Italian constituent states
Ligurian Republic
Subalpine Republic
Etrurian Republic
Transpadane Republic
Cispadane Republic
-Milan + mantua + part of venice
-milan was overrun by french troops in 1798, so was venice west of adige
Roman Republic
-following a few attempts, decisively established in 1849, pope flees to madrid
-declared in roman forum, takes full advantage of roman legacy
-but papal properties and vatican reserved for papacy, holy see recognized as corporation
-pope officially granted power of foreign sovereign, made unamendable
-nonetheless, pope still refuses to accept this
-made worse when italian nationalists throw body of deceased pope into the tiber
-eventually, pope makes return in early 20th century, escapes associationist revolution in spain
State of Lucca
-invaded rep of lucca, made it into modern republic
Parthenopean Republic
-Naples
-got invaded in 1820s and then revolutionized, but then it got overthrown by lazzaroni and rome gets retaken too
-then gets invaded again in 1840s and revolutionized again
-due to federalism, does economically better, also naples becomes major industrial centre
Trinacrian Republic
-Sicily
-was british-aligned, including having a liberal constitution for a bit that got removed
-invaded in 1829 following peace with britain, then revolutionized
Ichnusan Republic
-Sardinia
-invaded due to antifeudal revolt in 1820s, initially britain beat it then post revolution it returned
Bononian Republic
-Bologna
-invaded in 1820s then republicanized
Raetian Republic
-Graubunden + valtellina + tessin
-following partition of rhodanic republic between france and italy, three leagues and tessin amalgamated into italy
Transathesian Republic
-Venice
-Formed out of Venetian Republic east of adige river
-Named in contrast to oligarchical Venetian Republic
Istrian Republic
-Formed out of Venetian Republic
-Held strong French military presence
-Italian and Croatian co-official, but Italian predominant thanks to existing large Italian minority, internal migration, and urbanization
Dalmatian Republic
-Formed out of Venetian Republic
-Held strong French military presence
-was invaded in 1840s by croats, they gave very bad impression even to local croats, then by end of war was retaken
-according to census, was 33% italian upon formation, got higher due to migration and urbanization
-due to croats and italians both being catholic, acculturation eased
-was not part of nation-building process in croatia
-Italian and Illyrian (local south slavic dialect in venetian-style orthography) co-official, Italian predominant but not to Istrian extent
Republic of Ragusa
-Growing French influence led to it being forced to shed its policy of strict neutrality in favour of integration
-then was democratized
-Rector, in power for a year (formerly a month), is purely ceremonial head of state and is typically an administrative judge
-Great Council was forcibly democratized, now it is house of legislative decision
-Small Council now executive branch of government
-Senate, consisting of Small Council, former Small Council, former Rectors, and national list members, now house of legislative proposal
-Former Small Council are now the official opposition, former Rectors now make up a judicial committee that serves as an administrative court
Ascruvian Republic
-venetian albania made separate republic
Melitean Republic
-(Malta)
-Established by overthrowing the Knights Hospitaller rule
-Italian, Maltese co-official but after a long period of language attrition