Question

How did regional differences contribute to continued divisions in italy after unification?

Answer 1

In the North, it's more industrial and there historically was more Austrian influence, in the South, it's more agrarian with more historically Spanish influence. this causes rivalry, much like US north and south. internal migrations and stuff... economic competition, etc.

Answer 2

Italy is a country that has less than 200 years of history as a unified nation. Previously, the peninsula was a set of separate kingdoms, with ideologies, cultures, languages and even different ethnic components.

These differences, although they were nuanced, continued to show over the years: the north of Italy, richer, with an ethnic component similar to that of Central Europe or France, of large cities and industries; and southern Italy, more depopulated, rural and agricultural, with large Arab and Greek components.

These differences led to certain power disputes between the two groups, since the interests of these sectors have historically been very dissimilar. Even today, clashes between these political groups in Parliament are common.