Italy's view:

Boatgun-2 EOG

I do not remember France starting so badly, to get ZERO SCs in the first year, but even wors, getting ZERO in the 2nd year as well.
Russia had a really bad start as well, paying the price for it early.

Luckily France's bad start was good for me, I showed friendship towards austria, but I decided an early stab, when I saw he might overgrow turkey. I wanted to keep balance, so I took trieste, and was glad austria debuilt his ship, so I had no intention to fight him any more. Of course I lost Trieste, but I could swap my army to a fleet, which was important. Thanks to England, I got Spain. Than England attacked me, meanwhile he lost 3 other SCs and the one he took from me, because of not being defensive, so he was cooked.

Even though England was playing quite disgusting by attacking me, who had zero offense on him. Even when he had to debuild it was clear he want to survive with 1 unit till the end. Luckily, his very last unit wanted to took tunis, let me have portugal, I didn't let him have it. It was clever, Tunis is always a key, to have the 18th for a norhern power. Meanwhile Germany was cleary good for a solo, he was growing fast, and asutria, turkey and me were occupied with eachother.

Austria and Turkey pressed DRAW, so I thought turkey might not attack me, I was wrong, he attack both austria, and me. Luckily we have managed not to lose SCs. I think turkey should have focused on building stalemate line north, and lettin me destroy few of his ships, so he would have been able to build armies.
France joined the Draw voters, but he had no chance, leaving me no chance to protect spain+portugal on the long run.

Turkey was still attacking, I didn't know why, he should have pulled back, so we can defed against germany. No, both austria, and I had to fight him. I kicked him out from Ionian, so at least 1 of my ships freed up, but I was thinking it's probably too late. I was hoping he will build an army instead and he did, so 2 of my shipps freed up, also I retreated to north atlantic, which was behind german lines. I wasn't sure how much this will cost bme, but having a unit behind enemy lines is always useful. Meanwhile germany was able to get into position, to get moscow, another turkish mistake, instead of fighting north, as I stated earlier. (Of course I had some attack against him, I understand why he built so many ships)

Finally Turkey realized, what his job is, I could send Naples west as well. France seemed lost, I was hoping Germany will press draw asap after France is out, but it wasn't clear austria+turkey will cooperate effectively on the long run. I had to destroy north atlantic, but i was able to withhold germany forever and keep spain+marseilles, so unles I was backstabbed, we would have keep the germans contained. But austrian borders were soo unstable. I had to risk supporting myself into western med, otherwise I might lost spain.

Instead of figuring out what the end would have been, Germany pressed draw, he didn't even finish France.

As with Italy, I'm really happy, I hate playing with Italy, I think it's the worst ever country :)