Agnosticnixie posted:

Also let's compare. Europe is built on layered conquests, wars and assimilation policies which ultimately make it really hard for people to give that much of a gently caress; when Italy was united, the average sicilian didn't give two shits whether they were italian or duo-sicilian and whether the king was a Savoie, a Bourbon, or a hamster wearing a tutu and most every european country barring the most homogenous end up with a periphery of varying size that gives even less of a gently caress.