Due to the city's tiny size, the Pope is not actually playable in the Present Day bookmark (the same reason why Andorra, San Marino, and Monaco are not playable countries). Although since 1870, the Pope is still ruling in present day Vatican City. 10.0% Aggressive Expansion Impact The Great Schism happened in the year 876, where Chalcedonian splits between Catholic and Orthodox sects thus establishing the Pope as the head of the Catholic faith.Īlthough The Papal State and Rome have been annexed several times throughout history (most notable in the Napoleonic Wars), it is annexed permanently by Italy in 1870. as only The Papal State can declare the Kingdom of God.
The Papal State is the only Italian country that can't form Italy. If the Papal State is annexed then a surviving Catholic theocracy may cede their province to recreate the Papacy. The Papal State will never accept diplo-vassalization they have a -1000 acceptance modifier for the diplomatic action. The Papal State will be annexed by Catholic Revolutionary France on October 14, 1809, breaks free from Revolutionary France on April 11, 1814, It is finally annexed into Catholic Italy on October 2, 1870, keeping its cores and never appear on-map again. and the Gulf of Venice (Eastern Mediterranean area) to the north. Naples to the southeast, waters of the Tyrrenean Sea (Western Mediterranean area) to the south. The papacy emerges from Chalcedonian Byzantium on June 1, 754, gaining its cores, bordering fellow Chalcedonian Lombardy to the northwest and east, Benevento to the east.
The Papal State is a Chalcedonian Umbrian papacy located in the Central Italy area, Italy region of the Western Europe subcontinent.