What historic country would you most like to live in and why?

What historical country can imagine yourself most living in and why? Try to explain well the reasons why.<br><br>I've always felt that I should have lived in Italy between 1890s and 1910s. I will never forget the first time I saw the photos of the cities of that era. At the time I was studying history in the university and it regularly occurred to me that Italy in those years was a country that was going through a revolution. The Italian peninsula was only unified in the second half of the 19th century, and was shaped by the Risorgimento movement, which was a mass movement that opposed the absolute monarchies of the various pre-unitary states that carved up the Italian territory. Those who were against the Risorgimento movement saw this unification as an imperialist and expansionist movement, because it sought to conquer a vast territory that was not only inhabited by Italians. The result of this movement was the birth of the Kingdom of Italy, a political entity that existed from 1861 to 1946. In those 85 years of Kingdom, Italy went through several phases of development. In the second half of the 19th century, the country was very rural and only a small percentage of the population lived in cities. Italy was a backward country compared to the Western European nations, where it was very industrialised and most people lived in cities. <br><br>During the years when the Kingdom of Italy was born, Italy was going through a period of rapid growth in industry, trade, transportation, communication and emigration, and for this reason it is known as the "golden years" of the liberal country.<br><br>The period I mentioned at the beginning of this message, between 1890 and 1910, is exactly the period of the golden years.<br><br>After the unification of Italy, the country went through a period of industrialization, and for this reason the cities began to be more populated, more buildings, public works, industries and factories were built.<br><br>I grew up in a working-class neighborhood that was built in the 1960s and 1970s, and I'm not saying that my neighborhood was poorly built. On the contrary, everything is very beautiful and very well thought out, but it was built in a period of great emigration from the countryside to the cities during the economic miracle, and for this reason many neighborhoods were built in a very utilitarian and very fast way.<br><br>I've always felt that I should have lived in a historic country, and Italy in those years would be my choice.<br><br>For more than a year I've been interested in the history of my country, and I have always been fascinated by it. But it wasn't just any era of Italian history that made me want to live in those times. I was interested in the construction of the country, in the Risorgimento movement, in the years of guerrilla warfare between the annexation of southern Italy and the end of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, but I was not interested in living in those times. <br><br>I felt totally projected into this period only when I accidentally saw photos of Italian cities taken in the 1900s. I had never been particularly interested in the golden years of the Kingdom, and the reason is that I was interested in the construction of the country and in the years immediately following unification. But all that changed when I saw those photos. The cities were totally transformed, the streets were totally paved and full of newly built buildings, there were electric lamps, electric trams, cars and buses, there were telephone booths, cinemas, coffee shops and restaurants, large industrial plants, large stations, and many, many other wonders! I felt like I couldn't believe it! Italy was a backward country compared to European countries! Only 50 years after the birth of the Kingdom, Italy had become a respectable western nation, and I couldn't believe it. I had seen ancient Italy, the Renaissance, the years of the Risorgimento and the years immediately following unification, but I had never seen Italy like that. A country up to date with the Western nations. I immediately fell in love with the era. I started to imagine myself walking through the streets of Rome or Milan, I fantasized about going to a coffee bar, eating a delicious pizza, drinking a beer and then going to a theater to watch a show. I even once imagined that I was living in Rome and working in a train station, and then every time I finished working I went to a restaurant and read a newspaper. <br><br>I would have been a railway worker, and at the time it was a more prestigious job than it is today. I felt the need to learn as much as possible about those years, and I studied day and night to learn everything about that era. I began to read everything I could on the subject, from the Risorgimento to the end of the Kingdom, and I could no longer imagine myself in any other era. I imagined myself attending a conference by the greatest scientist of the time, Federico Enriques, or attending a meeting of the Italian Socialist Party. I imagined myself attending a conference by Gabriele D'Annunzio, or at a concert by the great composer Giacomo Puccini. I imagined myself attending a meeting with the highest representatives of the Fascist movement, and then being beaten up for not being a supporter of Fascism. In short, I imagined myself in every possible situation in liberal Italy, and it was wonderful. I really wish I had the opportunity to live in those years, and I felt like I was born in the wrong time. I can no longer imagine myself living in any other time, because it was the perfect time for me. I am a huge fan of history, especially ancient and modern history, but I regularly feel that I was born in the wrong era and time. The Kingdom of Italy in the years 1890-1910 is the place where I would most like to live, and it is the only time and place in the world that I would like to live again.