Boot-shaped country in southern Europe. Much like Greece and Egypt, produced one of the greatest empires the world has ever seen in antiquity, yet seems to be known nowadays mainly for producing lazy people and incompetent politicians. Such is life. On the plus side, everyone agrees the Italians produce some of the best food, art and women in the world.
In AH Italy appears in a wide variety of forms - at the core of a long-lasting Roman Empire, a Balkanised array of states, or united by a state other than the OTL one (Piedmont-Sardinia) such as Naples, Venice or the Papacy. Or Florence / Tuscany.