ITALY

LOCATION/SIZE

• Southern Europe
• Extends into the Mediterranean Sea
• 294,140 sq km
• Population of 61,680,122 people

RELIGION

• 80% Christian (majority)
• 20% Atheist and Agonist
• Some Muslim

LANGUAGE

• Italian (official)
• Other: German, French, and Slovene

GOVERNMENT

• Republic
• Capital is Rome
• Italy is the third-largest economy in the euro-zone
• diversified economy, which is divided into a developed industrial north, dominated by private companies, and a less-developed, highly subsidized, agricultural south, where unemployment is higher

CULTURE

• Family is the center of social structure
• Appearances and first impressions are very important

IMPACTING ISSUES

• An issue that is affecting this country is that there is a lot of illegal immigrants flooding into the country from Northern Africa and southeast Europe

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