Italy is usually formed this way and if they take over the country a random german great power that is not austria usually prussia will be asked.
Crown from the gutter victoria 2 italy.
If germany has already been formed then a random event will fire within a few years of adding luxembourg to the sphere.
Otherwise if any other south asian country is a greater power or one of the three sub unions it will get the crown from the gutter flag set as well as the annexation event.
The check for the crown from the gutter event is literally as follows.
Original poster 21 points 2 years ago edited 2 years ago after completing the nationalism and imperialism research german pan nationalist rebels can spawn this applies to all culture groups.
Failing the above the country will annex itself to a neighbouring country of its primary culture or one which can form one of the sub union nations.
The gutter crown can also create germany without a war for alsace lorraine.
The old south have a fascist revolution in the csa idea by fh karl marx.
The game gives the crown of italy to a country after the redshirts rise.
Even if you re a great power two sicilies there s a 50 50 shot that the crown goes to sardinia piedmont either way.
If all this sounds too daunting one may receive a crown from the gutter event because one of the other italian states as fallen to garabaldis rebels.
However this event will does have a tedency to choose sardinia piedmont instead of two sicilies so it might be the end of the game if one is unlucky.
The small country of luxembourg was not part of the historical german unification but in victoria ii it can be diplomatically annexed either during or after the formation of germany by including it in the sphere of influence.
It allows two sicilies to unite italy.