Changes in Venice

Venice.

Venice under the Austro-Hungarian Empire looked far more desolate than it had before the Italo-Austrian War. The war had caused Venice's most severe population losses, while infrastructure had been badly damaged. Its vitality had been grievously wounded, and it had yet to recover.

Of course, what this had bought was more stable rule over the Venice region. During the Italo-Austrian War, over a hundred thousand Italians had gone to East Africa, becoming one of East Africa's important sources of population. At the same time, several hundred thousand Italians had fled to other countries and regions because of the war, leaving vast population vacuums that were filled by Austrians.

At the same time, the nobles and local strongmen of the Venice region had also been purged by the Austro-Hungarian Empire, allowing Austria's various population policies to be implemented in Venice. This greatly increased the difficulty of Venice breaking away from the Austro-Hungarian Empire in the future.

However, compared with neighboring Lombardy, the Venetians were still fortunate. Under the oppression of the Hungarian government, Lombardy's economy was a complete mess, with large amounts of factory equipment either destroyed or relocated.

The Hungarian government's greatest flaw was that it did not rebuild Lombardy. After all, Hungary was the greatest stumbling block to the entire Austro-Hungarian Empire's finances. There was simply no possibility of making Hungary pay for Lombardy's reconstruction. On the contrary, Lombardy's taxes were even heavier than Venice's.

After entering the 1880s, however, Austrian government investment in Venice had connected it to Vienna by direct railway, and the city had once again become an important commercial port of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

Of course, Venice was still temporarily suppressed by Trieste and could only remain the Austro-Hungarian Empire's second-largest port city. This was the result of historical inertia.

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