Prato

Prato, officially the Republic of Prato, was a Tuscan nation which existed in Season 2 of Varna, between the existence of two unified Tuscan states.
As 1533 began, it was clear that the Grand Duchy of Tuscany, as well as their allies, Sardinia and Italia, were losing the Second Italian War. When Lombard troops invaded the Tuscan coast, Prato decided to rebel against their corrupt Lucchese grand duke. Located east of Lucca, the Pratese marched to the city where they met the Lombards. With the fall of Lucca on May 23rd, Tuscany was officially dissolved, which granted Prato a state to call their own. Going into June, Prato launched a campaign to capture the city of Florence, however, this was unsuccessful. As the Lombards liberated Pisa, the Tuscan front remained at a stalemate until the Lombards surrounded Venezia, which brought an end to the war through a concluding treaty.
In 1538, when Lombardy began their quest to reinstate legitimate Pope Clement VII (who had been replaced during the First Italian War), Prato joined the Lombards. Soon Siena and Florence joined them, invading the Italic vassals of Arezzo and Grosseto. With the fall of the two vassals, Siena, Florence and Pisa exchanged some land, and then Prato joined the three in creating the Tuscan Federation on June 14th.
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