Kingdom of Naples

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ooc: placed here so it is easier for me to separate from France

Map as of 1700
https://s3.amazonaws.com/bonanzleimages/afu/images/1748/3018/35/_t2ec16n__ymfib_lcwbjbscgdmcg2g__60_57.jpg
in 1701 both Abruzzo provinces traded to the Papal States for dominion over Malta and the Knights of Malta

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Kingdom of Naples (Controlled by the Dauphin of France, technically a separate legal entity until the King dies)(client state)(Ruled by Regent in the Name of the French Dauphin as of 1710)
Population: 4.12 million (1 point)
Port: Naples (1 point)
Craft Center: Naples (1 point)
Resources: 1 Palermo (1 point)
merchant marine: 3 merchant flotilla (1.5 points)
special income: East India Company 1 point
total 6.5 points


Malta: (Vassal of the King of Naples)
Population: 50,000
Capital: Valetta
Government: Theocratic Military Order

Economy
Port: 1 Malta
Fleets: 2 Commercial Fleets
other income: 1.25 points (various donations from Europe as well as Order holdings in Europe)
3.75 points

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1710 Naples
Military Forces of the Kingdom of Naples and Knights of Malta 1709
Malta
fortress Malta, 1 militia brigade (Malta) (.6 points)
Fleet:  2 CruRon (CruRon Lepanto, CruRon Malta) PatRon St Marie, PatRon St Sebastian (1.5 points)
total military maintenance 2.1 points
Malta no longer has to rely on donations but extra income is funneled into the charitable hospitals run by the Hospitallers throughout Europe

Naples
Navy:  1 naval yard (Naples) 2 Patron (Sirene class) (1 point maintenance)

Army:
1 fortress (Naples)(.5)
1 depot (Taranto) (nil)
4 garrison brigades (1 each Naples, Taranto, Syracuse, Palermo, function as national police force) (.4)
3 cavalry regiments (2 border patrol with Papal States, 1 Naples as Royal Escort) (.6)
2 infantry brigades (Malta) (.5)
2 infantry brigades (Naples) (.5)
1 Infantry brigade Taranto (.25)
Army maintenance 2.75 points  

Navy 1 yard, 2 Patron (1 point maintenance)
total military maintenance 3.75 points

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1703 Budget
Income 5.5 (includes ending wartime taxes)
military maintenance 4.7
interest payment on debt .75 points
additional income 5 points from France in exchange for 4 CruRon
applied to pay off most of the debt taken out for the Barbary War (4.5 points)(.5 points debt remain)
bonuses to officers and men for service in Barbary War .5 points

Having won its war against the Barbary Pirates, the Crown of Naples feels able to reduce its defenses from attacks from the south, specifically the elimination of 4 fortresses and much of the Navy (which is sold to France) and is able to pay off with the sale of surplus warships its entire debt.  

Many officers are found surplus to needs and are mustered out with a bonus for their fine service.  In practice, the lazy, sick, and old are given their thanks first, while many less socially connected will find their way to French or Maltese service.   Taxes are also immediately lowered to the normal peacetime levels.

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A new regent

In May 1703, the Duke of Lorraine (brother in law of the new King of France) is appointed Regent of Naples until a new Dauphin is born, raised and reaches adulthood

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1704 Budget
Income 5.5 (includes ending wartime taxes)
military maintenance 4 points
interest payment on debt .05 points
total 4.05
available 1.45
pay off debt in full (.5 points, paid 8 years early)
available .95 spent on agricultural (crop) experiments in Sicily and Italy (New World food crops- specifically spreading tomatoes which take off around this time into Italian cuisine)

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1704 Budget
Income 5.5 (includes ending wartime taxes)
military maintenance 4 points
interest payment on debt .05 points
total 4.05
available 1.45
pay off debt in full (.5 points, paid 8 years early)
available .95 spent on agricultural (crop) experiments in Sicily and Italy (New World food crops- specifically spreading tomatoes which take off around this time into Italian cuisine)

1705 Budget
Income 5.5 points
military maintenance 3.25 points
build 2 infantry battalions 2 points
continued crop experiments .25 points

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1704 Budget
Income 5.5 (includes ending wartime taxes)
military maintenance 4 points
interest payment on debt .05 points
total 4.05
available 1.45
pay off debt in full (.5 points, paid 8 years early)
available .95 spent on agricultural (crop) experiments in Sicily and Italy (New World food crops- specifically spreading tomatoes which take off around this time into Italian cuisine)

