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Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia ( ___MASK16___ : , abbr .: " RS "), is a nation state in southern Central Europe , located at the crossroads of main European cultural and trade routes . It is bordered by Italy to the west , Austria to the north , Hungary to the northeast , Croatia to the south and southeast , and the Adriatic Sea to the southwest . It covers and has a population of 2 . 06 million . It is a parliamentary republic and a member of the United Nations , European Union , and NATO . The capital and largest city is Ljubljana . The euro ( sign : €; code : EUR ) is the official currency of the eurozone , which consists of 19 of the member states of the European Union : Austria , Belgium , Cyprus , Estonia , Finland , France , Germany , Greece , Ireland , Italy , Latvia , Lithuania , Luxembourg , Malta , the ___MASK96___ , Portugal , Slovakia , Slovenia , and Spain . The currency is also officially used by the institutions of the European Union and four other European countries , as well as unilaterally by two others , and is consequently used daily by some 337 million Europeans . Outside of Europe , a number of overseas territories of EU members also use the euro as their currency . Italy , officially the ___MASK89___ Republic , is a unitary parliamentary republic in Europe . Located in the heart of the Mediterranean Sea , Italy shares open land borders with France , Switzerland , Austria , Slovenia , San Marino and Vatican City . Italy covers an area of and has a largely temperate seasonal climate and Mediterranean climate ; due to its shape , it is often referred to in Italy as " lo Stivale " ( the Boot ). With 61 million inhabitants , it is the fourth most populous EU member state . Carmine Di Giandomenico ( born 1973 in Teramo , Italy ) is a comics artist . In 1995 he drew the limited series Examen for publishers Phoenix . Then he drew an issue of Conan the Barbarian ( 1997 ) for Marvel Italia , written by Chuck Dixon . In 1999 , he headed in a new artistic direction with writer Alessandro Bilotta , and produced the limited series Le strabilianti vicende di Giulio Maraviglia - inventore , which won the Fumo di China prize . Still with Bilotta ' s storylines , he pursued in 2002 an experimental course with La Dottrina . He followed this with his first work as sole author Oudeis in 2004 . In 2005 , Marvel published his limited series Vegas , and a What If ... featuring Captain America . He followed that with work on the plot , script , and pencils of Daredevil : Battlin ' Jack Murdock , co - wrote with Zeb Wells . His most recent Marvel project is Spider - Man : Noir with author David Hine . Carmine Di Giandomenico has also created the story - boards for numerous films , for Martin Scorsese and Tsui Hark . San Marino , officially the Republic of San Marino , also known as the Most Serene Republic of San Marino , is an enclaved microstate surrounded by Italy , situated on the ___MASK89___ Peninsula on the northeastern side of the Apennine Mountains . Its size is just over , with a population of 33 , 562 . Its capital is the City of San Marino and its largest city is Dogana . San Marino has the smallest population of all the members of the Council of Europe . France , officially the ___MASK25___ Republic , is a country with territory in western Europe and several overseas regions and territories . The European , or metropolitan , area of France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the ___MASK40___ Channel and the North Sea , and from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean . Overseas France include ___MASK25___ Guiana on the South American continent and several island territories in the Atlantic , Pacific and Indian oceans . France spans and had a total population of almost 67 million people as of January 2017 . It is a unitary semi - presidential republic with the capital in Paris , the country ' s largest city and main cultural and commercial centre . Other major urban centres include Marseille , Lyon , Lille , Nice , Toulouse and Bordeaux . Abruzzo is a region of Italy in Southern Italy , with an area of 10 , 763 square km ( 4 , 156 sq mi ) and a population of 1 . 3 million . Its western border lies east of Rome . The region is divided into the four provinces of L ' Aquila , Teramo , Pescara , and Chieti . Abruzzo borders the region of Marche to the north , Lazio to the west and south - west , Molise to the south - east , and the Adriatic Sea to the east . Geographically , Abruzzo is divided into a mountainous area to the west , which includes the Gran Sasso D ' italia , and a coastal area to the east with beaches on the Adriatic sea . Abruzzo is considered culturally , linguistically , and historically a region of Southern Italy , although geographically it may also be considered central . The ___MASK89___ Statistical Authority ( ISTAT ) deems it to be part of Southern Italy , partially because of Abruzzo ' s historic association with the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies . Teramo , is a city and " comune " in the ___MASK89___ region of Abruzzo , the capital of the province of Teramo .