 Here
are some interesting tidbits on the beautiful country of Italy: map,
flag,
geography,
military, people and
more. We've also
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Italy
became a nation-state belatedly - in 1861 when the city-states of the
peninsula and Sicily were united under King Victor EMMANUEL. The
Fascist dictatorship of Benito MUSSOLINI that took over after World
War I led to a disastrous alliance with Nazi Germany and Italian
defeat in World War II. Revival followed. Italy was a charter member
of NATO and the European Economic Community (EEC) and joined the
growing political and economic unification of Western Europe,
including the introduction of the euro in 1999. Persistent problems
include illegal immigration, the ravages of organized crime,
corruption, high unemployment, and the low incomes and technical
standards of southern Italy compared with the more prosperous north.
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