Airships and Landboats [OOC]

[Neros]

All taken other than Portugal.

Then the map needs to be updated, badly. Please elaborate as to what you mean - "all" - Literally everything that I mentioned? Because that sounds incorrect, even if the map is outdated, because I see only one reservation that would impede with those claims.

There is room for a Switzerland-Piedmont-Sardinia, which would have the main industrial region of all of Italy and the fortress of the Alps to protect your nation against any enemy.

[Aldelxane]

All taken other than Portugal. The biggest tracts of land are on Africa and Australia. You could do the Portuguese, something with more advanced aborigines, Or an African state of some sort. Keep in mind the powerful Oda Shogunate is eyeing Australia with intent to invade, and Babylonia would have part of Egypt if accepted.

Ah. I'll... Have to withdraw my previous declaration, then. Not to be a poor sport or anything, but with no desirable land left, I don't see the point in this. As Portugal I'll get bullied by that French Blob, and anything else I'm assuming is laughable. Also, for the record, Australia is actually reserved, unless that, too, is outdated.

Southern United States of America is open, the player withdrew.

Thank you, anyway.

You could be Northwest Africa. They are close enough to Europe to not be laughable. And who is to say Africa has nothing? This IS an alternate history after all. Seriously, there's a huge continent open, as well as desirable land in the South US. And listen to Nero. He knows a lot about which nations would be viable and which wouldn't.

[Alleniana]

Hmm... perhaps a remnant of the French conquest of Spain could be had, in Gibraltar, Madeira, Azores, Cape Verde, Portugal, Sicily, Sardinia, Malta and maybe a few Italians thrown in for good measure. They were all historically owned by Iberia nations...

[Transoxthraxia]

Then the map needs to be updated, badly. Please elaborate as to what you mean - "all" - Literally everything that I mentioned? Because that sounds incorrect, even if the map is outdated, because I see only one reservation that would impede with those claims.

There is room for a Switzerland-Piedmont-Sardinia, which would have the main industrial region of all of Italy and the fortress of the Alps to protect your nation against any enemy.

That was what I was wondering, but I was told contrary to this. I was thinking of doing a Sardinia-Piedmont, with a little more oomph.

[Alleniana]

There is room for a Switzerland-Piedmont-Sardinia, which would have the main industrial region of all of Italy and the fortress of the Alps to protect your nation against any enemy.

That was what I was wondering, but I was told contrary to this. I was thinking of doing a Sardinia-Piedmont, with a little more oomph.

Whatever you are, the USA would appreciate allies in the Old World...

[Aldelxane]

There is room for a Switzerland-Piedmont-Sardinia, which would have the main industrial region of all of Italy and the fortress of the Alps to protect your nation against any enemy.

That was what I was wondering, but I was told contrary to this. I was thinking of doing a Sardinia-Piedmont, with a little more oomph.

I didn't know enough about that area of the map, sorry. I assumed someone hat claimed that bit by now. That was the only thing I was hazy about.

[Neros]

There is room for a Switzerland-Piedmont-Sardinia, which would have the main industrial region of all of Italy and the fortress of the Alps to protect your nation against any enemy.

That was what I was wondering, but I was told contrary to this. I was thinking of doing a Sardinia-Piedmont, with a little more oomph.

As far as I know, no one has that land. People perhaps want to conquer it, but that's about it. They couldn't even if they wanted to, so, I think you will be free to have a go at it.

Since you will be the leading "Italian" state, I think you could have dominions in North Africa as well - which could have been colonized by your people at this point by forcing the original inhabitants into the desert wasteland.

Another thing I was going to nag about was the size of Franco-Spain. It takes up a valuable spot that could be held by Spain, or a united Iberia.

[Aldelxane]

Ah. I'll... Have to withdraw my previous declaration, then. Not to be a poor sport or anything, but with no desirable land left, I don't see the point in this. As Portugal I'll get bullied by that French Blob, and anything else I'm assuming is laughable. Also, for the record, Australia is actually reserved, unless that, too, is outdated.


Thank you, anyway.

You could be Northwest Africa. They are close enough to Europe to not be laughable. And who is to say Africa has nothing? This IS an alternate history after all. Seriously, there's a huge continent open, as well as desirable land in the South US. And listen to Nero. He knows a lot about which nations would be viable and which wouldn't.

