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During France's occupation of neighboring parts of Europe during the French Revolutionary Wars, it established republican regimes in these territories. The French Republic claimed to support the spread of the republican principles in Europe, but most of these ''client republics'', or ''sister republics'', were in fact a means of controlling the occupied lands through a mix of French and local control. The republics typically based their existence on the presence of French troops; on the other side, the French administration often ruled with the only purpose of draining as many resources (food, money and soldiers) as possible for the benefit of France. The institution of republican governments, promoting nationality over the rule of the royal families (Bourbons, Habsburgs) set the stage for the appearance of nationalist sentiment in all Europe, which significantly influenced the course of European history (see 1830 and Revolutions of 1848).

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French client republics of Italy

Other French client republics

French client republics of Italy

★ Republic of Boulon (1794 - 1795)

★ Republic of Alba (1796 - 1801), annexed to the French Empire

★ Ligurian Republic (1796 - 1805), annexed to the French Empire

★ Bolognese Republic (1796), annexed to the Cispadane Republic

★ Cispadane Republic (1796 - 1797), formed the Cisalpine Republic

★ Republic of Bergamo (1797), formed the Cisalpine Republic

★ Transpadane Republic (1797), formed the Cisalpine Republic

★ Cisalpine Republic (1797 - 1802) transformed into the Italian Republic

★ Republic of Brescia (1797)

★ Republic of Crema (1797)

★ Republic of Ancona (1797 - 1798), joined Roman Republic

★ Roman Republic (1798 - 1800)

★ Tiberina Republic (1798 - 1799) capital Perugia, joined Roman Republic

★ Lémanique Republic (1798), today Vaud canton

★ Etruscan Republic (1799)

★ Republic of Pescara (1799)

★ Parthenopaean Republic (1799) capital Naples

★ Subalpine Republic (1802), annexed to the French Empire

★ Italian Republic (1802 - 1805), transformed into the Kingdom of Italy

★ Illyrian Republic (1809)

Other French client republics

★ Republic of Rauracia (Raurakische Republik/Republique Rauracienne), revolutionary French republic in Basel (1792 - 1793)

★ Republic of Mainz revolutionary French republic in Rheinhessen and Pfalz (1793)

★ Batavian Republic (1795 - 1806), Netherlands

★ Cisrhenian Republic (1797), Germany

★ Republic of Connaught (1798), accompanying Humbert's Irish expedition

★ Helvetic Republic (1798 - 1803), Switzerland

★ Republic of Danzig (1807 - 1815)