• Vinny_93@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    How is Italy in there? Being from Europe I genuinely don’t consider Italy a thriving economy at all. I’d figure a Scandinavian country or the Netherlands should be doing better.

    • Skua@kbin.earth
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      5 months ago

      Italy’s manufacturing sector is pretty huge. Fiat, Leonardo, and Fincantieri are all global heavyweghts. Although I’d imagine being one of the world’s top tourist destinations and also having a reputation for both excellent food and prestigious luxury goods doesn’t hurt.

      It does also just have more people than Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Belgium, and the Netherlands combined

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      Italy has a large population and I bet economy in northn Italy is larger than than Denmark and Sweden combined along with nice agricultural land on addition to manufacturing mentioned by @skua