Latin Bloc

The main uniting force of the Latin Bloc is to be a reaction against the growing influence of communism in the world, particularly in the form of fascism. However, many of the other agendas in the Bloc is to obtain lost or desired territory in various reaches of the world.

Following the Great War, Italy had been convinced they were cheated out of major territorial gains that they had been promised. Italy had been disillusioned with their treaty agreements with nations such as Germany, especially after the German annexation of Austria. This disillusion led to the election of Benito Mussolini as Prime Minister, who began to search for new allies.

Mussolini found an ally in Jose Antonio de Rivera of Spain during the latter years of the Spanish Civil War. De Rivera became influenced by the growing fascist ideology as a reaction to the vanguard communism that had rose in the Comintern Republic, and later Aragon. Italy and Spain were also joined at this time by the newly declared Portuguese Republic, led by Oscar Carmona, as a bulwark against communism.

With this banding of fascist leadership, and the selection of Oswald Mosley as Prime Minister of Great Britain, the Latin Bloc also looked to add Brittany to their fold as well. Brittany shared a hostile border with the Comintern, and thus sought allies in the case of a conflict. Celestin Laine was appointed as Prime Minister, and signed the treaty incorporating Brittany into the Latin Bloc.

When the King of Brittany was nearly assassinated, France was blamed and Brittany declared war, along with the rest of the Bloc. Brittany invaded Normandy, which France ceded in a peace accord. Italy, furious, expelled Brittany from the Bloc and attempted to continue the war. Portugal would soon follow exiting the war, seeing no benefit to fighting. Portugal recieved minor sanctions, and retained their colonies, but were subsequently also expelled. Finally, Spain sued for peace, ceding the territory of Navarre. Italy, fighting the war alone and finding themselves invaded from the north by the French and the south by the Germans and Americans, finally surrendered. Italy lost all of their African colonies, as well as having a national election split the nation in two, with the north becoming the Democratic People's Republic of Italy.

The Latin Bloc consisted of the following nations: