I received the following appeal by BlakeC (deputy of MarineRoyale):

Greetings! Im asking all French players if they can contribute to the historical event “French Invasion of Italy” in at least some bit. If we can win this, we can invest in Venices territories and our influnce will go up. Tell this to everyone you know.

So it would be good if you could take part and contribute as you can and also tell all of your French friends.