Benito Mussolini

Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini, or simply Benito Mussolini, is the current Fascist dictator of the Kingdom of Italy. He assumed power in the 1922 March on Rome, in which he and his followers threatened the King, and boosted Mussolini into the position of Prime Minister.

Mussolini was once an avid socialist, before being exiled from his party for supporting the Great War in the belief that it would spur socialist revolution. In a way, Mussolini's prediction was right given the war culminating into the birth of the German Socialist Republic, but for Mussolini, the proof meant that he was destined for greatness. With this, he created a new concept: Fascism. His belief ensued a uniting of all Italian peoples under a new Italian Empire, which would span the Mediterranean and reform the Roman Empire to its new glory.

Culminating into the figurehead of Fascism in Europe, Mussolini declared himself 'Il Duce' of Italy, and currently leads a military campaign, with dreams of one day uniting all Italian peoples and dominating the Mediterranean. His ideology has put him at odds with the likes of Germany, but his ideas have spread to the likes of Erich Ludendorff in the German Free State, as well as activist Adolf Hitler, both with similar aspirations for their new German state.

Mussolini's grip on Italy, to some, may be seen as slipping; his loyal companion, Italo Balbo and his followers of National-Syndicalism may one day usurp his power, should Mussolini be cast from leadership for making the wrong move.