The official domain extension for Italy is .IT.

Registering this domain extension is recommended strategic move for those companies with interests in Italy or that are looking to protect their trademark within the country.

Italy is a parliamentary republic located in Southern Europe. It is bordered to the north, west and east by France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia, and is surrounded by four seas: the Adriatic, Ligurian, Tyrrhenian and Ionian. It is a member of the EU, NATO, G8, G7 and G20, and is divided into 20 regions, of which 5 have special status. The capital is the city of Rome, seat of the government, as well as being home to many Italian institutions, and a place of inestimable cultural and historical value.

Together, the mainland peninsula and island groups cover a total of 301,340 km² (the largest islands are Sicily and Sardinia) and the landscape is varied both in geographical and natural terms. Although there are more hills than mountains in Italy, it is home to several mountain ranges: the Alps to the north, where the peaks of the Matterhorn, Mount Rosa and Mont Blanc reach more than 4.000 m; the Apennines running down the peninsula from Liguria to Sicily, reaching their highest peak with the Gran Sasso in Abruzzo, at 2,912 m. Only a small percentage of Italian territory is made up of lowlands; the largest being the Padan Plain, created by the River Po, the Tavoliere and Salento Plains in Puglia, and Campidano, in Sardinia. The coastlines stretch for more than 7,000 km and exhibit very different characteristics: from flat, sandy areas to irregular, rocky regions. Thanks to the numerous areas of high land, with glaciers and snow, Italy has abundant water reserves, the largest of which are: the Rivers Po (biggest), Tiber and Arno, and the Lakes Maggiore, Garda and Como. The population numbers a total of 59,685,227, according to 2012 estimates, giving it one of the highest populations in Europe; the majority lives in urban areas.

The official language is Italian, with French, German and Slovenian adopted regionally; the local currency is the Euro, which took the place of the Lira in 2002.

It has one of the most advanced economies in the world, based predominantly on tertiary sector activities (services, banking, business, insurance, tourism); agriculture also plays an important role (cereals, fruit, vegetables, citrus fruit, dairy produce, tomatoes and wine grapes), as well as fishing and manufacturing (in particular: naval, household electrical, chemical, pharmaceutical, metal, agricultural and food, automotive).

The official domain extension for Iceland is .IS.

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Iceland is a European island and parliamentary republic located in the North Atlantic Ocean. It sits 800 km north of Scotland and around 1,000 km west of Norway. It is separated from Greenland, to the west, by the Denmark Strait. It is subdivided administratively into 8 regions and 23 counties.

It covers a total area of 102,819 km² (the second largest European island) consisting mainly of active volcanic mountains and highlands, which stretch along the north-east to south-west axis (amongst the most famous are Öraefajökull, 2119 m and Hekla, 1491 m), and of vast ice sheets that cover around 10% of the land’s surface. The coastal areas are flat and sandy.

A vast majority of the population of 321,857 lives in the south western coastal areas; of these, many live in the capital Reykjavík and in the other larger towns.

The official language is Icelandic and the local currency is the Icelandic Króna. The country’s economy is based mainly on fishing and the related food industry.

The official domain extension for Ireland is .IE.

Registering this domain extension is recommended strategic move for those companies with interests in Ireland or that are looking to protect their trademark within the country.

Ireland, known as the Republic of Ireland, is an island parliamentary republic in Northern Europe, which occupies almost the whole of the island of Ireland. Its only land border is that with Northern Ireland, which is part of the United Kingdom. The Atlantic Ocean lies to the west, and it is separated from Great Britain to the east by the Irish Sea, St George’s Channel and the North Channel. It is a member of the EU and OECD, and is subdivided into 4 administrative provinces and 32 counties.

It covers a total area of 70,273 km² of mainly lowland plains and pastures, in the central regions, which are crossed by several rivers (including the River Shannon) and are interspersed by areas of peat bogs (which provide fuel); there are some low-lying mountains and hills in coastal areas.
The capital, Dublin, is found mid-way along the east coast.

The population of 4,469,900 (2012) is mostly of Celtic origin, with some Anglo-Saxon minorities. The official language is Irish, with English recognised as a second language, and the local currency is the Euro.

As well as having a highly developed financial sector, the country’s main economic resources are agriculture and manufacturing (whose growth has been heavily subsidised by low business tax rates).

The official domain extension for Greece is .GR.

Registering this domain extension is a recommended strategic move for those companies with interests in Greece or that are looking to protect their trademark within the country.

