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Italian National Institutions and Traditions:
‘Triumph of the Moderates’: (+)
Under the direction of the august Count Camillo de Cavour, Italy’s new administration is dominated by a coalition of conservative liberals and moderate (aka, not Republican) members of the former political organisation Young Italy.
Whilst Count Cavour is in government, stability is increased. Stability decrease if Cavour is removed from office.
Divided we Stand: (-)
Italy has a long history of division: cultural, linguistic and economic.
Decreased stability, decreased administrative efficiency.
Il Statuto: (+)
Despite the abolitionist sympathies of the House Savoy, Il Statuto Albertino has survived its tumultuous infancy and has been extended to all lands in the Kingdom of Italy.
Il Mezzagiorno: (-)
Infrastructure is almost non-existent in the Southern regions of Italy, lowering industrial and administrative efficiency.
Share-Cropping: (-)
Outside of the Po Valley, great landowners suffer from a doctrinaire adhesion to share-cropping in agricultural production.
Agricultural efficiency is lowered in these regions.
The Cult of Garibaldi: (+)
Guiseppe Garibaldi, the Hero of the Two Worlds, took centre stage in the First war of Italian independence. Often depicted as a Christ-like figure, he has a positive effect on stability and military prestige, though his presence upsets the more conservative nobility.
Moral Guidance: (+)
The Catholic Church is possibly the only constant across all of Italy and acts as a uniting force across all levels of society. However their reactionary opposition to modernisation and industrialisation causes such projects to be met with reduced stability and reduced industrial efficiency.
Increased Stability. What is more, the northern Italian liberals' anti-clericalism promises to form a divide in the nation's political culture.
Increases public dissent among Liberal circles while conservatives are in power.
Cosa Nostra: (-)
The lack of administrative authority in the Southern regions of Italy has led to Cosca leaders, styled as ‘Dons’, to rise to prominence. Occupying a quasi-judicial, quasi-administrative and completely illegal position of power in their local ‘territories,’ they are stabilising the South at the expense of government authority.
Increased stability. Decreased economic efficiency, decreased administrative efficiency.
Renaissance Country: (+)
Dante, Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Donatello, Raphael are some of the people who presided over the earliest and longest Renaissance in Europe. Science, art, philosophy and music boomed in this era creating huge cultural centres in the Italian states.
Cultural prestige boost.
Legacy of Rome: (+)
Italy yearns for unity, and a return to greater fortunes. Aided by a struggling and archaic agricultural system, extra-continental ventures are desired and result in lowered public discontent. Discontent is lowered after military successes, though greatly increased after defeats.
‘Triumph of the Moderates’: (+)
Under the direction of the august Count Camillo de Cavour, Italy’s new administration is dominated by a coalition of conservative liberals and moderate (aka, not Republican) members of the former political organisation Young Italy.
Whilst Count Cavour is in government, stability is increased. Stability decrease if Cavour is removed from office.
Divided we Stand: (-)
Italy has a long history of division: cultural, linguistic and economic.
Decreased stability, decreased administrative efficiency.
Il Statuto: (+)
Despite the abolitionist sympathies of the House Savoy, Il Statuto Albertino has survived its tumultuous infancy and has been extended to all lands in the Kingdom of Italy.
Il Mezzagiorno: (-)
Infrastructure is almost non-existent in the Southern regions of Italy, lowering industrial and administrative efficiency.
Share-Cropping: (-)
Outside of the Po Valley, great landowners suffer from a doctrinaire adhesion to share-cropping in agricultural production.
Agricultural efficiency is lowered in these regions.
The Cult of Garibaldi: (+)
Guiseppe Garibaldi, the Hero of the Two Worlds, took centre stage in the First war of Italian independence. Often depicted as a Christ-like figure, he has a positive effect on stability and military prestige, though his presence upsets the more conservative nobility.
Moral Guidance: (+)
The Catholic Church is possibly the only constant across all of Italy and acts as a uniting force across all levels of society. However their reactionary opposition to modernisation and industrialisation causes such projects to be met with reduced stability and reduced industrial efficiency.
Increased Stability. What is more, the northern Italian liberals' anti-clericalism promises to form a divide in the nation's political culture.
Increases public dissent among Liberal circles while conservatives are in power.
Cosa Nostra: (-)
The lack of administrative authority in the Southern regions of Italy has led to Cosca leaders, styled as ‘Dons’, to rise to prominence. Occupying a quasi-judicial, quasi-administrative and completely illegal position of power in their local ‘territories,’ they are stabilising the South at the expense of government authority.
Increased stability. Decreased economic efficiency, decreased administrative efficiency.
Renaissance Country: (+)
Dante, Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Donatello, Raphael are some of the people who presided over the earliest and longest Renaissance in Europe. Science, art, philosophy and music boomed in this era creating huge cultural centres in the Italian states.
Cultural prestige boost.
Legacy of Rome: (+)
Italy yearns for unity, and a return to greater fortunes. Aided by a struggling and archaic agricultural system, extra-continental ventures are desired and result in lowered public discontent. Discontent is lowered after military successes, though greatly increased after defeats.