Italy

**Italy** is a country located in Western Europe who takes the form of a 21-year old young adult. He is a main character of Country Stories and some CS Presents entries.

## Appearance

Italy has olive skin and dark blue eyes, his hair is short, chocolate brown in color and is arranged in ringlets; he wears a straw trillby hat decorated by bright red fabric over his head, and a generous amount of hair sparkles can be found across his split bangs.

## Personality

Italy is a mature, kind, calm and collected person, he likes assessing the situation and taking his time to think things through before making any decisions; while these traits are mostly beneficial for him, there are also times when his indecisiveness has led to the annoyance and impatience of others.

Italy isn't a fan of going outside, as he'd much rather stay home designing and sewing or cooking a hearty meal for his siblings, and in a similar fashion, he's absolutely terrified of speaking in public and large crowds, making Italy's kind personality to be a mystery for most.

He also seems to have issues trusting people due to many bad previous experiences; he's quite scaredy and non-confrontational, which may make him unapproachable by most, but those who get through to him are able to find a genuine friendship in Italy.

## Relationships

* France: Italy is France's older and closest brother, France sees a fatherly figure in Italy, and looks up to him as a fashion designer.
* Greece:  Italy is one of Greece's best friends who also acts as her fashion and styling advisor; the two have developed a deep-rooted friendship and a close history of working together, getting through good and bad times together, this has caused Italy to develop a romantic crush on Greece, but she doesn't seem to notice it just yet.
* Portugal: Portugal is the older brother of Italy, and even if he spends most of the time teasing him by making him take decisions, he is also the one who takes care of him the most, sometimes doing the impossible to prevent Italy from hearing or seeing something that could trigger him, likewise, Italy is the one who encourages Portugal the most when he feels bad. They both have a classic sibling relationship who sometimes fight, but deep down they love each other.
* Romania: Romania is slightly younger than Italy, but that doesn't mean that they aren't the best romance bros; They tend to rely on all the decisions the other makes and even have similar tastes when it comes to food, jokingly calling themselves "The Spice Squad"; Italy comes to feel lonely now that Romania is living like a human, so he plans to take advantage of this year that they will be together to the fullest.
* Austria: For a long time, Austria and Italy were staunch enemies, Austria always made fun of Italy and claimed that he would never be a real country and Italy did everything possible to prove him otherwise. Many things have changed since the moment that happened, and certainly none of them is the same person as before, today they still don't like each other at all, but they have learned to live together and even help each other in a few matters.

## Trivia

* Italy's human name is "Massimo Romano", his surname, like those of Spain and Portugal, represents that he is a descendant of the Roman Empire. He chose his first name "Massimo" when he first unified as he thought "it sounded like the name of a warrior", although he doesn't have that attitude anymore, he has stuck with this name as "it still sounds neat"

* Among countries, he is known as "The fashion guru"
* In the human world, he's the world-renown fashion designer, owner of the brand "Massi", which has two branches, "Massi M" for haute couture shown in runways and "Massi en masse", for a good-quality apparel fashion option
* His magical ability is called "Quick Modificare", which allows him to change the appearance of things for as long as he wants to; he used his ability to create the famous "flagacce", all the accessories or clothes including each character's flag.
	+ A secondary ability of his is known as "Shining Sense", in which he'll watch a trail of sparkles cross through his eyes when he sees something 'ideal'. He considers it very useful when choosing the materials for his designs or when helping people pick their outfits.
* Italy suffers from anxiety disorder and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, and although he prefers not to explain the reasons, he says it has to do with an "unfortunate chain reaction" Even though he has recovered a little from it nowadays, from time to time he may have a sudden reaction to loud noises or flashbacks of the events that caused his problems.
* Italy is afraid of many things, with the more remarkable ones being heights and meat butchering.
* His designated oshi mark is the thread (🧵)