The cooperation with the Austrians has blossomed into a much stronger relationship, even if many more far-right nationalists bristle at the extensive influence that Austria has within the Republic. Since the civil war, the Republic of Italy has slowly rebuilt herself. The Federation now fulfilled little purpose, and when it came time to renew the delegates to the Federation Council in Milan in 1930, Prime Minister and Interim Head Ivanoe Bonomi chose not to, allowing the Federation to lapse, instead declaring the Italian Republic. Austria withdrew its troops from the south, and a furious Sicily withdrew from the Federation, followed by Sardinia.

This arrangement worked well enough until 1926, when a war scare following the collapse of the British Empire allowed the Austrian-dominated Federation system to disintegrate.

The partnership was successful in stopping the newly-declared Socialist Republic of Italy, but after the ceasefire, the Republicans in Milan were forced to accede to the Italian Federation as the Republic of Lombardy-Venetia. The Whites were driven back on all fronts by the Reds and were eventually forced to seek accommodation with the hated Austrians. As the war progressed, it became apparent that the left and right wings of the Republic had irrevocable differences, and what started as small acts of sabotage became a full-fledged conflict between Reds and Whites. This act would spark the Italian Civil War which would last over a year. In the aftermath of the armistice at Venice and the end of the Weltkrieg in Italy, the Republic of Italy was proclaimed in Milan, Florence and Turin by furious nationalists, republicans and socialists - all of whom were determined to oust the foolhardy Savoyards.

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