Regno di Dio sulla Terra:A Reign of God on Earth

Regno di Dio sulla Terra:A Reign of God on Earth​
Prologue​

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These following texts are taken from the History of the Papal State,published by the Britannian National Encylopedia Foundation,24 October 2014
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The Savoyan Monarch,Vittorio Emanuelle II
The concept of a state,adhering to the law of god,and follows every principles of god itself,on the society,economy,or even the millitary sectors-of that nation,is something that is peculiar,when you rethink about it.But our world,have seen those.In the faraway land of Tibet,lies the Tibetan state,where the Buddhist head of religion,the Dalai Lama is appointed as the state's leader.There was the Caliphate,established by the last prophet of Islam,Mohammed-and gradually,over time,the title of a Caliph is reduced into a symbol of sheer prestige,which now,currently held by the Egyptian Sultan.But finally,there is the strongest among them,the true,and one of the world's biggest power,the Papacy.

The Papacy itself starts its story when Pepin donated the land for the Catholic Church,and Stephen II marks himself as the first ruler,on 754 AD.Soon,over time,after gaining independence from the HRE,the Papacy began to grow,not only as a center of the Catholic faith,but also as a state,whom in the eras of Pope Alexander VI and Julius II saw the Papacy itself acting not like a center of religion,but as a sovereign state,engaging on wars-which not only as a "Crusade" against the heretics,or defending the church,but also,for land gains,and consolidating their own power on Europe,with on the 1800's,the Papacy consists of 2/5 of the Italian peninsulla,with holdings on the Two Sicilies,and Avignon.But things,eventually,will turn into the Papacy's most challenging times,in no time.Eversince the first disestablishment of the Papacy on February 5,1798,the Papacy saw itself.In dire,and extreme danger,as the world around them quickly evolves-into something else,with revolutions taking place everywhere,on every place they knew.

But Europe,eventually will have one man,changing the course of history,forever.
Europe,at that era,is a literal burning powderkeg,whom waiting for a expolosion,triggered by a incident,or a event.With the concept of nationalism began to be brewed on the Germanic and Italian lands starting from the 1830's,the Germans,alongside with the Italians,looking at the Russians,French,and British with envy,fueled by the fact that the Germanic-and Italian lands are fragmented into weak,warring and squabbling states-with the Germans suffering the worst,having its lands divided for centuries...the Papacy realizes that they're on a tight spot.But things,will be changed,as a man,entered the annals of history of the Papacy,forever.
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Pius IX,the vanguard of the Church,unifier of the Italian peninsulla
When Giovanni Maria Mastai Ferretti is elected as pope,many despises him,as his epilepsy,despite his rather-multitalented background-serves as a justification for those who despises him.It all also got worse,as he put "Pius" as his Papal name,after his patron,the prisoner of Napoleon,Pius VII.Pius IX,whom ascended to the status of a Pope on 1846,where Italy is a warzone for radicalism and nationalist revolutionaries,is faced with great challenges-and rocky roads ahead.Originally known as a man with a penchant of friendship,and oddly-great sense of humor,Pius IX eventually turns into a mirror of his predecessor from the Renaissance era,Julius II and Alexander VI,with somehow only having their positive sides merged into Pius's life.Pius,still,is a man whom now filled with black humor,and a sense more akin like a warrior,not a pope.It all caused,by a single event that wounds his head,changed his mind,and changed Europe,forever.

