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June 1-14 1981
The Republic of Northern Italy, founded in April 1972 after the unification of the Lupercan Republics of Northeast Italy and Northwest Italy, had a short life, besieged by neo-fascist militias and regional rivalries typical of Italy. After its definitive collapse, circa 1977, the regions that comprised it (Piedmont, Lombardy, Liguria, Emilia, Romagna, Veneto and Friuli-Venezia Giulia) became independent states, although some continued to have more or less close relationships due to their democratic governments, others like Piedmont and Liguria that were ruled by neo-fascists, lost much of their territory to the expansion of Dithmarse with the help of local socialist partisans.
While the region of the former Republic of Northeast Italy was annexed by the Justinian Empire, the western sector remained free of all foreign domination, but the recent international military escalation led the governments of the State of Lombardy and the Republic of Eastern Piedmont to agree to reunification in order to defend their sovereignty. The Ligurian district of Genova also agreed to join them under the condition of becoming the capital of the new state to which the Piedmontese and the Lombards agreed. While the Italian-speaking Canton of Lugano, originally part of Eastern Switzerland but that had not joined the Lupercan protectorate, voted to request union with Piedmont-Lombardy-Genoa. With the subsequent inclusion of the Emilia region, it was decided that the new state would be called the Northwest Italian Republic. The elections were won by the Christian Democrats, which had in its electoral platform requesting Germany the status of protectorate or Free Associated State (FAS) as they call it in Luperca. However, this new interference by Luperca in Italy could have unwanted consequences with its Mediterranean allies.