The guy who wanted Australia never followed through. The Uk went through that, but then another guy came and reserved the Uk and the Netherlands.

[Halleon]

Got a post semi done but a bit tired so debating on fishing it tonight or waiting for later to improve it.

[Aldelxane]

We need an alternate history making Africa more desirable. As it is, everybody is ignoring a vast continent of unclaimed land.

[Fantrum]

Got a post semi done but a bit tired so debating on fishing it tonight or waiting for later to improve it.

Finish it! Finish it! I want more things to read!

[Neros]

We need an alternate history making Africa more desirable. As it is, everybody is ignoring a vast continent of unclaimed land.

We are not ignoring it, we are simply waiting to strike it with thousands of unregulated bolts of PURE IMPERIALISM.

But seriously though, early colonization of South Africa is an option, and the increased technological gap between the natives and the Europeans would mean quick domination and exploitation. North Africa was once a scholarly power - and if I'm not mistaken - was credited with re-introducing Greek classics to Europe after the Dark Ages because the Muslims would study and write about them, as well as discover mathematical principles and such.

[Transoxthraxia]

You could be Northwest Africa. They are close enough to Europe to not be laughable. And who is to say Africa has nothing? This IS an alternate history after all. Seriously, there's a huge continent open, as well as desirable land in the South US. And listen to Nero. He knows a lot about which nations would be viable and which wouldn't.

The guy who wanted Australia never followed through. The Uk went through that, but then another guy came and reserved the Uk and the Netherlands.

I plan to colonize bits.


So, is Rome open too? This is imperative to my flag. And, you know, my sign-up.

[Alleniana]

The guy who wanted Australia never followed through. The Uk went through that, but then another guy came and reserved the Uk and the Netherlands.

I plan to colonize bits.


So, is Rome open too? This is imperative to my flag. And, you know, my sign-up.

Hehe, cool flag.

[Transoxthraxia]

I plan to colonize bits.


So, is Rome open too? This is imperative to my flag. And, you know, my sign-up.

Hehe, cool flag.

Merci, I made it in anticipation of Rome being free, but yeah, I like it a lot anyways.

[Aldelxane]

We need an alternate history making Africa more desirable. As it is, everybody is ignoring a vast continent of unclaimed land.

We are not ignoring it, we are simply waiting to strike it with thousands of unregulated bolts of PURE IMPERIALISM.

But seriously though, early colonization of South Africa is an option, and the increased technological gap between the natives and the Europeans would mean quick domination and exploitation. North Africa was once a scholarly power - and if I'm not mistaken - was credited with re-introducing Greek classics to Europe after the Dark Ages because the Muslims would study and write about them, as well as discover mathematical principles and such.

Yeah IK about North Africa, but that's 2 little pieces of a huge land. Caltarania was already saying that Da Vinci circumnavigated the globe, so what if the coast of Africa is sort of like Avalonia and Argentina: native kingdoms endowed with technology become world powers. Essentially, there are enough new people that Africa needs to be a viable option. Most of us have vast tracts of land already.

[Neros]

Hehe, cool flag.

Merci, I made it in anticipation of Rome being free, but yeah, I like it a lot anyways.

Yes, actually. Enough to squeeze in a Papal States, or some Italian Adventure Conquest.

We are not ignoring it, we are simply waiting to strike it with thousands of unregulated bolts of PURE IMPERIALISM.

But seriously though, early colonization of South Africa is an option, and the increased technological gap between the natives and the Europeans would mean quick domination and exploitation. North Africa was once a scholarly power - and if I'm not mistaken - was credited with re-introducing Greek classics to Europe after the Dark Ages because the Muslims would study and write about them, as well as discover mathematical principles and such.

Yeah IK about North Africa, but that's 2 little pieces of a huge land. Caltarania was already saying that Da Vinci circumnavigated the globe, so what if the coast of Africa is sort of like Avalonia and Argentina: native kingdoms endowed with technology become world powers. Essentially, there are enough new people that Africa needs to be a viable option. Most of us have vast tracts of land already.

