# Italy **Italy** is where [[Fascism]] was named and first took power, and it is also the European state where a party with direct post-fascist lineage now governs without controversy. The vault tracks both ends of that arc, because the continuity between them is documented rather than alleged. > [!note] Canonical country record > This page owns the bare name **Italy** and is the default target for `[[Italy]]`. > Its history is at [[Italian History Hub]]. > A page covering its influence operations directed at the United States, if one is built, belongs in /Foreign Influence/ under an adjectival title and does **not** claim this name. ## Why it appears in this vault - [[Benito Mussolini]] and [[Fascism]] — the origin - [[Italian Social Movement]] — the postwar successor party - [[Giorgia Meloni]] — the lineage in government ## See Also - [[Italian History Hub]] - [[World History Hub]]