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Padania is the name given by the Italian Lega Nord ("North League") independentist party to the part of northern Italy they want to obtain independence or autonomy for. It includes the regions of Turin, Milan, and Venice, and extends southwards to the Apennine mountains. Democratic separation of Padania as an autonomous political entity from the rest of Italy was advocated in 1996 by Umberto Bossi, a vociferous opponent of illegal immigration to Italy.
The name refers to the River Po, but the area includes places like Venice outside of its valley.
A file-infecting computer virus from 1999 also bears the name Padania, and carries a pro-Padania message in its code. An earlier, significantly less important, MSDOS computer virus is also named Padania.
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