Originally sympathic to the revolutionary cause of the Italian nationalists,Pius IX,whom ended up rejecting the demands of the Italian revolutionaries to declare war against Austria after a delegate of revolutionaries-and eventually losing the land itself to the self-proclaimed Roman Republic-ruled by the-eventually-failed "Triumverate",the year 1850 saw a life-changing assassination attempt on the Pope.Giusseppe Trandelli,a disgruntled,radical Roman Republic government agent hailing from Northern Italy,saw assassinating the Pope as the only thing that could change the fate of Italy.On early morning of 10 April 1850,Trandelli,who's attending a mass that Pius IX held not too far from Rome,brought a gun to the site,hoping that his shot will take out the Pope.With his hands ready,he shoots the Pope,which sent the Pope into the ground,as the bullet entered his head.Trandelli,upon shooting the Pope,knowing his time is short,proudly exclaimed that..
"il papato è morto! L'Italia è Unito ora!"(The Papacy is Dead! Italy is United Now!)
Before getting shot and mobbed afterwards,instantly killing him.The Pope is immidiately carried to safety,away from the chaos.
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The only known photograph of Trandelli,whom bears striking resemblance to the Russian-born Italian actor,Leon D'Capri.
As the pope is carried to safety,and undergoes a extensive medical procedures,operations and care,the Pope described that during that time,he was blessed by Jesus,and thus,he was allowed to return to the world of the living again,as Jesus claims that his job is not over yet.Yet,despite having this miracle,Pius IX fell into a deep coma for a week,which he also claimed to be visited by the apparitions-or spirits of Alexander VI,and Julius II,whom states that Pius IX is their successor,and its his time to re-establish the Papal glory,on Europe,with the total annihilation of those who tried to kill him-will be his first job to do.

The coma left the world questioning,and just before the conclave is going to do another election,Pius woke up,apparently not knowing about the wound on his head..stating..
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"I won't stop,I won't die until the enemies of the church met their end."
That night,will be forever remembered as the night where Pius lost himself,and as the night where the Papacy reforms into a force of god,not only as a messenger of god.And for Pius IX,he will be remembered not only as a Pope,but more than that,as he will held the fate of Europe in his hands...soon enough.
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(POD):The whole Trandelli thing.
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Alright,guys,here's my second,serious,and I hope it will survive-TL,stay tuned! An update for this will be avaliable as soon I finished the update for Dios,Patria,Fueros,Y' Rey.
 
Intetresting, I hope to look more upon this TL...

I guess we will see fanatical expansionist Catholic Theocratic State that will make both Ummayad Caliphate and Imperial Japanese looks tame, right?

Plus will the Papal state successfully unite the Europe and launch a crusade against... Those protestant heretics in America? With help of Latin American crusaders?
 
Regno di Dio sulla Terra:A Reign of God on Earth​
Chapter I,Part I:Baptism by Fire​

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Giuseppe "The Devil" Garibaldi

Eversince the Pius IX woke up from his coma,the history of Italy is instantly written in blood,as Pius IX starts everything by giving strings of "Hunt and Execute on Sight" orders on every citizens that is suspected-or known to have connection to the revolutionaries-and also including those who Pius IX granted amnesty years ago,all is commited during 19 April to 29 April 1850,which also known as the "Ten Days of Blood",whom is still celebrated until this day,on the Papacy.This act eventually alarms the neighbors of the Papacy,which then quickly questions the sanity of the Pope,whom is acting entirely out of "Character".Pius IX himself also doesn't give a single attention to the buzzing screams from the international world,believing that the sacrifice is neccesary to defend the church.Pius IX also starts the preparation of his upcoming crusade by branding everyone who is related to the Italian revolutions,and the Italian kings who spoke about their will of unifying Italy,and one of them is none other than Garibaldi and Vitorrio Emanuelle-as heretics(1).This act,eventually gave Pius IX the moniker of "Mad Pope" throughout his life,despite of his eventual achievement of unifying Italy.Effectively isolating the state,as now,Protestant powers are the one who rule the land,Pius IX devised a plan.Making trips to the Catholic-majority Central America and South America,Pius IX strikes hidden dealings with the Brazillians,and the Colombians,with the dealings related to Brazillians are believed to be the mass purchase of the slaves,whom the Pope uses to bolster his manpower pool,since Pius IX realizes that the Papal army,despite the training they had,is incredibly outnumbered when compared with the bigger European forces.This purchase,whom marked as the "Freedom Day",saw more than 10.000 slaves purchased-and freed by the Papacy.But there's no credible date on the signing of the purchase.

