"I am Matteo Lorenzo IV. I was the supposed heir of the Ventian Empire. My father, Matteo III, exiled me a few weeks ago. All I wanted was to improve the living conditions of the people of South Ventia. Do you know what I did in response to this unfairness? I went down there, rallied all the lords under my command, and launched a rebellion that could rival the stunt the Opamish and the Palvertians did. I fight for the freedom of all. We all fight for the freedom of all. People will no longer live under the dependence of a liege no more. New Ventia will bring a revolution that will free the people of their woes, whether they like it or not. New Ventia will reign. Gloria alla Vittoria."
An excerpt from New Ventia's official declaration of independence from the Ventian Empire, 848.
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