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ExternalSeat t1_j1j0xxs wrote

Yep. The difference is that France developed a centralized Monarchy in the late Medieval and Early Modern period, while Italy remained a collection of city states into the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

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lungben81 t1_j1je13d wrote

Germany is in this regard very similar to Italy, both for the population distribution and the late unification.

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ExternalSeat t1_j1jlzix wrote

Meanwhile the UK has a similar population distribution to France (with London being the clear economic hegemon of the nation)

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1-trofi-1 t1_j1lft4c wrote

A country that was not invaded recently. A country that is actually a collision of 3 different states that even today try to keep their unique identities and show how different they are from the rest.

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simonannitsford t1_j1lf0iz wrote

I was going to say something about former Italian city states too, but you've said it much more eloquently

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