Italy (Cherry, Plum, and Chrysanthemum)

Italy (Italian: Italia), officially the Kingdom of Italy (Italian: Regno d'Italia), is a unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy in Southern Europe. To the north, it borders France, Switzerland, Austria, and Slovenia along the Alps. To the south, it consists of the entirety of the Italian Peninsula, Sicily, Sardinia and many other smaller islands. The independent states of Cospaia, San Marino and the Papal State are enclaves within Italy, while Campione d'Italia is an Italian exclave in Switzerland. The country also bordered with the microstate of Venice located along the shoreline between the mouths of the Po and the Piave Rivers in northeastern Italy. The territory of Italy covers some 300,098 km² and is influenced by a temperate seasonal climate. With 60.8 million inhabitants, it is the fifth most populous country in Europe, and the 23rd most populous in the world.