(extremely OOC, and in response to France's surrender-

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To Greece- please note we are NOT the Italy of WWII. That Italy dismantled itself into city states, and Consul Marcus Vincenzo reunified it.
To CRASH- We thank you for our inclusion in NATO, but also asked to be in the NAFTA. Your response? Also, we agree upon the superweapon research. In addition, any shares in the PADC left?
The Italian Ambassador (Volume 1; April 5th, 1960)
New Paper Starts Up
The Italian Ambassador, a national newspaper with information from the government, was commissioned on Election Day yesterday, when Marcus Vincenzo and Tommy Generico were elected as the two consuls. They agreed that a national paper should be created to inform the people of what goes on inside the government and...[More on A7, PAPER]
Elections
The newly elected candidates-
Consuls- Marcus Vinzenzo (re-elected, 2nd term); Tommy Generico (newly elected, 1st term)
Optimus Miles de Roma- Anthony Carrus
Auxiliary Praetor- Michael Tominson
Supreme Praetor- Jonathan Trinston (2nd term)
New Weapons Research
Yesterday, there was an official test of the Italian Intercontinental Ballistic Missile version 2 (ITAICBM-2) payload in the African province of Tadmekket, a province specifically designated for such tests. The nuclear warhead is made of a special neptunium isotope that is highly reactive to uranium, and this causes an immense blast. The ITAICBM-2 is highly effective, and supposedly has enough power to take down a whole city and some of the surrounding land.
In other news, a new type of rifle has been designed, the IA M1V1, a rifle designed for semi-automatic fire because of its 20-round clip, but it can fire off three-round bursts with ease. The slow rate of fire allows our soldiers to accurately take out enemies, and at longer range. In addition, the rifle uses the standard IA 7.62x51mm ammo, making the gun efficient at up to 500 yards with the basic iron sights, and even farther if better sights are equipped for more precision.
New Cities
Yesterday, the city-states of Malta and Oran asked to be annexed by us following the election, which we happily accepted. [More on A3, ANNEX]
New pacts
Recently, the North Atlantic Treaty organization (abbreviated NATO) formed, and the Republic of Italy was accepted into it quickly. Also, our nation is pending acceptance into the North American Free Trade Alliance and the PADC.
Tl;dr version (and what I will use to summarize my thoughts tomorrow

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ORDERS-
298 LP
100 into Infra
100 into Superweapon research
33 into armies and air wings
32 into navies
Claim Malta and that unclaimed province in Africa bordering my land (using my memory, it's Oran in EU3
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