I came across an Economist article from a few years ago (http://www.economist.com/node/18780831), which convincingly broke down Italy along north/south lines. Today, there's the Lega Nord, which periodically agitates for some sort of breakup. There might even be an equivalent in the south.
Is there any chance that a North Italy could have happened during the Italian Unification and left the Two Sicilies? What I'm thinking is 3 separate nations:
So any chance of a unification of just the north?
Is there any chance that a North Italy could have happened during the Italian Unification and left the Two Sicilies? What I'm thinking is 3 separate nations:
- Two Sicilies, capital at Naples;
- North Italy incl. Sardinia, capital at Florence?;
- Papal States, maybe just Lazio, maybe going to the Adriatic, probably under French protection.
So any chance of a unification of just the north?