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- "I paesi sono diversi."
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Italy originally wasn't controlled by one ruler. It was split up into a bunch of little ministates, each of which had their own main town. So Venice (and the surrounding area) would have its own ruler, independent of Rome's ruler. Or at least I think that's how it was. Now there are only two ministates in Italy: San Marino and the Vatican.
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Also sovereign military order of St John of Jerusalem, Rodes and Malta which has its own diplomats and passport
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In English "country" can refer to a nation-state or to a rural area (which tends to be a subset of a nation-state). So, there are some similarities.
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My memory and my dictionary list 'paese' as country. Indeed here in the US we use the term 'paesano(a)' as a fellow countryman. 'Town' is noted as citta. (Sorry, my keyboard does not have accents.)
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I used the wird diverse which means the same as different and a perfectly legit English word? Just saying! :)
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I am always thought that "town" is something between "village" and "city". No, they are not the same.
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Can I use paesi to mean nations (as a synonym for countries)? DL marked me wrong for 'The nations are different'
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Google translate has nations as i nazioni. I put the countries are different, which was accepted.