That's very true, but the main downside of starting in Africa, even with alt. history, is the presence of different ethnic groups. Africa is absolutely the most diverse continent on Earth when it comes to groups of people (yaknow, because dat homeland), so where you find one group of people identifying themselves as Swedes over a space of land large enough to support them, it's all good, but when you have the Kongo people living in a space of land occupied by other people, for instance the Teke or Kimbundu, there arises conflict over resources, tribal conflicts, inter-clan marriages and the like. However, a union of those peoples, though a great task itself, would make Africa into a much better place to set up shop with a nation. The main reason the Europeans were able to conquer Africa so easily was they exploited these ethnic differences, crowned one group king of the castle, and "helped" them take care of their tribal rivals and establishing a military presence to ensure the ruling party is kept in power, and this is what caused major conflicts in decolonization as the once-ruling group most likely did not rule any more and were persecuted by the ones they held down in the name of their Imperial master. Divide and conquered, man.

Specifically, Ethiopia, South Africa, and North Africa are the common hubs of "civilization" as we know it, but an indigenous Bantustan rising on the Congo River and industrializing itself with the vast abundance of raw resources would quite the sight, and if explained and played properly, could be a realistic possibility.

Your post is really thought provoking though, on what could have been.

[Alleniana]

Actually, if people find there's not enough space, I could move. Malian Empire, Netherlands, Australia, all the same to me. I've only done half an IC post, after all.

[Transoxthraxia]

Nation Name: The Dual Kingdom of Piedmont-Roma.
Flag: She's a beauty.
Coat of Arms/Seal:

Other Symbols:

Population: Thirteen million at most, on a good day, though this is after a large population burgeoning after a decade or so of peace.
Location/Claims: The historic territory of pre-Italic Unification Sardinia Piedmont, Switzerland, Rome, Orvieto, and, if possible, Sicily and the city of Tunis.
Capital City: Genoa.
Government Type: An Absolute Monarchy, in a somewhat unstable condition, having just regained power after an ultimately unsuccessful revolution and coup against the government, where revolutionary forces took control of Genoa and set up the Piedmont Commune.
Ideologies: Absolutism, Reactionism, Anti-Constitutionalism, Anti-Revolutionism.
Leader/s: King Pierro IV Piezzo.
Main Imports: Raw materials, most usually lumber, minerals, things such as coal, cement, or rubber.
Main Exports: Finished goods, ranging from weapons, to furniture, tanks, airships, and, on the side, a little nationalized wine business.
Economy: Piedmont-Roma's economy is focused around a heavily subsidized, industrialized economic base which produces everything from weapons to furniture. Aside from this industrial core of the Piedmont-Roma's economy, much of the rest of the economy is focused on both subsistence farming and cash-cropping, most often cash-cropping their infamous Piedmont-Roma State wine, which is said to be endorsed personally by Pierro IV. The subsistence farming, which is focused more on consumable goods, things such as beef, or wheat, is completely government-subsidized and controlled.
Infrastructure: The infrastructure of Piedmont-Roma differs depending on where you are in the nation. In the southern domains of Piedmont, or in the city of Roma or its outskirts, much of the land is highly developed in terms of infrastructure, with rail lines running through most of it. In the northern parts of Piedmont, as well as Switzerland and Sardinia, most of the land is rural or undeveloped, most of the populations living relatively backwards lives.
Army: Piedmont-Roma maintains a standing army of 65,000 men during peacetime. Known as the King's Royal Guard, the KRG is used as both an offensive and as a defensive force in times of war. During these aforementioned times of war, many farmers, miners, and general lower-class people are temporarily conscripted into the army to form militia brigades. These militia brigades are used to supplement and bolster the number of troops that the KRG fields in battle. As well, these militia brigades are always under the command of experienced KRG troops. With the militia brigades during wartime, the KRG and the following militia groups can reach up to nearly 100,000 soldiers. The officer corps has been modernized and professionalized, and only aristocrats who have proven themselves in battle may command alongside those who have attended the KRG Officer's College in Rome.

