More sectarian Europe.

With a pod after the Napeoleonic wars, make it so that all or most of Europe is rife with sectarian violence in the 21st century. Bonus points if you can do it after 1900.

For example, would it be possible for something of a catholic Saudi Arabia to arise in the Italian peninsula?
 
After the Napoleonic Wars is definitely too late for many kinds of ""sects"".
Maybe way more violent Anarchists and Utopian Socialists could do the job.
If many countries get 100% reactionary establishments and encourage the IR as much as possible there's definitely a lot of chances for Far-Left ""sectarianism"".
 
With a pod after the Napeoleonic wars, make it so that all or most of Europe is rife with sectarian violence in the 21st century. Bonus points if you can do it after 1900.

For example, would it be possible for something of a catholic Saudi Arabia to arise in the Italian peninsula?

I'd even see a Iranian version on Italy... the Pope as head of Italy as a larger Papal State and the Curia controlling the State. They would finance the Catholics living under non-Catholic Rule.
 
Any way to get that to happen? Like, some alternate outcome of ww1 that leaves Italy particularly worse off.

Not necessarily a worse WW1 needed... but it could help. If the annexation of the Papal States were followed with anticlericalism that leads the conservatives to support a theocratic movement... then yes... Between 1870 and 1914 there is enough time to get such base support.
 
What parts could be flashpoints of catholic orthodox violence that this "Saudi Italy" can enflame? Transylvania, the Baltics and the Western Balkans come to mind
 
What parts could be flashpoints of catholic orthodox violence that this "Saudi Italy" can enflame? Transylvania, the Baltics and the Western Balkans come to mind
Bosnia, Albania, Transylvania, Eastern Galicia and Latvia. In some parts the Catholic population isn't big enough so they might... might 'support' Muslim groups against the Eastern Orthodox.

With the Muslims, Mount Lebanon, Albania, Bosnia and Eastern Anatolia is an area of conflict. But it depends on where the priority of this reactionary Italy lies, against the Eastern Orthodox or Muslims?...
 
Bosnia, Albania, Transylvania, Eastern Galicia and Latvia. In some parts the Catholic population isn't big enough so they might... might 'support' Muslim groups against the Eastern Orthodox.

With the Muslims, Mount Lebanon, Albania, Bosnia and Eastern Anatolia is an area of conflict. But it depends on where the priority of this reactionary Italy lies, against the Eastern Orthodox or Muslims?...
Both to some extent, but I would guess Orthodox more so because Orthodox Catholic flashpoints are closer than Muslim Catholic ones.

Also, since when was there Anitolian catholics?
 
Both to some extent, but I would guess Orthodox more so because Orthodox Catholic flashpoints are closer than Muslim Catholic ones.

Also, since when was there Anitolian catholics?

No Catholics. But certain attempts were there to get the Armenians on the side of the Roman Church. I don't think a theocratic Italy will stop pursuing such.
 

Kaze

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Maybe the 1848 / 1849 Revolutions succeed? The governments of France, German Confederation, Britain, Austria collapse into sectarian violence.
 
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