This eventually led into the creation of the internationally-named(as the Papacy didn't separate the black and the white) "Negro Crusader" term for those freed slaves.This decision,that Pius IX made,is also considered as one of the most important decisions and events that ever happened to the Papacy,as it will saw its worth and use later.However,its obiviously took more than two years,to implement changes and such,as Pius IX delves deep to turn the Papacy into a millitary powerhouse.Against popular belief,the Papacy doesn't turn the freed slaves into cannon fodders,but trains them,or-in short,Pius IX made the purchase-also to populate the territories he have right now.However,this also forces Pius IX to ask help to the now-dying vanguard of Catholicism,Spain.

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Albert Cole,one of the purchases from the Americas.Albert eventually becomes one of the Papacy's greatest figures.

Pius IX's extremely erratic decisions generates massives questionings from the European world,which ended up isolating the state itself,as effectively on 1857,no nations,except for Spain,Swiss,Portugal,and Ireland have a better-than average relations with the Papacy,since the other nations on Europe now all distancing themselves with the Papacy.The deal with Spain eventually comes into fruition,as the Pope managed to broke a deal that gains the Spain's lend and help on building the Papal navy.Now,Pius IX,feeling extremely confident that this is the right time to strike,began to consider to redraw the map.During a meeting with the Papal army higher-ups,the Pius IX,dated on 9 May 1857,is reportedly to said

"This map is ugly,our borders is horrible.Lucca and Tuscany made it so."

To the Papal generals,as the words above are commonly known as "The cassus belli for the Italian unification" by the younger generations.With that,only in a span of 2 years,Pius IX managed to overhaul the entire system of the Papal government(which he centralizes it),and builds the defensive aspects of the states,as he improves the roads of the state,and constructs towers and bases,to defend the land.Pius,whom in a paranoidical rage suspected that the Papacy's neighbors will attack the church,prompting him to order everyone to prepare,which provoked a war against the Luccans on 14 May 1859,that ended fairly quick(2),as the Papal army overwhelms them.This,also marks the exodus of the revolutionaries to the North,as the Papacy is now literally becoming a fortress.The war with Luccans,eventually further damages the Papacy's relationship with the other states out there,with many calling out to depose the Pope.Pius IX,in the other hand,is unfazed.

Just like as expected,an army of 10.000(which few of them are veterans of the Luccan war) men,all coming out from every sides to encircle to Tuscans,prompting out another war that lasts for two months(3),that results on a decisive Papal victory,as the small numbers of the Papal army managed to broke the norms,using tactics that they devised themselves.But still,the challenge for the Papacy is not to annex the lands,but is to incorporate them,as the idea of a state like the Papacy itself is highly "outdated" on this age.The Papacy,after redrawing the borders,decides to exile the monarchs of the two states they have annexed,and increases the activity of the army there,only to supress and chase the revolutionaries out, not wanting the glorious victory against the two Italian states to be interrupted by the revolutionary rabble.Pius IX,in the end,have turned himself into the bloody crusader.

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One of the papal occupation security officer
In a fair sense,the Papacy is one of the darkest states that ever graced Europe,as Pius IX's overall degrading insanity drove Europe into a boiling kettle,with the chance of a full all-out war,all caused by a bullet that changed history,and Pius IX's mind.The Papacy,also continues their "liberation" against slavery,whom ended up filling the newly conquered zones-all to feed Pius IX's questionable goals and missions,as his mind is a mere enigma.
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(1)Part of his insanity.
(2)Only ten days.
(3)No definite date,but the surrender is believed to taken place on early July 1859
 
Regno di Dio sulla Terra:A Reign of God on Earth​
Chapter I,Part II:Extreme Dissonance​

