Two completely separate halves with such different ideologies? [Fascism isn't a word that exists in her life but she guesses that it must mean oppression of some sort if one part of the world is free.]

So strange to have such a split. Corruption is more in pockets - it is corrupt in Roma because the Pope is the most powerful man in the world. He may crown kings, give his support to things. His influence is great. And his son as captain of the Papal Army extends that influence through means the Pope himself is unable to.