The Officer Corps has a unique hierarchy, which has the king at the top, as Supreme Marshall of the King's Royal Guards. Beneath him are three hand-picked officers, the best of the best. These three are known as the King's Field Marshals, and wield the real power within the KRG. Below them are the KRGGC, or King's Royal Guard's General Corps, which contains the rest of the officers, all of whom graduated from the KRGOC, or King's Royal Guard's Officer's College.
Navy: The Piedmont-Roman Navy is the main focus of the nation. Wielding a powerful navy of fourteen flotillas of steam-powered Destroyers, which are light ships designed to raid and screen the enemy for the larger eight Piedmont-Roman Dreadnoughts, one for each king of Piedmont-Roma. Pictures may follow, if I can find some, and am not exhaustively tired.
Aerial Fleet: This, admittedly, is still a work in progress.
Goals: To unite Italy under a single banner, and to throw out the Austro-Hungarians from Lombardia and Venezia, as well as colonize as much of Africa as possible once it becomes an interest.
History: The history of Piedmont-Roma can be traced back to Count Marianezzo Piezzo, in the eleventh century, when he was granted the county of Genoa as a favour by his overlord. Quickly, Marianezzo went about establishing his dynasty in the most effective way possible: legitimizing bastards. While he quickly gained a reputation for being unfaithful, he was able to produce enough male children to be able to marry off to other noblewomen. His dynasty expanded rapidly, even after his death.

By the thirteenth century, two hundred years after Marianezzo had been granted the county of Genoa, thanks to seniority succession, the majority of the Piezzo family lands now were held by one man, Pierro I Piezzo, Duke of Genoa, Count of Turin, Count of Ottone, Susa, Aosta, Chatillon, the list goes on. Claiming that the intent of Marianezzo's "donation" by his overlords two centuries prior was to eventually allow Marianezzo to found the kingdom of Piedmont, Pierro I proclaimed himself King of Piedmont, and Duke of Genoa. Upon his death, the family's lands had only expanded - to include most of modern-day Piedmont and Switzerland. Through a lucky marriage, his son, Pierro II, found himself with a wife who was the Duchess of Sardinia, and former Duchess of Orvieto, until it was usurped by the Pope.

Inheriting the Duchy of Sardinia and the lands included with it when his wife suddenly died in mysterious circumstances, Pierro II forgot about the Orvieto deal. It would not be until his ancestor, Pierro III claimed Orvieto and Rome along with it, that the age-old claim would come to light again. After warring with the Pope, and claiming that, as a temporal ruler, the Pope should have nothing past the Vatican City, Pierro III won Orvieto and Rome, and deposed the Pope in the city of Rome. With this finished, he proclaimed himself King of Piedmont and Rome, and Duke of Sardinia, thusly the Kingdom of Piedmont-Roma.

This success would not last, however, as Pierro III's son, Giuseppe II, would be usurped and executed by an angry mob two years into his reign. Proclaiming a "Piedmont for the people", the angry mob turned Piedmont-Roma into "The Commune of Italy". During this time, anarchy reigned throughout the countryside, and no one could decide who was truly in charge of this commune. Guillotine Action was seen daily, both political prisoners or otherwise. Many were burnt at the stake, and The Commune of Italy was soon declared a failed state.

It was at this point in which Pierro IV stepped in. The third cousin of Giuseppe II, and one of the last members of the family alive, he marched into Genoa with a force of loyalists, and proclaimed himself the Third King of Piedmont-Roma. While it took nearly a decade to finally quell the revolutionary fire that was The Commune of Italy, afterwards, most resolved that Piedmont-Roma was much better off with a king than anarchy. Pierro IV's reign was marked by an increase in centralization and colonialism, as well as the development of the idea of the Imperialistic Piedmont-Roma.
RP Sample:
I could provide if asked.

[Alleniana]

Nation Name: The Dual Kingdom of Piedmont-Roma.
Flag: She's a beauty.
Coat of Arms/Seal:

(Image)

Other Symbols:

(Image)

