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The Italian Empire is a transcontinental formable of 
Italy. It's based on the Italian Colonial Empire, and as such requires the few nations that the Empire controlled at its peak, which are, in their modern day counterparts; 
Libya, 
Eritrea, 
Ethiopia, and 
Somalia. Italy itself is also needed.
The user is awarded with the title Il Duce upon forming it. The title references Benito Mussolini, the most famous leader of the Empire, who was also the leader during World War II. The fascist party of Italy referred to him as "Il Duce", with Duce being an Italian rank, meaning "Leader".
History[]
Following the unification of Italy in 1861, the Italian state grew a strong agriculture and army, colonizing Eritrea and Somalia in 1890 and failing a conquest of Abyssinia (Modern day Ethiopia) in 1896. In 1911, Italy pursued an interest in Africa by declaring war on the Ottoman Empire, conquering the Ottoman vilayet of Tripolitania on Libya in 1912. Italy, despite being part of the Triple Alliance with Germany and the Austro-Hungarian Empire, joined the Entente side of the Great War in 1915. The Italians, with a pathetic military, battled with the equally pathetic Austro-Hungarians in the northern alps, seeking to annex Trentino and unify all Italians. After the Great War, Italy had gained minor territory in the Alps, and an expansion of Italian Libya. These gains did not satisfy the Italian Empire who wished for more land from the many losses they took in the war, increasing fascist sentiments in the country, leading to Benito Mussolini overthrowing the monarchy and instating a fascist dictatorship in 1922. The Italian Empire would invade Ethiopia in 1935, followed by Albania in 1939. By then the Italian's weak military has been exhausted of resources, but Mussolini insisted that Italy would join the Axis Powers and enter World War II.
Mussolini started with his infamously laughable invasion of Greece, which the Greeks fought back the invasion and nearly took Italian Albania. Italy, along with Germany, launched a counterattack on April 6, 1941, ending the war in Greece. Italy, along with Bulgaria and Germany, jointly occupied Greece. Italy would then precede to lose in Libya and Ethiopia, eventually surrendering in 1943 to the Allies, thus ending the Italian Empire.
Base Statistics[]
The Italian Empire has a base income of $3,049,500 with around $350k (rounded down) coming from resources.
Formable Modifer[]
Forming the Italian Empire grants an indefinite modifier called "To March to the Oceans" granting:
- Fascism Ideology Power: +5%
- Resource Output: +15%
- Nationalism Ideology Power: +15%
Resources[]
The Italian Empire wields plenty of resources once formed, having a sizable amount of oil, some titanium, reserves, plenty of gold, and a few units of copper and iron.
| Resources of Italian Empire | |
|---|---|
 Copper
|
+1 |
 Gold
|
+6.64 |
 Iron
|
+1.1 |
 Oil
|
+33.59 |
Manpower[]
Once formed, the Italian Empire gains a sizable base manpower capacity of 40,233,488 if the player's conscription law is on Volunteer. Its base manpower gain is 3,467.
| Base Manpower Capacity of Italian_Empire per Conscription Law | |
|---|---|
| The following columns below present the manpower capacity from lowest (Disarmed) to highest (Required). RP stands for "Recruitable Population". | |
| Disarmed [1% RP] |
402,335 |
| Volunteer [2% RP] |
804,670 |
| Limited [5% RP] |
2,011,675 |
| Extensive [10% RP] |
4,023,349 |
| Required [25% RP] |
10,058,372 |
Geography[]
The Italian Empire has diverse geography. The northernmost portions of the Italian Peninsula are Mountainous, while the south is mainly Hilly. In the colonies, Libya is completely flat, while the Horn of Africa has mostly Mountainous and Semi-Mountainous terrain. For biomes, all of Italy is normal, while Libya and most of the East African land is Arid.
Cities[]
It has 141 cities, with 10 of those being square. Its most populated cities are Rome, Addis Ababa, and Milan. The cities of the Empire give it a sizeable population of 40,119,856, which is evenly distributed across its mainland and its colonies.
Borders[]
Once formed, the Italian Empire borders the territories of 
Austria, 
France, 
Monaco, 
Slovenia, and 
Switzerland in Europe. In Africa it borders the territories of 
Algeria, 
Chad, 
Djibouti, 
Egypt, 
Kenya, 
Niger, 
South Sudan, 
Sudan, and 
Tunisia.
Threats[]
Egypt or a strong European power like Germany, France, Spain or the United Kingdom could expand into north Africa and take Libya.- Any Arab or Islamic state attempting to form the Arab League or the Islamic Caliphate.
Ethiopia could form the 
Ethiopian Empire and could expand into most of Africa 
making them almost impossible to invade from Europe.
Strategy[]
- Firstly, get troops, and justify on the required nations of Libya, Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Somalia.
- Attack Libya or Eritrea. Be wary of Egypt as they might take Libya before you.
- Go all the way to the Horn of Africa and take out Eritrea. It is very important that you take Ethiopia quickly.
- If Ethiopia is a player, simply put a submarine in the Red Sea to block any advancements they might make, and use 3-4 destroyers to assist a tank landing in the coast of Eritrea, while also putting another destroyer at the gulf of Somalia to trap your enemy. Once again be wary of any Arabic country as they might annex Somalia to form the Arab League. Simply rush a tank unit to their capital and split the unit from there to capture the rest.
- As Italy should do, fortify the alps to hold off a invasion from France or Germany.
