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Papal States
Status Pontificus
Timeline: Ninety-Five Theses (Map Game)
OTL equivalent: Papal States
Coat of arms Holy See Papal States
754 - Present
Flag of the Papal States (pre 1808) CoA Pontifical States 02
Coat of arms
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Capital
(and city)
Rome
Other cities Avingon
Official languages Latin
Regional languages Italian, Occtian
Ethnic groups  Italian
Religion Roman Catholicism
Demonym Papal
Government Absolute Theocracy
 -  Pope Clement VII
History
 -  Establishment 754 
 -  Codification 781 
 -  Treaty of Venice 1177 
Population
 -  1510 census TBD 
Currency Scudo

The Papal States were a collection of territories under the authority of the Bishop of Rome, the Pope. This secular realm ruled by the highest temporal powers in Europe thrived under the trade and pilgrim trade. In the 16th century the Pope's secular power was under threat from both Spain and France, even the Holy Roman Emperor began to lust for the pretige of Rome.

The Pope's power came from the Church, despite the ambitions of Kings, the Pope owned the most important thing, the souls of their subjects.

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