What makes Italy Italy?

Why the country's unwritten rules matter as much as the written ones

Italy probably has more laws on its books than any other country in Europe.

There’s a law banning sand castles on one beach in Veneto. Another law, on Capri, prohibits people from wearing wooden clogs. Feeding pigeons or seagulls is illegal in Venice, goldfish bowls are banned in Rome, and a town near Naples even outlawed dying.

But I think the country’s