North Italy

North Italy, also known as Northern Italian Republic, Italy Veneziano, Feliciano Vargas, Ita-chan and Hetalia, is one of the main characters from the Hetalia series.
== Charactah Account ==
The beloved and favorite grandson of the once great Roman Empire, North Italy, better known as just "Italy," can be described as nonetheless, a failure in following in his grandpa's footsteps and a complete crybaby. He is often called "Veneziano" because he represents the northern half of the country. He has short reddish-brown hair with a curly ahoge that sticks out on the left side of his head, and brown eyes. In earlier artwork, Italy's hair was colored a medium shade of brown and his eyes were colored grey.
As a child, he spent his days with his grandpa until he passed away. Afterwards, he was taken to live in Austria's house along with Hungary and the Holy Roman Empire, who did not know of his true gender and developed a crush on him. His gender was often mistaken because he was always seen wearing dresses. Even Austria did not know of his gender, and did not find out until Italy had a giant growth spurt and his voice changed.
His official blood-related brother is South Italy, more commonly called "Romano." It was confirmed that Romano is the older of the two, and that they are not twins. The two weren't raised together, and since Italy apparently inherited all of their grandfather's traits (and good looks, according to Romano), they are on somewhat bad terms. Italy loves his older brother very much, but Romano seems less than enthused to even admit that the two are related. Despite this, Romano does actually care for Italy, as revealed in some instances where he showed dismay for various reasons, most often being the fact that Italy admires and spends time with Germany more than he does with him. It should be noted that Italy calls his brother "Romano," and Romano calls Italy "Veneziano" (most likely to avoid confusion between the two).
== Appearance ==
=== Anime ===
* Hetalia Axis Powers
* Hetalia Axis Powers Movie: Paint it, White
* Hetalia World Series
* Hetalia World Series Specials
* Hetalia World Stars
* Hetalia World Stars Specials
* Hetalia: The Beautiful World
* Hetalia: The Beautiful World Extra Disc
* Hetalia: The Beautiful World Specials
* Hetalia: The World Twinkle
* Hetalia: The World Twinkle Specials
* Hetalia: The World Twinkle Extra Disc
=== Manga ===
* Hetalia Axis Powers
* Hetalia World Stars
== Trivia ==
* The birthdate given in his profile, March 17th, corresponds with the date of the formation of the "Kingdom Of Italy" (Regno d'Italia) in 1861. As Italy is shown in the strips to have existed for centuries before, it is likely that the brothers use the date of the Italian Unification to celebrate their birthdays with, as a unified Italy. The formation date of the Italian Republic (Repubblica Italiana) is actually June 2nd. South Italy is confirmed to be the elder of the two; despite this, some fans continue to mistake them for twins due to having similar hairstyles.
* Though Italy was represented with the flag for the Kingdom Of Italy in the original webcomic, the published manga and later media use the modern Italian flag.
* His full nation name, Italy Veneziano (or just "Veneziano") is derived from Venezia, the Italian name for Venice, a city in Northern Italy. In the strips, he is simply referred to by the others as Italy, with his brother only referring to him as Veneziano. The name North Italy is also used to differentiate him from his brother. In Italian, the word Veneziano has the meaning of "venetian", "native of Venice", but, unlike his brother's second forename, it is no existent male first name. Veneziano can also be seen as a sort of pun for the similar-sounding Japanese phrase "Venezia no", which would mean "of Venice".
* Though his name is derived after Venice, he only seems to represent the Republic itself in the strip where he fights the Ottoman troops. In footnotes to strips such as The War of Austrian Succession, it is shown that he has also been used to represent other northern areas of Italy such as Milan and Piedmont-Sardinia, before the unification of Italy.
* In the strip Let's Assist The French Economy!, his right nipple is revealed to represent Corsica and winds up claimed by France. His right pectoral area is also said to represent both Savoy and Nice.
* In Contrary To The Italian Image, it is revealed in a footnote that Italy suffers from the medical condition phimosis (which makes it difficult for the foreskin of the penis to be retracted), due to Italy ranking #2 in frequent cases of it.
* In the webcomic strip Italy's Big Brother, Germany reveals that Italy happens to share Germanic blood with him (presumably due to the German conquests of Italy after the fall of the Roman Empire). This noticeably angers South Italy, who was later said to be of Arabic blood by Himaruya.
* In a note, Himaruya stated that Italy was not entirely weak, but due to him being cowardly and scared, he does not use his strength. However, as Chibitalia, he was shown at one point to be strong enough to defeat Ottoman forces that were invading the Adriatic Sea (referencing how Italian naval troops were thought to be stronger than the ones on land). In another illustration, the female version of Italy is shown to display an incredible bout of strength when angered, much to the surprise of her male counterpart.
* In the special booklet included with the third volume of the published manga, it was revealed that Italy's personality was originally intended to be modeled after that of Noto Kanazawa (an unlucky, often-bullied character from a previous Kitayume comic), and that his curl was a last-minute addition to the design to make him look cuter. As the manga progressed though, the character of Italy became more carefree and absent-minded.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* North Italy at Hetalia Archives
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