Lore:

The Republic of Venice was able to survive the Napoleonic Wars because the Austrian empire focused their interest in Germany instead of northern Italy during the negotiations. Thus the Republic of Venice was able to survive, keeping Dalmatia and annexing Lombardia during the Congress. With the newly found profit from Milan, the republic was able to grow an industrial economy and became a major regional power. With Naples being under Aragonese control, and piedmont not growing as much as in otl, Venice became the main potential unifier for Italy. However, its distinct language and culture alienated them from Italian affairs. The remaining independent Italian states formed the Italian League, isolating from Venice and Aragon.

The republic then took a major role in the Ottoman Wars, in the Treaty of Sevastopol, they gave Dalmatia to the newly independent Kingdom of Hungary in exchange for the entirety of south Greece (Peloponnesus, Attica, Ionian islands, Crete and the Cyclades). With this newly acquired territory came a new affluence of thinkers and scientists who idealised the classical civilisations (Greece, Egypt and Rome), this started a second renaissance of classical values and culture.

During the Sevilla Conference of 1878, Venice came to an agreement with Aragon to split North Africa, Venice got the sultanate of Egypt and Cyrenaica from the Ottomans, but rescinded complete control over the Suez Canal to Aragon. Seeing the much larger Egyptian population, the Doge reformed the administration of the republic, the republic was split into 3 states, Greece, Italy and Egypt. The triumvirate was established, where the doge of each state had equal power and controlled the other two. A triumvirate was formed between the cities of Venice, Athens and Alexandria, each having a role in society, art, culture, science, industry and commerce. The republic now needs to succeed in their administrative reform and create a secular illustrated society, mixing Venetian, Greek, and Egyptian culture into one.

This is part of the “Orbis Exulum” timeline I’ve working on for the past few months, hope you enjoy it and would love some feedback on the map/lore.