Italy

Primary culture

Lombard (Latin)

Capital province

Roma (118)

Government

Feudal Monarchy

State religion

Catholic

Technology group

Western

Italian ideas

Traditions:

+20% Global trade power

+50% Improve relations

Not a Geographical Construct

−10% Stability cost modifier

The Tradition of the Legion

+15% Infantry combat ability

Mare Nostrum

−15% Galley cost

+20% Galley combat ability

The Office of Censor

+33% National manpower modifier

Italian Tax Reform

+15% National tax modifier

Heir to the Empire

+1 Yearly prestige

The Path to Citizenship

−25% Core-creation cost

Ambition:

+20% Fort Defense

For the region, see Italy (region).

Italy is one of the formable countries that can be formed by any country with a Latin culture group. Theoretically, Aragon could also form Italy after integrating Naples and culture shifting. The Holy Roman Empire and the Papal State can't form Italy.

Any nation on the Italian peninsula is a viable option for forming Italy. The most powerful states which hold provinces necessary to form Italy in 1444 are Florence, which can easily form Tuscany and expand from there; Milan, which begins the game with among the highest-developed provinces in Europe and can soon adopt the unique Ambrosian Republic government type, and Venice and Genoa, two powerful merchant republics in northern Italy with holdings elsewhere in the Mediterranean. Naples starts off in a personal union under Aragon, but can quickly make powerful allies, reclaim its independence and its Sicilian cores, and find itself the most powerful force on the peninsula. Savoy is also an option, with the potential to ally France and gain a power base in the Genoa trade node before forming Sardinia-Piedmont and, as in history, going on to unify the peninsula.

Unlike other Catholic countries, Italy does not get a penalty for owning the province of Roma or being the overlord of the Papal States.

Formation[edit]

Form Italian Nation

As the heart of the Renaissance, our nation is blossoming culturally. We have just entered the beginning of what looks like a prolonged artistic rebellion, especially in the field of architecture and literature. The cultural evolution is not aiding our country in maintaining peace within our borders however. Our country is continuously stricken by foreign states seeking power and territorial gain.


Potential requirements Italy does not exist. The country: is not the Holy Roman Empire or the Papal State has a primary culture in the Latin culture group. is not a colonial nation. has not yet enacted this decision. If the country is AI-controlled then it: can not be a former colonial nation. must own at least 15 cities. can not be a custom nation.	Allow The country: has an administrative technology of at least level 10. is not a subject nation other than a tributary state. is not at war. owns its core provinces: Genoa (101), Milan (104), Modena (106), Verona (108), Mantua (109), Firenze (116), Siena (117), Roma (118), Ancona (119).

Effects The country: becomes Italy. moves its capital to Roma (118). gets a permanent claim on every province of Italy (region) that it does not own. gains 25 prestige. If the country: is a member of the Holy Roman Empire but not the emperor or an elector then all its provinces are removed from the HRE. the emperor gets the event ‘Italy breaks out of the Empire’. the emperor gets the opinion modifier “Left the Holy Roman Empire” towards Italy, worth −150 with a yearly decay of 1. is a duchy then Italy becomes a kingdom. does not have custom ideas then Italy gets the event ‘New Traditions & Ambitions’.