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Italy

A nation of 58.9 million with a €194.4 billion recovery and resilience plan, where public debt is 137.1% of GDP.

Perfect Nations values what Italy owns and raises capital against it, through innovative financing for development (FfD) and super intelligence (SI).

Italy at a glance

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What we do for Italy

Assets. Capital. Solutions.

Perfect Nations is a new-age sovereign advisory firm, and its clients are nations.

  1. 01AssetsThe cupFive sovereign assets, valued, from The People to The Fresh Water.
  2. 02CapitalThe laurelsOne instrument on record, sourced.
  3. 03SolutionsThe seven starsSeven basic standards of living, star by star. Shelter is furthest from reach today.

The whole logo: a Perfect Nation, where every citizen has all seven basic standards of living, led by good governance.

01Assets · The cup · Sovereign Assets

Five assets no balance sheet counts.

Each is owned today, earns today, and can carry Italy toward seven basic standards of living for every citizen.

  • 58.9mCitizens, 2025

    The People

    11.7% are under fifteen: the workforce and the market of the next generation.

  • 44.3%Of the land in agriculture, 2023

    The Farmland

    Land that can feed the nation and earn abroad, valued and financed against its harvest.

  • 31.8%Of the land under forest, 2024

    The Forest

    Standing forest that stores carbon and water, and can earn as it stands.

  • 41%Of electricity from renewable sources, 2021

    The Clean Grid

    Power from water, wind and sun already flows; every new connection can be clean.

  • 3,093 m³Renewable fresh water a person, 2022

    The Fresh Water

    Rain and rivers renewed every year: power, irrigation and drinking water.

Every figure, with its sourceThe Sovereign Assets ledger

02Capital · The laurels · Capital Architecture

A recovery plan to reach every household.

Bonds, guarantees, swaps and loans that raise capital against what Italy owns, every line sourced.

Capital Architecture

The record in figures

Capital already committed

  • RegionalApprovedRecovery and resilience plan€194.4bn

    Council of the EU · Approved 20 June 2025 · EU Recovery and Resilience Facility

    EU funding, in grants and loans, for agreed reforms and investments.

    European Union

    Source

The Italy Newswire

The Solutions Wire
Giulia Esposito, Nation Steward of Italy

Giulia EspositoNation Steward of Italy · SI Researcher

  • The first sourced news for Italy is in review.

Already working in Italy.

Independent firms and social enterprises already at work in Italy, highlighted by Perfect Nations. None is a partner of Perfect Nations.

Suggest an enterprise

  • The first firms and social enterprises at work in Italy are being gathered.

    Name one already at work there: it may be highlighted here, with its source.

03Solutions · The seven stars · Perfect Capita

Perfect Italy, star by star.

Perfect Capita is the yearly cost, per person, of lifting everyone above the Living Line in all seven basic living standards, set with Italy in its own prices.

How Perfect Capita works
Italy: the seven stars of the logo, one for each basic standard of living, rising from the cup; Food is the larger centre star. Each star carries the figure for Italy.WATER96.8%SHELTER78.2%ENERGY99%FOOD98.3%EDUCATION94.5HEALTH82LIVELIHOOD79.9%
78.2%
Shelter · furthest from reachSafely managed sanitation; 0% of city dwellers live in slumsWHO/UNICEF, 2024

Tap a star for its figure and source.

The price of Perfect Italy

To be set with Italy, from its own figures and in its own prices: Perfect Capita times the people of Italy, each year.

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  • Food98.3%Not food insecure; 1.7% are moderately or severely food insecureFAO, 2023
  • Water96.8%Safely managed drinking waterWHO/UNICEF, 2024
  • Shelter78.2%Safely managed sanitation; 0% of city dwellers live in slumsWHO/UNICEF, 2024
  • Energy99%99% cook with clean fuels and technology; 100% have electricityWorld Bank, 2024
  • Education94.594.5% of children read a simple text by the end of primary schoolWorld Bank, 2021
  • Health82WHO service coverage indexWHO, 2023
  • Livelihood79.9%Above the national poverty line; 20.1% live below itWorld Bank, 2021

Perfect Nations estimate, to be confirmed with Italy. Figures marked dated rest on surveys more than five years old; lenient measures are marked as such. The strict measures

Strict measures. Food: share not moderately or severely food insecure (FAO). Water: safely managed drinking water where measured; where it is not, basic water, marked as such. Shelter: the lower of safely managed sanitation and the share outside urban slums. Energy: the lower of electricity per person against 1,000 kWh and clean cooking; where electricity per person is not published, clean cooking. Education: the lower of children reading by the end of primary school and lower-secondary completion. Health: WHO service coverage index. Livelihood: share above the stricter of the national poverty line and the World Bank line for the nation’s income group (US$8.30 a day for high-income nations). Each figure links to its source.

