The majority of Greeks share the same ethnic background and religion.

Most Greeks are Greek Orthodox, which is a form of Christianity and they speak Greek.

Every major town in Greece has a patron saint and they celebrate it with an annual festival.

About 2/3 of Greeks live in cities and many live in Athens, the capital of Greece.

Greece has a parliamentary democracy in Greece today.

The country is governed by the prime minister, the cabinet, and parliament. (similar to senate). The President of Greece is more ceremonial.

Voting in Greece is required and failing to vote is against the law.

The economy is behind most nations, because agriculture still makes up most of their economy.

With the location of Greece on the Mediterranean sea tourism, fishing, and shipping are a big part of the economy.

After the fall of the Roman Empire, Italy split into small city states and eventually they were controlled by France, Austria, and Spain.

Eventually in 1861 Italy unified themselves as an independent country.

In the 1920s dictator Benito Mussolini took control of the Italian government. He eventually was killed as he tried to escape Italy at the end of World War II.

The Culture of Italy is similar to Greece, the language is Italian a romance language and most Italians are Roman catholic.

Roman Catholic is a Christian religion and the center of the Church is in the Vatican. The Vatican is inside the city of Rome and the smallest country in the world.

The Italian food changes from the region. In some places you have pasta with tomato sauce in the south to risotto in the North.

Sports are also an important part of Italian culture, many Italians enjoy watching and playing race car driving, cycling , and soccer or football.

Italy has a parliamentary government, where ¾ of the parliament is elected by voters. The rest are assigned by the government.

In Italy there are so many different political parties that parties and its members usually have to form coalitions.

Italy was once a agricultural economy, but after the Industrial revolution turned to a industrial nation. Only 5% of the population has farm related careers.

The European Union has helped Italy grow, which as specialized in products such as fashion clothing, shoes, and cars.

Milan a city in southern Italy is famous for its fashion shows.

Italy’s economic makeup is largely farmland in the south and the North has the bulk of the factories.

This makes the economic output uneven as the North make up a larger piece of Italy's GDP.