the italian kingdoms have come to a diplomatic agreement to unify into a single nation on the contingent that italy wrest control of its land lost to the ottomans
italy has offered an alliance to austria-hungary
italy has denounced the ottomans
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france has honored their earlier promise to the ottomans and has declared war upon russia
the united kingdom is open to discuss peace terms with russia, however
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map updated
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nevada and nebraska have applied for statehood
colorado and oklahoma colonies are ready to be annexed
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the netherlands is no longer considered an empire