even an imperfect democratic system is preferred to the irradiated anarchy of the darkest days of the recent past.
Economy[]
The Italian Federation contains the highest concentration of heavy industry in the Mediterranean Union. Automobile production is the centerpiece of the industrial economy, with Italian vehicles being exported globally once again. The Tuscan breadbasket has also become a net exporter of canned and dried goods, with many aid packets for international aid organizations crisis responses originating from Italy.
Demographics[]
Politics[]
As the Italian Federation is composed of several sovereign republics ranging from the socialist worker's republic of Romagna, to the multiparty democracy of Tuscany itself divided between north and southern differences after the Sicilian occupations, Sardinian secessionists and then to the more reserved Genovese, its parliamentary system is frequently home to a changing network of coalitions.
Each federal member nation has their own government capitals. But the federal capital is Florence, chosen for its central point in the peninsula and political prominence. The city houses both the Tuscan government at the Palazzo Vecchio and the Federal Council at the refurbished Palazzo Medici Riccardi.
Administration[]
Constituent States and their Capitals[]
Genoa, Genoa
Tuscan Republic, Florence
Romagna, Bologna/Ravenna
Sardinia, Oristano
Umbria, Perugia
Lazio, Viterbo
Marche, Ancona
International Relations[]
The Italian Federation is a member of the League of Nations, its seat inherited from its previous member-state of Tuscany. As a founding member of the Mediterranean Union and being centrally located between the various member states, Italian has become the the lingua franca for the majority of the Med Union.
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