Giovanni drank a sip of water, as his throat had become parched by the roar. But he did not get down from the stage. Instead, he took out a document carefully from a metal container locked with heavy keypads and showed it to all the people present.
"This, gentlemen and ladies, is the Declaration of Unification: Federazione Italiana 1671."
"This is the sacred mandate of the nation, and I am honoured to read its contents to you all."
Taking a deep breath, he started to read the preamble:
"We, the sovereign powers of the Italian peninsula, mindful of our shared language, culture, commerce, and the need to present a united front against foreign dominion, hereby ordain and establish the Federazione Italiana, to endure in perpetuity under a single Federal Magistracy, elected from among our rulers and ratified by the leading elites of our lands."
"The name of the policy brought forward by this document will be called the Unification Bill: Federazione Italiana 1671."