Population: Thirteen million at most, on a good day, though this is after a large population burgeoning after a decade or so of peace.
Location/Claims: The historic territory of pre-Italic Unification Sardinia Piedmont, Switzerland, Rome, Orvieto, and, if possible, Sicily and the city of Tunis.
Capital City: Genoa.
Government Type: An Absolute Monarchy, in a somewhat unstable condition, having just regained power after an ultimately unsuccessful revolution and coup against the government, where revolutionary forces took control of Genoa and set up the Piedmont Commune.
Ideologies: Absolutism, Reactionism, Anti-Constitutionalism, Anti-Revolutionism.
Leader/s: King Pierro IV Piezzo.
Main Imports: Raw materials, most usually lumber, minerals, things such as coal, cement, or rubber.
Main Exports: Finished goods, ranging from weapons, to furniture, tanks, airships, and, on the side, a little nationalized wine business.
Economy: Piedmont-Roma's economy is focused around a heavily subsidized, industrialized economic base which produces everything from weapons to furniture. Aside from this industrial core of the Piedmont-Roma's economy, much of the rest of the economy is focused on both subsistence farming and cash-cropping, most often cash-cropping their infamous Piedmont-Roma State wine, which is said to be endorsed personally by Pierro IV. The subsistence farming, which is focused more on consumable goods, things such as beef, or wheat, is completely government-subsidized and controlled.
Infrastructure: The infrastructure of Piedmont-Roma differs depending on where you are in the nation. In the southern domains of Piedmont, or in the city of Roma or its outskirts, much of the land is highly developed in terms of infrastructure, with rail lines running through most of it. In the northern parts of Piedmont, as well as Switzerland and Sardinia, most of the land is rural or undeveloped, most of the populations living relatively backwards lives.
Army: Piedmont-Roma maintains a standing army of 65,000 men during peacetime. Known as the King's Royal Guard, the KRG is used as both an offensive and as a defensive force in times of war. During these aforementioned times of war, many farmers, miners, and general lower-class people are temporarily conscripted into the army to form militia brigades. These militia brigades are used to supplement and bolster the number of troops that the KRG fields in battle. As well, these militia brigades are always under the command of experienced KRG troops. With the militia brigades during wartime, the KRG and the following militia groups can reach up to nearly 100,000 soldiers. The officer corps has been modernized and professionalized, and only aristocrats who have proven themselves in battle may command alongside those who have attended the KRG Officer's College in Rome.

The Officer Corps has a unique hierarchy, which has the king at the top, as Supreme Marshall of the King's Royal Guards. Beneath him are three hand-picked officers, the best of the best. These three are known as the King's Field Marshals, and wield the real power within the KRG. Below them are the KRGGC, or King's Royal Guard's General Corps, which contains the rest of the officers, all of whom graduated from the KRGOC, or King's Royal Guard's Officer's College.
Navy: The Piedmont-Roman Navy is the main focus of the nation. Wielding a powerful navy of fourteen flotillas of steam-powered Destroyers, which are light ships designed to raid and screen the enemy for the larger eight Piedmont-Roman Dreadnoughts, one for each king of Piedmont-Roma. Pictures may follow, if I can find some, and am not exhaustively tired.
Aerial Fleet: This, admittedly, is still a work in progress.
Goals: To unite Italy under a single banner, and to throw out the Austro-Hungarians from Lombardia and Venezia, as well as colonize as much of Africa as possible once it becomes an interest.
History: The history of Piedmont-Roma can be traced back to Count Marianezzo Piezzo, in the eleventh century, when he was granted the county of Genoa as a favour by his overlord. Quickly, Marianezzo went about establishing his dynasty in the most effective way possible: legitimizing bastards. While he quickly gained a reputation for being unfaithful, he was able to produce enough male children to be able to marry off to other noblewomen. His dynasty expanded rapidly, even after his death.

By the thirteenth century, two hundred years after Marianezzo had been granted the county of Genoa, thanks to seniority succession, the majority of the Piezzo family lands now were held by one man, Pierro I Piezzo, Duke of Genoa, Count of Turin, Count of Ottone, Susa, Aosta, Chatillon, the list goes on. Claiming that the intent of Marianezzo's "donation" by his overlords two centuries prior was to eventually allow Marianezzo to found the kingdom of Piedmont, Pierro I proclaimed himself King of Piedmont, and Duke of Genoa. Upon his death, the family's lands had only expanded - to include most of modern-day Piedmont and Switzerland. Through a lucky marriage, his son, Pierro II, found himself with a wife who was the Duchess of Sardinia, and former Duchess of Orvieto, until it was usurped by the Pope.

Inheriting the Duchy of Sardinia and the lands included with it when his wife suddenly died in mysterious circumstances, Pierro II forgot about the Orvieto deal. It would not be until his ancestor, Pierro III claimed Orvieto and Rome along with it, that the age-old claim would come to light again. After warring with the Pope, and claiming that, as a temporal ruler, the Pope should have nothing past the Vatican City, Pierro III won Orvieto and Rome, and deposed the Pope in the city of Rome. With this finished, he proclaimed himself King of Piedmont and Rome, and Duke of Sardinia, thusly the Kingdom of Piedmont-Roma.

