Republic of Venice
Merchant oligarchic republic
Republic of Venice leans hardest toward Nationalist, Hawk and Multicultural.
The 12 axes, with receipts
A city-republic ruling a maritime empire.
An elected Doge checked by aristocratic councils.
Tolerant and cosmopolitan, but watched by the Council of Ten’s informers.
Pursued Venice’s interests above all.
Powerful navy and hired mercenaries.
Hosted foreign merchant communities, though it also created the first ghetto.
Private merchant wealth beside the state-owned Arsenal.
The state organised merchant convoys.
Mercantile power that guarded its trade monopolies.
Catholic but famously independent of the Pope.
Worldly and tolerant for its age.
The Arsenal pioneered assembly-line shipbuilding.
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