Solutions for Perfect Italy

All Solutions

  • The Solution for ItalyShelter

    Ring-fence bond money for homes and sanitation.

    • 01The challenge21.8% Of Italians lack safely managed sanitation. WHO/UNICEF, 2024
    • 02The dealSocial bond, proved in Ecuador, 2020: $400M for affordable homes. Inter-American Development Bank, 2020
    • 03What Perfect Nations advisesNations where shelter is furthest from reach should issue a social bond whose proceeds can be spent only on eligible homes, toilets and sewers. With super intelligence, each unit can be planned, priced and verified, and reported to investors every year, until every family has a safe home.
    Co-design it inThe ReDesign StudioThe three mandates
Perfect Nations® · Letters to the NationsItaly

Dear Italy,

The EU funds €194.4 billion of your reforms and investments, and almost every home has safe water and power.

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Yet by the strict international measure, 21.8% of you lack safely managed sanitation, and 20.1% live below the national poverty line. Let your recovery plan reach the sanitation and the income of every household.

“Let the recovery plan reach the sanitation and income of every household.”

Yours in design,Preeti SinhaPresident and CEO, Perfect Nations

Work with us · The ReDesign Studio

The Perfect Italy ReDesign Studio

One mission, three depths: the same four moves for Italy, taken as far toward market as you choose.

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For the Government of Italy, its development partners and investors. Scope and fees are agreed in writing before any work begins.

  1. 01Identify the assets
  2. 02Estimate Perfect Capita
  3. 03Co-design the capital architecture
  4. 04Launch the instruments

  1. Mandate 013 hours

    The Nation Briefing

    A private session for the people who decide.

    You leave withThe gap, named and sized

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    1. 01The five sovereign assets on this page, walked through.
    2. 02Shelter, the standard furthest from reach, and the Gap, explained.
    3. 03The instruments that could close the Gap, shortlisted.
    4. 04The path to market, outlined.
    Request a Nation Briefing

  2. Mandate 023 days

    The Blueprint Lab

    Your team and ours, working the blueprint together.

    You leave withThe structure, drawn

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    1. 01The ledger tested against your ministries’ own data.
    2. 02Each of the seven standards costed in local prices.
    3. 03One financing structure, drawn with your team.
    4. 04A term sheet and the partners to approach.
    Plan a Blueprint Lab

  3. Mandate 03End to end

    The Sovereign Mandate

    Led personally by the President and CEO.

    You leave withA structure ready for market

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    1. 01A full sovereign asset ledger, valued and verified.
    2. 02Perfect Capita set and agreed with government, with a monitoring plan.
    3. 03The full structure: legal form, credit enhancement, guarantees and pricing.
    4. 04Taken to investors and development partners, through to close.
    Discuss a Sovereign Mandate

Co-design it with us

Where Italians and Co-designers design the nation they want to live in.

  • Writings

    Write Perfect Italy into being.

    Up to 1,500 words on your vision of Perfect Italy, published with your name.

    Submit your writing

  • Voices of Perfect Nations Launching soon

    The local leaders already building Perfect Italy.

    Great local leaders: honest, dedicated and committed to basic standards of living for all. Every guest answers one question: “What does Italy already own, and how could it pay for a decent life for every citizen?”

    Nominate yourselfSuggest a guest

  • Co-designers

    Join the community.

    Everyone who shares a vision, a voice or an enterprise here becomes a Co-designer of Perfect Italy.

    Become a Co-designer

The Italy ReDesign Studio is open

Design Perfect Italy with us.

Share your vision, suggest a guest, or write to us: every message receives a personal reply.

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Sources
  1. World Bank, World Development Indicators (API), accessed 10 November 2026: population and ages 0 to 14, 2025; land area and agricultural and forest land; renewable fresh water per person, 2022; natural resource, oil, gas and mineral rents, 2021; renewable electricity output, 2021; tourism receipts; personal remittances; electricity access and clean cooking.
  2. The seven standards: FAO food insecurity, WHO/UNICEF JMP water and sanitation, UN-Habitat urban slums, World Bank clean cooking, learning poverty and lower-secondary completion, and poverty headcounts (all via the World Bank); WHO UHC service coverage index, 2023.
  3. IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026 (DataMapper, accessed 10 November 2026): general government gross debt, 2025, and real GDP growth projected for 2026.
  4. Council of the European Union: recovery plan timeline (Italy, 20 June 2025).
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