1705 Budget
Income 5.5 points
military maintenance 3.25 points
build 2 infantry battalions 2 points
continued crop experiments .25 points

1706 Budget
Income 5.5 points
Military maintenance 3.45 points
build 2 infantry battalions 2 points
continued crop experiments .05 points

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1704 Budget
Income 5.5 (includes ending wartime taxes)
military maintenance 4 points
interest payment on debt .05 points
total 4.05
available 1.45
pay off debt in full (.5 points, paid 8 years early)
available .95 spent on agricultural (crop) experiments in Sicily and Italy (New World food crops- specifically spreading tomatoes which take off around this time into Italian cuisine)

1705 Budget
Income 5.5 points
military maintenance 3.25 points
build 2 infantry battalions 2 points
continued crop experiments .25 points

1706 Budget
Income 5.5 points
Military maintenance 3.45 points
build 2 infantry battalions 2 points
continued crop experiments .05 points

1707 Budget
Income 5.5 points
Military Maintenance 3.65 points
convert 2 infantry battalions Taranto to 1 infantry brigade (1 point)
continued crop experiments .1
upgrades to University of Naples (established 1224 as the oldest secular university in Europe) .75

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1707 Budget
Income 5.5 points
Military Maintenance 3.65 points
convert 2 infantry battalions Taranto to 1 infantry brigade (1 point)
continued crop experiments .1
upgrades to University of Naples (established 1224 as the oldest secular university in Europe) .75

1708 Budget
Income 5.5 points
military budget 3.70
available 1.8
upgrade 2 infantry battalions Naples into 1 infantry brigade (1 point)
continued additional funding University of Naples including scholarships for poor students .8 points

Loan: borrow 5 points at Credit Rating B (20 year loan, 7% interest)(Loan 1708, due 1728)
5 points used to purchase 5 point share in French East India Company

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1709 Budget
Income 6.5 points
debt 5 points (at Credit B) Loan of 1708  interest: .35 plus principal .25 = .6 points
available 5.9 points
military maintenance 3.75
available 2.15 points
depot Taranto 2 points
celebration of the birth of the Dauphin .15 points
loan 1709 5 points
investment in East India Company 5 points

Major Events 1709
A tense series of meetings between the Grand Master of the Knights of Malta and the Regent of Naples results in continued status quo for Malta but a stiff warning that unsanctioned aggressive action by the Knights against either the Moroccans or Turks will not be tolerated as France and Naples have peace treaties with both nations.

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1710 Budget
Income 6.5 points
debt 5 points (at Credit B) Loan of 1708 interest: 4.5 points : .32 plus principal .25 = .57 points
debt 5 points Loan of 1709 5 points: .35 interest plus principal .25 points = .6 points
available 5.33 points
military maintenance 3.75
available 1.58 points
early paydown on principal loan of 1708 (reduced to 2.67 points)
Loan 1710 5 points to East India Company

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1711 Budget
Income 6.25 points (dividend from East India reduced by .25 with conversion of Caronville to outpost from trading post. This is Naples contribution to South Africa expansion effort)
Loan of 1708 interest: 2.67 points : .18 plus principal .25 = .43 points
Loan of 1709 4.5 points: .32 interest plus principal .25 points = .57 points
Loan of 1710 5 points:  .35 interest plus principal .25 = .6
total debt service  1.6 points
available 4.9 points
military maintenance 3.75 points
available .95 points
Rent 1 Merchant flotilla for military service (.75 points, .25 maintenance + .5 offset income)
direct aid to University of Naples .15

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Winter 1712
Concerned about the possibility of outright rebellion, Leopold as his role of Regent, moderates the measures instituted by the Crown on his own authority to maintain the peace and bring prosperity to the southern Italy and Sicily.

An offer is made to the Bishops of the Realm... no more mandatory tithes (although traditional collection of tenant rent on church lands is acceptable), and seizure of Church property will be limited to what the Crown determines to be under utilized property.    The Jesuits are however expelled, as their role and duty as Soldiers of Christ is incompatible when they are soldiers of the Papal States which is at war with the Realm. In return there will be no more executions of clerical individuals but they will be expelled instead.  

He also points out the Christ himself said to 'render unto Caeser what is Caeser's, and unto God what is his."   Worship will not be infringed upon, but deliberate attempts by the Church to undermine the realm, to writ, attempting to make saints out of men who refused to accept the lawful orders of their liege, is not about God, but about Church Power.

Leopold, also known as "Leopold the Good" for his enlightened and fair rule over Lorraine (and presumably Naples since taking over until now), uses his powers of persuasion to the best of his ability.   He also however is prepared to enforce his rule with iron as well.