Greece is a parliamentary republic located in Southern Europe, at the southern end of the Balkan Peninsula; it includes the Ionian Islands, the Aegean Islands and Crete. It is bordered to the north by the Republic of Macedonia and Bulgaria, to the north west by Albania and to the east by Turkey. The Ionian Sea lies to the west, and the Aegean Sea to the east. It is a member of the EU, NATO and OECD and is subdivided into 13 administrative, governor-led regions. Ancient Greece is generally considered to be the cradle of western civilization, due to the historical and cultural influence it has held over the course of history. The capital is the city of Athens, a European centre of great commercial, industrial and cultural importance.

The Greek landscape, with the Peloponnese peninsula region and numerous islands, stretches for 131,940 km²; it has around 13,000 km of rugged coastline, full of creeks and inlets. The landscape is mountainous in the continental areas (the Pindus Mountains, ‘spine of Greece’, reach 2,637 m and Mount Olympus rises as far as 3000 m), as well as in the Peloponnese regions and on the islands. In the regions of Thessaly and Central Macedonia, however, there are vast, fertile lowland plains.

The population numbers 11,295,002 (2010), and is made up almost exclusively of Greeks, with Albanian, Bulgarian and Georgian minorities; the national language is Greek and the local currency is the Euro.

The Greek economy, very hard hit by the financial crisis of 2008, is based mainly on agriculture, manufacturing (particularly electromechanical, chemical and petrochemical) and tourism.

The official domain extension for Germany is .DE.

Registering this domain extension is a recommended strategic move for those companies with interests in Germany or that are looking to protect their trademark within the country.

Germany is a federal parliamentary republic in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by Denmark, to the north east by the Netherlands, to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic, to the south by Austria and to the west by France, Switzerland, Belgium and Luxembourg; to the north, it sits on the Baltic Sea and the North Sea. It is a member of the EU, NATO, G8, G7 and G4 and is divided into 16 federal states. The capital is Berlin, a city of great historical, cultural and political importance, as well as having one of the highest populations in Europe.

Germany covers a total area of 357,123.50 km², occupying a large part of Central Europe; from the Algovian Alps and the Bavarian and Salzburg Prealps in the extreme south, to the northern coastlines on the Baltic Sea (uneven and overlooking archipelagos and lagoons) and North Sea (flat and sandy). The northern regions of the country also hold the vast plains of the North German Lowland and the low mountain ranges, or Mittelgebirge (Rhenish Massif, Ore Mountains, Black Forest, Bohemian Forest and Bavarian Forest). There are several important rivers (Danube, Elbe, Rhine, Oder, Weser and Ems) and man-made canals, which are useful for goods transport. With a population of 83,302,465 (2012), Germany is one of the most urbanized and densely populated countries in the world (74% of the population lives in urban areas).

The official language is German and the local currency is the Euro, which succeeded the German Mark in 2002.

The country’s economy, which remained one of the strongest in Europe and the world despite the global crisis of 2009, is heavily dependent on the tertiary sector (business, banking, tourism, services and insurance), which counts for around 70% of the national GDP. Manufacturing also plays an important role, especially vehicle, iron and steel, chemical and electronics.

The official domain extension for France is .FR.

Registering this domain extension is a recommended strategic move for those companies with interests in France or that are looking to protect their trademark within the country.

France is a semi-presidential republic in central Western Europe. It is bordered to the east by Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland and Italy, to the south by Monaco and to the south west by Spain and Andorra. It looks out over the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the North Sea and the English Channel to the north, and the Mediterranean to the south. France is a member of the EU, NATO, G8 and G7; it is divided into 27 regions (22 in metropolitan France). The capital is Paris, a city of great cultural and historical importance, and the chosen urban destination for many tourists (around 28 million a year).

France covers a total surface area of 675,417 km², including its overseas territories in America, Asia e Oceania. The continental European landscape is both varied and distinct: from the mountain ranges in the south (the Alps bordering with Italy and the Pyrenees bordering with Spain) to the vast coastal plains to the north and west; the more remote mountains in the central south (Vosges, Ardennes, Massif Central) are less severe and do not reach to as great a height. France is also a country with an extensive river system, the most important being the Loire, Seine, Rhone, Garonne and part of the Rhine.

The total population of residents living in metropolitan France is 62,787,427 (2012) and the national language is French, though there are a number of minority languages.

It has one of the most solid capitalist economies in the world, second only, in Europe, to Germany.

The biggest economic activities include: agriculture (cereals, vineyards, cheese production, fruit and vegetables), livestock farming and manufacturing (mechanical, electronic, electrical and international automobile industries). The commercial areas of tertiary sector have also been instrumental to the country’s economic growth.