Education and growing up
Compare liceo, technical education and apprenticeships.
COUNTRY LIFE / ITA
A life in Italy
Schools, workshops, neighborhood markets and learning after retirement.
01 / QUESTION
What might life in Italy be like?
Choose learning, work and family time amid regional differences and changing eras.
Italy / 1950–2025
Choices along the way
New machinery and local vacancies shape working paths. · Sunday visits and market shopping meet the household budget.
02 / START
Set your birth
Population statistics describe the era, not the outcome of one person’s life.
03 / GENERATIONS
A country across generations
Population statistics describe the era, not the outcome of one person’s life.
1999Sources and scope
Italy adopted the euro in 1999 for accounting and electronic payments; lire remained in cash use.
Sources describe the social setting for the relevant era; choices and the simulation shape each person’s work, family and outcome.
04 / EVERYDAY LIFE
Choices along the way
Work and careers
New machinery and local vacancies shape working paths.
Family and everyday life
Sunday visits and market shopping meet the household budget.
Life across generations
The 1978 health service and euro cash in 2002 mark institutional change.
05 / SOURCES
Sources and scope
Population statistics describe the era, not the outcome of one person’s life.
Rapporto annuale 2025
Original source ↗2025 Report infographics
Original source ↗Law No. 833/1978: Istituzione del SSN
Original source ↗Italy and the euro
Original source ↗Initial euro changeover 2002
Original source ↗06 / LIFE ARCHIVE
Lives that began here
Only completed simulation records voluntarily made public by players appear here.
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