Italy (Italian Italia), the official name of the Italian Republic (Italian: Repubblica Italiana) - a state in the south of Europe, in the center of the Mediterranean. The country is named for the tribe ethnonym Italics [citation needed].
It borders on France in the north-west (border length - 488 km), with Switzerland (border length - 740 km) and Austria (border length - 430 km) to the north and Slovenia in the north-east (border length - 232 km). It also has internal borders with the Vatican (border length - 3,2 km) and San Marino (length of border - 39 km).
Occupies the Apennine peninsula, Padanskuyu plain, the southern slopes of the Alps, Sicily, Sardinia and several small islands.
Italy is among the countries of the Schengen Agreement.