Italy

Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe.

World War II
In November 1943, Captain America was in Italy for one of his motivational shows, though the American soldiers were not amused. Colonel Chester Phillips then told Rogers about HYDRA capturing hundreds of Allied soldiers, Bucky Barnes among them.

Captain America was determined to rescue them, and infiltrated the HYDRA base in Austria. He found and released the soldiers and Bucky. As he was escaping with Bucky, he came across Johann Schmidt, who revealed his disfigured face. He then escaped the base with the all of the soldiers alive. The next day, they returned to the US military base in Italy.

Capturing Ian Quinn
When Ian Quinn bought a package from Cybertek for Deathlok, Coulson's Team discovered this and asked the Italian authorities, led by Luca Russo, for permission to apprehend him, as the package was being delivered via a train going from Verona to Zagreb. Unknowing that Russo worked for Quinn, the team was separated with devastating resulting: Melinda May was tortured and Skye was shot in the stomach twice, by Quinn on orders from the Clairvoyant. Quinn was captured by Coulson's team, but after Deathlok killed the Cybertek personnel who delivered the package.