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The French manage to win the Italian Wars, uniting France, Naples and Milan in a personal union. With such a strong French presence in Italy, I'm guessing that the other states in the peninsula would end up as basically French satellites, but what other effects would there be? Would the extra resources of Milan and Naples translate into French domination of the continent, and perhaps even a French King as Holy Roman Emperor? And would France be more drawn into Mediterranean affairs, and if so, with what result?
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