Sicilian League

==Establishment==
The Sicilian League was officially established on the 10th of December, 2009 by the newly independent republics of Siciliy, Sardinia and Corsica. Rather than opting to declare independence as three seperate entities, these three former Rebel Army territories decided to establish the Sicilian League instead. The Sicilian League is nominally a league of independent states that have agreed to join together and give up some of their sovereignty in return for collective security and growth. While many outside observers expected one of the Presidents of the three founding republics to become League Steward, they instead chose the relatively unknown multi-billionaire businessman Jean d'Aosta to lead the League.
The establishment of the Sicilian League was greeted by favorable reactions from many world leaders and a collective security agreement, known as ((The Rebellion of Sicilians Accords)) , was quickly announced with the Rebel Army. Shortly after establishment the former Rebel Army territory of Malta pettitioned to join the League and was accepted immediately. Together these four states make up the Four Founders of the League.
==Bringing Down a Dictator==
While the Sicilian League was coalescing as a egalitarian and liberal state on teh meditereanean the League's nearest neighbor, the Italian Republic, continued to be a stronghold of fascism and opression on the Italian Peninsula. It was in mid-December that the Italian Republic ran into trouble with the members of the Aphrike Organization over the Republic's colony on the Horn of Africa. The Sicilian League supported the Aphrike members in forcibly removing the Italian colony from Africa due to the ongoing reports of opression and exploitation that were being perpetrated in the colony by its fascist controllers.
In late December the Sicilian League was the leader in an effort to overthrow the fascist regime through force. Soon after League forces landed in Calabria the fascist government in Rome collapsed and fled into obscurity. Due to the geographic proximity of the League, the League took over protection of the Peninsula until its future status was decided. Administered as the Italian Mandate, a number of local referendums were held to determine the overall future status of the area. The German speaking minorities in the Northeastern province of Belzano-Bozen voted for union with the German Democratic Republic. The majority of the Mandate was given over to local Italian politicians and the refugees from the Pravuan Civil War for the establishment of the Italian Federation. Meanwhile, Southern Italy voted in three regional referendums, in Naples, Taranto and Catanzaro, for union with the Sicilian League