Italy (Project Noah)

Italy is a country situated in Southern Europe bordering Switzerland and Austria to the north, France to the west, Slovenia to the east and the Vatican City and San Marino as enclaves. Besides the mainland, several islands constitute the territory that comprises the country.

The Worm War
Italy is one of the many countries affected in the Worm War, with initial infections springing up in Campania and Syracuse. The military managed to quarantine and Syracuse and kill all the infected, although in Campania the infection managed to spread out of Salerno and reached Naples before the military could stop it. At this point the massive amount of refugees fleeing the city, many of them bitten rapidly increased the spread of infection forcing the army to draw back to a defensive line south of Rome, allowing the city to be evacuated before it too fell. Just as the front was stabilizing in Tuscany and Romagna the infected swarms from France started appearing on the western border. Genoa was overrun but the Italians managed to reclaim the city after the battle of Genoa, although the armed forces were considerably weakened by this. As of January 2018, Italy is creating a defensive line across the Apennine Mountains in preparation for a controlled evacuation from Tuscany to help alleviate the thin-stretched military.