_#_Capital: Rome
_#_Administrative divisions: 20 regions (regioni, singular—regione);
Abruzzi, Basilicata, Calabria, Campania, Emilia-Romagna, Friuli-Venezia
Giulia, Lazio, Liguria, Lombardia, Marche, Molise, Piemonte, Puglia,
Sardegna, Sicilia, Toscana, Trentino-Alto Adige, Umbria, Valle d'Aosta,
Veneto
_#_Independence: 17 March 1861, Kingdom of Italy proclaimed
_#_Constitution: 1 January 1948
_#_Legal system: based on civil law system, with ecclesiastical law influence; appeals treated as trials de novo; judicial review under certain conditions in Constitutional Court; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
_#_National holiday: Anniversary of the Republic, 2 June (1946)
_#_Executive branch: president, prime minister (president of the Council of Ministers)
_#_Legislative branch: bicameral Parliament (Parlamento) consists of an upper chamber or Senate of the Republic (Senato della Repubblica) and a lower chamber or Chamber of Deputies (Camera dei Deputati)
_#_Judicial branch: Constitutional Court (Corte Costituzionale)
_#_Leaders: