ah yes, time for the copypasta
>be Vene*tian
>spend literally 600 years trying to grab Dalmatia
>numerous conquest attempts
>at one point, just buy parts of Dalmatia from King of Hungary/Croatia
>send the fucking Fourth Crusade to besiege Zadar
>they're still rebelling against your shitty rule over and over again
>finally, a stroke of luck hits you, as Croatia is losing the war against Ottomans
>take the chance to occupy Dalmatia
>lord over Dalmatians for the next 400 years
>fail to develop the region, introduce restrictions on development like limiting productivity of Dalmatian shipyards so they wouldn't build warships in order to avoid another Dalmatian rebellion
>hold Dalmatia solely as a series of walled fortress-ports for the sake of keeping Ottomans out of the Adriatic which would disturb your trade
>treat actual Dalmatians like cattle
>what was once the core of the Croatian kingdom and the most developed and culturally productive part of Croatia with a rich history of both Latin and Slavic literature, architecture and art now becomes a semi-shithole and North Croatia becomes the new centre of Croatdom
>finally, around 1800, Napoleon takes it and with Mormont does more for Dalmatia in 5 years than Venetians did in 400 years - roads, schools, pharmacies, native language publications, first medical school in Croatia
>soon after, Dalmatia returns where it belongs, with the Habsburgs
>the region finally begins developing until Italians start shit again in WWI and then in WWII with failed colonization attempts and ethnic cleansing
>Zadar, the former capital of Dalmatia and a jewel of the Adriatic is leveled to the ground by British and American bombers thanks to Italian troops occupying it
>DUDE, MUH VENETIAN LANDS, THE TRVE DALMATIANS WERE VENETO-ITALIANS, FUCKING SLAV(E)S RUINED DALMATIA
