Italy sucked really hard in the war so who cares. Let me see the bolshevik hordes in their finest!
Compared to countries like Mexico, Portugal, the three Baltic states, they were actually relevant in real life (again no offense to fans of those nationalities).
And speaking of bolshevik hordes, Italy actually fought against said hordes and there would have been a chance for some reality based focii instead of meme empires or 1930's era European neo-paganism... The logistics rework and tank builder both would have been appropriate in making Italy unique (if by nothing else, for giving players some truly awful tanks with which to cope initially).
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