Well, yes. As far as I know, the only way to acquire Kingdom-level Venice is to play with less holdings, preferably in Italy. This is easiest in the early 1200's when Venice has acquired a lot of former-ERE territory.
Do you want the Duchy or the Kingdom of?
The latter is just about impossible if you're not Catholic. If you were, the solution is papal invasion of the Republic of Venice.
I LOVE THIS MAP, TELL ME EVERYTHING
-What font did you use?
-Did you use inkscape?
-Is this a wiki commons basemap?
I cannot say I love this map enough.
There are 5 countries in the European Collective. The central star is, of course, Socialism.
I was tempted to do a red fill flag at first, but I thought that the Tricolore was a lot more dear to heart and so nobody would have completely replaced it.
The flag of the European Collective, a supranational organisation in the world of my ABC Map Contest Entry
And here's the flag of a communist France, member state in that organisation (yes, that's the wreath of the East German emblem :o).
It's not that clear on this scale, but there is a (non-national) border. Basically, the French never let go of their colonies, but they're like French Overseas Territories, so are marked as France and without a capital city.