Regno di Lombardia

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Regno di Lombardia
Kingdom of Lombardy



National Statistics as of 1725
Population: 4 Million People
Languages: Italian
Motto: FERT
Prestige: B

Political Organization
Official Title: Kingdom of Lombardy
Conventional: Lombardy
Political System: Feudal Monarchy
Capital: Milan
Sovereign: Victor Amadeus, King of Lombardy

Economy:
Credit Rating: B
Population: 3 Million People
Ports: 1 (Nice)
Craft Centers: 1 (Milan)
Resources: 2 (Turin, Milan)
Commercial Fleets: 3
Total Peacetime Income: 6.5

Military of Lombardy

Manpower Limits:
Regular: 27,500 (out of a limit of 120,000)
Reserves: 15,500 (out of a limit of 280,000)

Navy
Nice Squadron (Nice) (7,500 regulars, 1.5 points]
-5 FF1s [2,500 regulars, 1 point]
-5 PatRons [5,000 regulars, .5 point]

Total: 1.5 points (7,500 regulars)

Army

Fixed Installations (15,500 reserves, 2 points]
-3 Fortresses (Milan, Turin, Nice) [3,000 reserves, 1.5 points]
-5 Garrison Brigades (2 Milan, 2 Turin, 1 Nice) [12,500 reserves, .5 points]
-3 Depots (Milan, Turin, Nice)

Royal Army (22,500 regulars, 3 points]
-6 Infantry Brigades [15,000 regulars, 1.5 points]
-3 Cavalry Brigades [7,500 regulars, 1.5 point]

Total: 5 points (22,500 regulars, 15,500 reserves)

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The Iron Crown: Lombardy through 1725

Though technically on the losing side of the Lateran War, Victor Amadeus of Savoy was clearly one of the winners. The doubling in size of his territories and the elevation of his title to Kingdom has vaulted him into the clear 2nd-tier powers of the continent, and the Iron Crown of Lombardy is a prestigious prize. Even beyond that, his new kingdom of Lombardy’s economy is large enough to support a meaningfully expanded military and economy, including the incipient stages of a navy and the largest indigenous army on the peninsula.

The House of Savoy will not be sated with the addition of only Milan, however. The Austrians have expanded their role in the peninsula, and their allies have consolidated their powers in Northern Italy as well, but the Lombards are positioning themselves to continue to exploit great power conflict. Without their Austrian or Spanish patrons, the smaller independent states of Italy are ripe for conquest, and there are more than enough opportunities for both powers to be distracted by the affairs of Great Powers.