He is the Personification of northern Italy. Italy has short brown hair and brown eyes with a curl on the left side of his head, which acts as an erogenous zone when stroked or pulled, his eyes are always closed and he occasionally opens them. He is 173 cm tall. He wears a blue WWII military uniform, a black shirt, a tie (sometimes depicted light blue) As a child, he wore dresses and was often mistaken for a girl. Italy is a cheerful, energetic man. He loves pasta, pizza, gelato, and cheese. Although he relies on other people a lot, Italy doesn't really listen to what he says and instead daydreams or wanders off. His hobbies include cooking, siestas, painting, singing and flirting with any cute girl he sees. In the webcomic and the first drama CD, it is noted that he frequently gets stomach pains due to overindulging on gelato. Italy is shown to have a compulsion of stripping off all of his clothes for his daily 3PM "siestas", and usually forgets to put his pants back on after he wakes back up He also has the verbal tic of making a "Ve" sound. He has an older brother named Romano who represents the south he’s angry and short tempered, but you won’t be seeing him as much, because he’s on a trip in America.