IT — Italy

Italy is a Southern European country occupying a boot-shaped peninsula extending into the Mediterranean Sea. Rome, the capital, was the center of the Roman Empire and is home to the Vatican City. Italy is a founding EU member, a G7 economy, and known worldwide for its art, architecture, fashion, cuisine, and automotive design. The Euro is the currency. For developers, the IT country code maps to the it-IT locale for Italian. The .it domain is one of Europe's most registered ccTLDs, and +39 is the dialing code. Italian number formatting uses period for thousands and comma for decimal separator. Italy's Codice Fiscale (tax code) is a 16-character alphanumeric code with a complex generation algorithm based on name, birth date, and birth place — implementing its validation is a common Italian developer task. Italy contains two independent microstates (San Marino and Vatican City) that must be handled as separate countries. Italy's massive tourism sector makes it-IT localization essential for travel applications.