也不知道是不是需要历史之类的。Italy(意大利语:Italia),officiallytheItalianRepublic,(意大利语:RepubblicaItaliana),islocatedontheItalianPeninsulainSouthernEurope,andonthetwolargestislandsintheMediterraneanSea,SicilyandSardinia.ItalysharesitsnorthernAlpineboundarywithFrance,Switzerland,AustriaandSlovenia.TheindependentstatesofSanMarinoandtheVaticanCityareenclaveswithintheItalianPeninsula,whileCampioned'ItaliaisanItalianexclaveinSwitzerland.ItalyhasbeenthehomeofmanyEuropeancultures,suchastheEtruscansandtheRomans,andlaterwasthebirthplaceofthemovementoftheRenaissance,thatbeganinTuscanyandspreadalloverEurope.Italy'scapitalRomehasbeenthecenterofWesterncivilization,andisthecenteroftheCatholicChurch.Today,Italyisademocraticrepublic,andadevelopedcountrywiththe7th-highestGDP,the8th-highestQuality-of-lifeindex,andthe20th-highestHumanDevelopmentIndexratingintheworld.ItisafoundingmemberofwhatisnowtheEuropeanUnion(havingsignedtheTreatyofRomein1957),andalsoamemberoftheG8,theCouncilofEurope,theWesternEuropeanUnion,andtheCentralEuropeanInitiative.BeginningJanuary1,2007,Italybecameanon-permanentmemberoftheUnitedNationsSecurityCouncil.