I think it must be efficient-or-something municipal governments that keep Italy a delight to visit. It's not the federal government. The country's governance is a mystery to me.
THere is nothing efficient about Italian Government.....trust me...
Its all practically like a circus...
Speaking as someone who lived and worked there for 6 years.....and has spent a month a year for most of the last 22 years there.
My father-in-law retired from their Dept of Justice....my Sister-in-law works there now....my wife worked there part tim in her youth....and one of her cousins was a Mayor, and an uncle was a Chief of police for an entire Province.