Finally, village Priests will be left alone and arrests are curtailed however leaders are noted and some will be arrested later.

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1711 Budget
Income 6.25 points (dividend from East India reduced by .25 with conversion of Caronville to outpost from trading post.  This is Naples contribution to South Africa expansion effort)
Loan of 1708 interest: 2.67 points : .18 plus principal .25 = .43 points
Loan of 1709 4.5 points: .32 interest plus principal .25 points = .57 points
Loan of 1710 5 points:  .35 interest plus principal .25 = .6
total debt service  1.6 points
available 4.9 points
military maintenance 3.75 points
available .95 points
Rent 1 Merchant flotilla for military service (.75 points, .25 maintenance + .5 offset income)
direct aid to University of Naples .15

1712
Special conditions
5 points special income
https://commonwealthe20.rpg-board.net/t19p25-the-kingdom-of-france#768
Wartime Taxes imposed (2 points from 4 million people) x .25% penalty = reduced to 1.5 points
Ports: Malta, Naples (2)
3 merchant fleets (1.5 points)
craft center (Naples) 1
resources Palermo 1
French East India Company income share 1 point (0 this year as it is being spent directly in the area)
total income: 12 points

Loan of 1708 interest: 2.22 points : .16 plus principal .25 = .41 points
Loan of 1709 4.25 points: .30 interest plus principal .25 points = .55 points
Loan of 1710 4.75 points:  .33 interest plus principal .25 = .58
total debt service  1.58 points
special law enforcement measures .42 points (extra money for detention of suspects) Effective Spring the public executions end and are replaced by arrests and deportation to Florida of convicted offenders (violaters of the anti Knights of Malta measures)
Military maintenance 3.1 points (after losses)
available: 7.9 points
special French aid to Naples Navy 1 point special income (8.9 points available)
special spending .9 points for intelligence gathering in Italy
raise 1 infantry brigade (4 points) at Naples
raise 1 infantry brigade (4 points) at Taranto
Borrow 4 points (pay off loan 1708 for 1.78 points, allocated .22 points to additional intelligence efforts, remaining 2 points to Natal Colony investment)

Naples continues its on time payments of its debt and raises 5,000 troops to partially replace the 6,000 casualties suffered in the last year

Special efforts are made to gather intelligence throughout Italy, but particularly in Rome and Tuscany, the two most powerful opponents

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Winter 1712
Concerned about the possibility of outright rebellion, Leopold as his role of Regent, moderates the measures instituted by the Crown on his own authority to maintain the peace and bring prosperity to the southern Italy and Sicily.

An offer is made to the Bishops of the Realm... no more mandatory tithes (although traditional collection of tenant rent on church lands is acceptable), and seizure of Church property will be limited to what the Crown determines to be under utilized property.    The Jesuits are however expelled, as their role and duty as Soldiers of Christ is incompatible when they are soldiers of the Papal States which is at war with the Realm. In return there will be no more executions of clerical individuals but they will be expelled instead.  

He also points out the Christ himself said to 'render unto Caeser what is Caeser's, and unto God what is his."   Worship will not be infringed upon, but deliberate attempts by the Church to undermine the realm, to writ, attempting to make saints out of men who refused to accept the lawful orders of their liege, is not about God, but about Church Power.

Leopold, also known as "Leopold the Good" for his enlightened and fair rule over Lorraine (and presumably Naples since taking over until now), uses his powers of persuasion to the best of his ability.   He also however is prepared to enforce his rule with iron as well.

Finally, village Priests will be left alone and arrests are curtailed however leaders are noted and some will be arrested later.    

The actions by the French Regent are met derisively--Leopold, in the popular imagination, ceased to be "the Good" when he murdered a man of God on Christmas Day. The Regent's Lutheran-tinged emphasis on the separation of secular and religious power is also viewed highly negatively. The Bishops cooly retort to the regent that they cannot prohibit the people from giving their tithes--which are a religious mandate from God himself. All priests, indeed, are soldiers of Christ--and the Jesuits are an unarmed order of scholars, not soldiers.

However, as much as Leopold's interventions are hardly viewed as compensatory, they do work to cool some of the tension. The Bourbon King has still strongly wounded the legitimacy of his rule in the eye of many Neapolitans, and many still hope that the Pope will march in to cleanse the Peninsula, but the ceasing to execute priests at least cools some of the hotheads.

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1713
see French build

At this time, the military governor is acting regent of Naples

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