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A Modern Drawing of the Papal Watchmen
While the Pope is known for his advocacy to improve and overall,establish the importance of technology on society,the Pope,however,done various questionable things that probably could make Rodrigo Borgia questions about Pius IX's sanity.The Pope established the "Watchmen",or in short,the Pope's eyes and arms,and in a extension,world's first espionage and intellegence agency(1),predating the Spanish Second Inquisitional Tribunal,the British M16,the Russian Okhrana,the American National Crime and Espionage Agency,and the Turkish DGK.These Watchmens conducted clandestine espionage missions which-proved to be useful for the Papacy for times to come.Their most known success is none other than helping the Carlists to win the war a decade later.
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One of the Pope's Papal guards
The Pope also renamed the Swiss guards as the Papal guards,to establish the Papacy as something independent and strong,something greater than anything the world ever seen.He also forces those elites-of the elites to train on using those bulky armors,sending the whole thing back to the age of Borgia,something that Pius IX idolized.The Pope also put Jizya-tax-like system on the muslims,and something as a twist of fate,Pius IX advocated friendship with the Coptics and the Orthodoxy,a move that baffled everyone.

While behind the shadows,the Watchmen is actively taking out Pius IX's enemies,one by one,secretly,all to consolidate Pius IX's power-and the Watchmen's terroristic actions outside the state also gave Pius more time to build up his force-all to subjugate Northern Italy.With the promises that the Pope will grant prosperity,freedom,and superiority above all European nations,the Pope is brewing Nationalism-combined by religion.
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One of the Papal-manufactured Heavenly Kingdom outfit
By 1862,the Pope realized that Asia must knew who Jesus is,and as a last-ditch attempt to distract the western forces and such,the Pope hired few Portuguese ships to smuggle few weapons to the Taiping rebels....
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(1)Although the Watchmen will be disbanded on 1962-and changed into the P.A.F.I.A(Papal Agency for International Affairs)
IM BACK!
 
Regno di Dio sulla Terra:A Reign of God on Earth​
Chapter I,Part III:Outside the Papacy​

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William Seward,the Secretary of State of America during Pius's Papacy.
It was a common fact that Pius IX opossed slavery with a passion,but his stance towards the American Civil War is incredibly questionable.As most of the old-world nations are putting a incredibly neutral stance towards the war,the Pope quickly supported America.Knowing fairly well that he couldnt bought more slaves from Brazil,Pius IX dares to support the fledgling Protestant nation-all only to free the Confederate slaves-and send them to Italy.This move,however,damaged the Papacy's relations with most of Europe furthermore,forcing the French to support the Confederacy,an action that will led to the first Great War,in a sense(1).This move also made the cardinals began to ask,what is happening to Pius.However,those who asked,is found dead,later.Pius's deal with Seward,oddly enough distanced the Papacy away from the European Catholic world(except for Spain),yet,brought it closer to the "Heresies".
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Pius's discovered "redrawings" of the Oriental lands
In order to destabilize the Ottoman Empire,Pius is forced to "ally" himself with the Greeks,believing that the nationalistic Greek spirit,and the concept of Megali Idea is dangerous enough to destroy the Ottomans.Due to the fact that the deal with Seward also grants the Papacy American "support" on Pius's "Improvement" programs,the Papacy is now able to handle the Greek-wannabe-"Rebels" on the Papacy millitary academy,preparing them for a inevitable conflict.Pius also reached out to the independent Balkan nations.

This inevitably led to the French-Austrian alliance,all to contain the rising and cancerous growth of Pius IX's powers....
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One of the victorious Taiping Kingdom battles
However,one of the most shocking movement of the Pope is none tha other his support to the actually-heretical Taiping Kingdom rebels,whom he funded,and even sent Italian Advisors such as Gioralamo Capetti(2),a veteran of the Luccan War.The Pope's support,turns the tide for the Taipings,whom now pulled a attrition warfare on the Qings,something that the Qings failed to realized soon enougn,before their destruction.(3)

Now,as the world is going to a war,soon enough,Spain is left on doubt,about who she will supports.Little that everyone know,that Pius IX's plans to distract Europe from what he will do to Naples is successful.
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(1)This will led into the OTL-like Alliance web.
(2)Made Up.
(3)Spoiler alert...
IM BACK!
 
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