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'''[[:wp:Italy|Italy]]''', officially the '''Republic of Italy''', is a southern [[Europe|European]] country and member of the European Union. Italy is bordered by [[France]], Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia, while San Marino and the Vatican are enclaves within Italy. Italy consists of the Italian peninsula, Sicily, Sardinia, a number of smaller islands and the Campione d'Italia exclave.

==Italian characters==

==References==

===GTA 1 Era===

*The vehicles [[Itali]], [[Itali GTB]] and [[Itali GTO]] are all references to Italy.

===GTA 2===

*[[Tetsuo]] is sentenced to two years in a state penitentary for car jacking two Italian sports cars in [[1995]].

===GTA III Era===

*[[Salvatore Leone]] (from Palermo), [[Massimo Torini]] and [[Uncle Leone]] are all Italians. While not confirmed it is likely that [[Sergio Boccino]] is also Italian.

*The [[Leone Family]], [[Forelli Family]] and the [[Sindacco Family]] are [[Mafia|mafia]] families whose members are Italian or of Italian descent.

*The [[Sicilian Mafia]] is made up of members from Italy.

*An area in [[Fort Staunton]], [[Liberty City in GTA III Era|Liberty City]] has, correctly or incorrectly, gained the name ''Little Italy'' due to being a [[Forelli Family]] controlled area and featuring a number of businesses with Italian names.

*[[Salvatore Leone]] is found guilty of illegally importing tomato sauce from Palermo, Italy.

*[[Momma's Restaurante]] is an Italian restaurant owned by [[Ma Cipriani]], who may be Italian.

*[[Papa's 12 Inch]] is an Italian restaurant in [[Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories|GTA Liberty City Stories]] and features the Italian flag on its exterior.

*[[Signora Grande]] is an Italian business based in [[Liberty City in GTA III Era|Liberty City]].

*[[Toni Cipriani]] tells [[Donald Love]] that he's Italian in [[Cam-Pain]], although it is unknown if he is actually Italian or of Italian descent.

*[[Sergio Boccino]] and [[Morgan Merryweather]] both play Italian classical music when they are hosts of [[Double Clef FM]]. Merryweather also claims to have read the works of Proust in "the original Italian".

*Merchandise for the [[Pogo the Monkey (game)|Pogo the Monkey]] video game includes an Italian sports jacket.

===GTA IV Era===

*[[Giovanni Ancelotti]] (from Naples), [[Mary Valvona]] (from Palermo, Sicily) and [[Uncle Vince|Vince Pelosi]] are all Italians.

*The [[Ancelotti Family|Ancelotti]], [[Gambetti Family|Gambetti]], [[Lupisella Family|Lupisella]], [[Messina Family|Messina]] and [[Pavano Family|Pavano]] Families, who form [[The Commission]], are made up of Italians or people of Italian descent. The same can be said of the [[Pegorino Family]], although they are not part of The Commission.

*[[Little Italy]] is a neighbourhood of [[Algonquin]], [[Liberty City in GTA IV Era|Liberty City]].

*[[Ray Bulgarin]] ran a smuggling operation in Europe and employed [[Niko Bellic]], who 'betrayed' Bulgarin on a shop heading from Yugoslavia to Italy.

*[[Al Dente's]], [[Drusilla's]], [[Viendemerte]] and [[Alazone's Italian Food]] are Italian food restaurants.

*[[Cerveza Heights]], Liberty City and [[Leftwood]], [[Alderney]] both have Italian/Italian-American communities.

*[[Weazel News]] reports the [[United States of America|American]] President [[President Lawton|Lawton]] was involved in a texting/e-mail scandal with the Italian Prime Minister.

*[[Pegassi]] is an Italian car manufacturer.

*The DJs of [[Electro-Choc]] in [[The Ballad of Gay Tony]] introduce songs using both English and Italian.

==External link==

*[[:wp:Italy|Wikipedia's article about Italy]]