During this time, Albania ceased to exist as an independent country and remained as an autonomous part of the Italian Empire led by Italian government officials, who intended to make Albania part of a Greater Italy by assimilating Albanians as Italians and colonizing Albania with Italian settlers from the Italian Peninsula to transform it gradually into an Italian land.
Sel ajal lakkas Albaania olemast sõltumatu riik ja jäi Itaalia koloniaalimpeeriumi autonoomseks osaks, mida juhtisid Itaalia valitsusametnikud, kes kavatsesid teha Albaaniast Suur-Itaalia osa, assimileerides albaanlased itaallasteks ja koloniseerides Albaania itaalia asunikega Apenniini poolsaarelt, et muuta see järk-järgult Itaaliaks.