Has there ever been a country as cool as Venice?

>free trade
>limited democracy
>incredible naval power
>interacted with foreign nationalities through trade rather than conquest
>invented modern manufacturing through the realization that interchangeable parts with minimal geometric deviation were the key to efficency
>didn't abandon its religious roots like other capitalist societies; remained culturally Catholic

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>limited democracy
It was an oligarchy, it was as democratic as the polish succession

Delete this thread.

had it coming.

Venetians did conquer, and were the only ones in history to scheme a crusading army onto attacking a Catholic city, they were constantly involved in all kinds of douchebaggery and backstabbing.

>free trade
No.
>limited democracy
Also known as oligarchy
>incredible naval power
That they had
>interacted with foreign nationalities through trade rather than conquest
Subjugation rather than conquest, you mean
>invented modern manufacturing through the realization that interchangeable parts with minimal geometric deviation were the key to efficency
Doubt intensifies.
>didn't abandon its religious roots like other capitalist societies; remained culturally Catholic
Fully embraced the idea that Church stuff is just a political game. For gods' sake, they sabotaged a crusade for the purpose of debt collection.

>even in the High Middle Ages, Greeks refused to pay denbts

>And lo one day, Constantine will treturn to us, and pay the latins the debt owed

>Catholic city
Lmao

Is there a list of all the dickish things they did somewhere

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Zara

Can't sink into the sea fast enough.

1796 best year of my fucking life

If that's how it works Venice shouldn't exist

This all applies to the Netherlands as well except it's calvinist instead of catholic

>Dude let's conquer coastal catholic cities lmao, We Wuz Trading Oliga... Republic just like rome!
>WTF?! Why are kara boga turks taking all cities and make me irelevant shithole like rest of Italy?! REEEEEEEEE WE WUZ SHIP BUILDER N'SHIET!
Napoleon was right when he ended this mistake. Shame he didn't sack the city to the ground, or should i say to the sea.

They deserved it for massacring 60000 Latins.

Venice and Turks had an on & off reciprocal relationship, ackshully.

*talians and T*rks pretty much had the Med in a vice-grip.

>Doubt intensifies.
He probably means the Arsenal, which is very often referenced as the earliest example of industrial production and factory in the modern sense of the word (example: Rondo Cameron, Larry Neal 2003, A Concise Economic History of the World: From Paleolithic Times to the Present, Oxford University Press, p. 161) due to its usage of assembly chain and standardized pre-built pieces to make ships.

The phoenicians did this way before with ships though.

1797.
Also, no longer subsiding - the threat is coming from rising water levels.

do you mean the jews of the mediterranian? fuck those pretentous assholes

Singapore?

Unlike Venice that relied on mercenaries, Singapore invested in conscription and now they are arguably the most technologically advance nation in South East Asia. For a small 720km^2 country with just above a 6 mil population so have an actual armed forces with expeditionary capabilities instead of a defense force is impressive.

>Own a city
>The city revolts (for a total of 8 tines troughout the centuries, no less)
>Rightfully want to recapture it
>You just happen to have some crusaders laying around with time to spare
>Use them
WOW HERETICS HOW DARE YOU TURN CHRISTIANS AGAINST CHRISTIANS
Fuck off luther.