Eurofed
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This thread has been rather full of good ideas. All in all, I think some of the best ones have been Gian Galeazzo Visconti surviving, curshing Florence, and rearing a capable heir. For something more close to modern age, I think that Italy developing a close strategic partnership with Germany in the place of Austria in the late 19th century works fine.
Italy joining Prussia in the Franco-German war looks fine to me as a PoD. It reaps Italy some useful stuff (surely Nice and Savoy, and getting Corsica is not too difficult) with limited risk, and it consolidates the 1866 alliance into a long-term relationship. It is plausible (Italy had had a previous alliance with Prussia and French occupation of Rome as casus belli). Moreover, a closer, stable German-Italian alliance since 1866-1870 may help Germany steer clear of the disastrous alliance with Austria, picking Russia or Britain instead, which makes the advantage of both countries in WWI. And I don't think Britain would intervene. It kept apart OTL when it was clear Belgium would not be affected, Italian intervention does not threaten UK strategic interests anymore.
My own TL features several nations wanked, including Italy, albeit with a more complex 1814 PoD for Europe. It is 1835, and Italy has unified under a liberal regime, with Savoy, Corsica, Trent, Istria, Dalmatia, Albania, and Montenegro.
Italy joining Prussia in the Franco-German war looks fine to me as a PoD. It reaps Italy some useful stuff (surely Nice and Savoy, and getting Corsica is not too difficult) with limited risk, and it consolidates the 1866 alliance into a long-term relationship. It is plausible (Italy had had a previous alliance with Prussia and French occupation of Rome as casus belli). Moreover, a closer, stable German-Italian alliance since 1866-1870 may help Germany steer clear of the disastrous alliance with Austria, picking Russia or Britain instead, which makes the advantage of both countries in WWI. And I don't think Britain would intervene. It kept apart OTL when it was clear Belgium would not be affected, Italian intervention does not threaten UK strategic interests anymore.
My own TL features several nations wanked, including Italy, albeit with a more complex 1814 PoD for Europe. It is 1835, and Italy has unified under a liberal regime, with Savoy, Corsica, Trent, Istria, Dalmatia, Albania, and Montenegro.