This success would not last, however, as Pierro III's son, Giuseppe II, would be usurped and executed by an angry mob two years into his reign. Proclaiming a "Piedmont for the people", the angry mob turned Piedmont-Roma into "The Commune of Italy". During this time, anarchy reigned throughout the countryside, and no one could decide who was truly in charge of this commune. Guillotine Action was seen daily, both political prisoners or otherwise. Many were burnt at the stake, and The Commune of Italy was soon declared a failed state.

It was at this point in which Pierro IV stepped in. The third cousin of Giuseppe II, and one of the last members of the family alive, he marched into Genoa with a force of loyalists, and proclaimed himself the Third King of Piedmont-Roma. While it took nearly a decade to finally quell the revolutionary fire that was The Commune of Italy, afterwards, most resolved that Piedmont-Roma was much better off with a king than anarchy. Pierro IV's reign was marked by an increase in centralization and colonialism, as well as the development of the idea of the Imperialistic Piedmont-Roma.
RP Sample:
I could provide if asked.

Ah, so it was the Corsican Moor there!

[Transoxthraxia]

Nation Name: The Dual Kingdom of Piedmont-Roma.
Flag: She's a beauty.
Coat of Arms/Seal:

(Image)

Other Symbols:

(Image)

Population: Thirteen million at most, on a good day, though this is after a large population burgeoning after a decade or so of peace.
Location/Claims: The historic territory of pre-Italic Unification Sardinia Piedmont, Switzerland, Rome, Orvieto, and, if possible, Sicily and the city of Tunis.
Capital City: Genoa.
Government Type: An Absolute Monarchy, in a somewhat unstable condition, having just regained power after an ultimately unsuccessful revolution and coup against the government, where revolutionary forces took control of Genoa and set up the Piedmont Commune.
Ideologies: Absolutism, Reactionism, Anti-Constitutionalism, Anti-Revolutionism.
Leader/s: King Pierro IV Piezzo.
Main Imports: Raw materials, most usually lumber, minerals, things such as coal, cement, or rubber.
Main Exports: Finished goods, ranging from weapons, to furniture, tanks, airships, and, on the side, a little nationalized wine business.
Economy: Piedmont-Roma's economy is focused around a heavily subsidized, industrialized economic base which produces everything from weapons to furniture. Aside from this industrial core of the Piedmont-Roma's economy, much of the rest of the economy is focused on both subsistence farming and cash-cropping, most often cash-cropping their infamous Piedmont-Roma State wine, which is said to be endorsed personally by Pierro IV. The subsistence farming, which is focused more on consumable goods, things such as beef, or wheat, is completely government-subsidized and controlled.
Infrastructure: The infrastructure of Piedmont-Roma differs depending on where you are in the nation. In the southern domains of Piedmont, or in the city of Roma or its outskirts, much of the land is highly developed in terms of infrastructure, with rail lines running through most of it. In the northern parts of Piedmont, as well as Switzerland and Sardinia, most of the land is rural or undeveloped, most of the populations living relatively backwards lives.
Army: Piedmont-Roma maintains a standing army of 65,000 men during peacetime. Known as the King's Royal Guard, the KRG is used as both an offensive and as a defensive force in times of war. During these aforementioned times of war, many farmers, miners, and general lower-class people are temporarily conscripted into the army to form militia brigades. These militia brigades are used to supplement and bolster the number of troops that the KRG fields in battle. As well, these militia brigades are always under the command of experienced KRG troops. With the militia brigades during wartime, the KRG and the following militia groups can reach up to nearly 100,000 soldiers. The officer corps has been modernized and professionalized, and only aristocrats who have proven themselves in battle may command alongside those who have attended the KRG Officer's College in Rome.

The Officer Corps has a unique hierarchy, which has the king at the top, as Supreme Marshall of the King's Royal Guards. Beneath him are three hand-picked officers, the best of the best. These three are known as the King's Field Marshals, and wield the real power within the KRG. Below them are the KRGGC, or King's Royal Guard's General Corps, which contains the rest of the officers, all of whom graduated from the KRGOC, or King's Royal Guard's Officer's College.
Navy: The Piedmont-Roman Navy is the main focus of the nation. Wielding a powerful navy of fourteen flotillas of steam-powered Destroyers, which are light ships designed to raid and screen the enemy for the larger eight Piedmont-Roman Dreadnoughts, one for each king of Piedmont-Roma. Pictures may follow, if I can find some, and am not exhaustively tired.
Aerial Fleet: This, admittedly, is still a work in progress.
Goals: To unite Italy under a single banner, and to throw out the Austro-Hungarians from Lombardia and Venezia, as well as colonize as much of Africa as possible once it becomes an interest.
History: The history of Piedmont-Roma can be traced back to Count Marianezzo Piezzo, in the eleventh century, when he was granted the county of Genoa as a favour by his overlord. Quickly, Marianezzo went about establishing his dynasty in the most effective way possible: legitimizing bastards. While he quickly gained a reputation for being unfaithful, he was able to produce enough male children to be able to marry off to other noblewomen. His dynasty expanded rapidly, even after his death.

