Triumvirate

The flag of the Triumvirate

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Faction Leader
Italian Empire, Iberian Union, Turkey

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Predominant Ideologies
Fascism, Despotism, Paternalism and few democratic ideologies

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The Triumvirate is an alliance created in the 1950s by the Italian Empire, Iberian Union and Turkey with the objective of dissuading German acts of aggression. Its members are in the majority the three main powers and their respective puppets and colonies, though some independent countries participate in the alliance. It has become, in many ways, an Italian dominated alliance, the other two faction leaders have become increasingly complacent about, as they've been eyeing some of Italy's vast empire.

Membership Status Icon	Membership Status	Member(s)	Description	Effect(s)
	Triumvirate Founder	Italian Empire Iberian Union Republic of Turkey	(Italy side) Of all of the conquests and victories Italy enjoyed during the twentieth century, many consider the formation of the Triumvirate to be the greatest among them. The diplomatic pride and joy of the Empire, the Triumvirate is- on paper- merely a defensive pact around the Mediterranean for mutual protection against the German Reich to their north. In practice, however, it was a masterstroke for Italian foreign policy. Italy's central place in the Mediterranean, and the bounty from her overseas Empire has granted her the unofficial position of first among equals amidst the Triumvirate's Founders. The alliance has been on the decline, and as Italy seems to be its primary beneficiary, she is also the nation that has been fighting the hardest to keep it intact. Their Iberian and Turkish allies have not seem the diplomatic fruits of the partnership though, and without drastic action, this Italian bloc in all but name may indeed be reduced to merely Italy and her puppets. (Iberia side) Of the three Founders of the Triumvirate, the Iberian Union faced the most direct peril at the hands of the rampaging Germans. They seized the former Portuguese colonies in Africa by force, after all, and then they tried to foist the Gibraltar dam upon them, a project that would have only brought misery upon Iberia and all the nations of the Mediterranean. What was a project in power projection for Italy and a way to shore up border concerns for Turkey was a matter of survival for Iberia, and as such Iberia fought for the formation and maintenance of the Triumvirate since its inception. But times are different now. The Germans seem to be retracting inwards these days, or at least stagnating somewhat, and Iberia no longer feels the existential threat of the Reich loom over them so heavily anymore. Now it is the time to ask what Iberia's ambitions are, and whether or not the Triumvirate is conducive to those aims. And if it's not, then perhaps it might be time to graduate beyond being a supporting actor behind the Italians on the world stage. (Turkey side) The Republic of Turkey, unlike her western counterparts in Italy and Iberia, found herself aligning with the Italians and their Triumvirate not necessarily out of fear of the Germans to the north, but out of a need to secure their borders and foreign policy so they could focus on the nation's internal struggles. The Twentieth Century has seen great gains for the Young Republic, but with their massive successes, they have also gained much in the way of burdens, namely in the area of regional minorities that struggle ceaselessly against the nation. Turkey has needed breathing room to deals with these threats, and if nothing else the Triumvirate has provided exactly that. But times change, and to survive, nations need to adapt to those changes. The Triumvirate is, to put it bluntly, a dying alliance. It no longer offers the security or support to Turkey that it once did, having evolved into a vanity project of Italian duces over the years. Turkey once again strains within her borders, and looks to break out of the constraints that the nature of their alliance places upon them.	GDP Growth Boost: 10%