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The Kingdom of Lombards was a regional power and a formable for 
San Marino, located in Europe 
. This was an extremely hard formable because San Marino is a weak country and 
Italy is usually is a player. This formable was added in the Generals Update, and removed on the update of 03/29/2023.
It borders 
Switzerland, 
Austria, 
Slovenia and 
France.
Background[]
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The Lombard invasion of Italy was opposed by the Byzantine Empire, which retained control of much of the peninsula until the mid-8th century. For most of the kingdom's history, the Byzantine-ruled Exarchate of Ravenna and Duchy of Rome separated the northern Lombard duchies, collectively known as Langobardia Maior, from the two large southern duchies of Spoleto and Benevento, which constituted Langobardia Minor. Because of this division, the southern duchies were considerably more autonomous than the smaller northern duchies. Over time, the Lombards gradually adopted Roman titles, names, and traditions. By the time Paul the Deacon was writing in the late 8th century, the Lombardic language, dress and hairstyles had all disappeared. Initially the Lombards were Arian Christians or pagans, which put them at odds with the Roman population as well as the Byzantine Empire and the Pope. However, by the end of the 7th century, their conversion to Catholicism was all but complete. Nevertheless, their conflict with the Pope continued and was responsible for their gradual loss of power to the Franks, who conquered the kingdom in 774. Charlemagne, the king of the Franks, adopted the title "King of the Lombards", although he never managed to gain control of Benevento, the southernmost Lombard duchy. The Kingdom of the Lombards at the time of its demise was the last minor Germanic kingdom in Europe. |
Threats[]
If you want to form the Kingdom of Lombards, get ready for fighting stronger nations.
Italy usually takes out its enclaves early, including you. They also have a home guard of 120,000 infantry, which can topple your miniscule 20,000.- Germany, France, and to a lesser extent Spain, often conquer Italy, thus making it harder to form.
Terrain[]
The Kingdom of Lombards has mostly flat terrain and some hilly terrain and mountains at north Italy in the Alpines.
Cities[]
The Kingdom of Lombards has 57 cities with 22.152.709 population.
Resources[]
The Kingdom of Lombards produces 2 units of Gold and 15 units of Oil.
Economy and Manpower[]
The Kingdom of Lombards have a starting economy of about 1,100,361. around 1,000,000 from taxes and around 100,000 from resources.
Strategy[]
Your game goes 2 ways. Firstly if Italy is a player, this formable becomes way harder. Due to their size, Italy won't waste time with San Marino, as they are in a race to capture the most land before they start using diplomacy to gain land. You have to join that race, and the Balkans are a good starting point. 
Albania, 
Montenegro or 
Bosnia and Herzegovina should be safe, unless they are players. You must continue expanding, until the Italian player leaves.
Secondly, if Italy is A.I, then you have 1 way. Make as much infantry as your manpower and economy allows, and go to the Northern, mountainous parts of Italy. Capture 1 city with all your infantry. Stay entrenched with your infantry, and as the Italian AI home guard comes, make artillery too. With the 4x entrenched bonus, you are bound to destroy the Italian homeguard. After Italy's home guard is dead, capture all of the square cities one by one. Try to ask an ally for more manpower (preferably 
Russia or the 
United States), and make more infantry. Conquer other nations in the Balkans ( Albania is a good choice, it has lots of cities). After you take all the square cities, heal/reinforce all your troops and split them into groups of 20,000. Auto-capture the rest and there you go! Peace out Italy and Form!
Congrats! Now you can expand and maybe form the 
Ostrogothic Kingdom, or dominate Europe.
