"Italy", formally the "Kingdom of Italy", and to some the "New Roman Empire" is a Fascist State located in Central Europe.
1948 Nazi-Italian Split
Further information: Mussolini-Hitler split
The empire distanced itself from the Nazis in 1948 (European Community, Berlin Pact, etc.) and started to build its own way to fascism under the strong political leadership of Benito Mussolini. The country criticised both the Nazi Bloc and the Atlantic Defense Community nations and, together with other countries (mainly Switzerland and Sweden), started the Non-Aligned Movement in 1961, which remains the official affiliation of the country to this day.