As national anthem, Lega Nord chose the Va, pensiero chorus from Giuseppe Verdi's Nabucco, in which the exiled Hebrew slaves lament for their lost homeland.
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Padania is mentioned in the William Gibson novel Virtual Light, in which the world political map is implied to be heavily fractured.
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In December 2008, speaking on the weekly programme of Mario Borghezio's Padania Association on Radio Padania Libera (Radio Free Padania), Abrahamowicz attacked Cardinal Tettamanzi's views on the matter.
Similarly to Lega Nord's goal of establishing an independent Padania, Lega Sud wants to establish an independent Ausonia.
Gilberto Oneto, Giancarlo Pagliarini, 50 buone ragioni per l'Indipendenza, La Padania, Milan 1998