By the thirteenth century, two hundred years after Marianezzo had been granted the county of Genoa, thanks to seniority succession, the majority of the Piezzo family lands now were held by one man, Pierro I Piezzo, Duke of Genoa, Count of Turin, Count of Ottone, Susa, Aosta, Chatillon, the list goes on. Claiming that the intent of Marianezzo's "donation" by his overlords two centuries prior was to eventually allow Marianezzo to found the kingdom of Piedmont, Pierro I proclaimed himself King of Piedmont, and Duke of Genoa. Upon his death, the family's lands had only expanded - to include most of modern-day Piedmont and Switzerland. Through a lucky marriage, his son, Pierro II, found himself with a wife who was the Duchess of Sardinia, and former Duchess of Orvieto, until it was usurped by the Pope.

Inheriting the Duchy of Sardinia and the lands included with it when his wife suddenly died in mysterious circumstances, Pierro II forgot about the Orvieto deal. It would not be until his ancestor, Pierro III claimed Orvieto and Rome along with it, that the age-old claim would come to light again. After warring with the Pope, and claiming that, as a temporal ruler, the Pope should have nothing past the Vatican City, Pierro III won Orvieto and Rome, and deposed the Pope in the city of Rome. With this finished, he proclaimed himself King of Piedmont and Rome, and Duke of Sardinia, thusly the Kingdom of Piedmont-Roma.

This success would not last, however, as Pierro III's son, Giuseppe II, would be usurped and executed by an angry mob two years into his reign. Proclaiming a "Piedmont for the people", the angry mob turned Piedmont-Roma into "The Commune of Italy". During this time, anarchy reigned throughout the countryside, and no one could decide who was truly in charge of this commune. Guillotine Action was seen daily, both political prisoners or otherwise. Many were burnt at the stake, and The Commune of Italy was soon declared a failed state.

It was at this point in which Pierro IV stepped in. The third cousin of Giuseppe II, and one of the last members of the family alive, he marched into Genoa with a force of loyalists, and proclaimed himself the Third King of Piedmont-Roma. While it took nearly a decade to finally quell the revolutionary fire that was The Commune of Italy, afterwards, most resolved that Piedmont-Roma was much better off with a king than anarchy. Pierro IV's reign was marked by an increase in centralization and colonialism, as well as the development of the idea of the Imperialistic Piedmont-Roma.
RP Sample:
I could provide if asked.

Ah, so it was the Corsican Moor there!

Actually, the symbol's shared between the two islands.

Corsica uses just one, centered, whereas Sardinia uses four in a divided pattern.

[Alleniana]

Ah, so it was the Corsican Moor there!

Actually, the symbol's shared between the two islands.

Corsica uses just one, centered, whereas Sardinia uses four in a divided pattern.

Ah, I see.
Is it just me or is the left side a bit... derpy? The squares there look off centre.

[Neros]

Actually, the symbol's shared between the two islands.

Corsica uses just one, centered, whereas Sardinia uses four in a divided pattern.

Ah, I see.
Is it just me or is the left side a bit... derpy? The squares there look off centre.

How about we just not put darkies on our flags?

/s

[Transoxthraxia]

Actually, the symbol's shared between the two islands.

Corsica uses just one, centered, whereas Sardinia uses four in a divided pattern.

Ah, I see.
Is it just me or is the left side a bit... derpy? The squares there look off centre.

I had to compress it a little bit will fix in morning.

[Alleniana]

Ah, I see.
Is it just me or is the left side a bit... derpy? The squares there look off centre.

How about we just not put darkies on our flags?

/s

UNBLINDFOLDED CORSICAN MOOR WILL KEEL YOU