italy | demonym | italians <tsp> italy | capital | rome <tsp> amatriciana_sauce | country | italy <tsp> italy | leadername | laura_boldrini <tsp> italy | leadername | pietro_grasso <sep> italy (italian: italia [iˈtaːlja] (listen)), officially the italian republic or the republic of italy, is a country in southern and western europe located in the middle of the mediterranean sea, it consists of a peninsula delimited by the alps and surrounded by several islands; its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical region italy shares land borders with france, switzerland, austria, slovenia and the enclaved microstates of vatican city and san marino it has a territorial exclave in switzerland, campione, and some islands in the african plate italy covers an area of 301,230 km2 (116,310 sq mi), with a population of about 60 million 
the capital of italy is rome and is where italians are from and amatriciana is a traditional sauce. the leaders are laura boldrini and pietro grasso.italy is a country in southern and western europe