@servelan Italy is a country around its capital Rome, where laws and rules are written.
And Rome is a city around Vatican City State, where laws and rules are dictated.
I'm sure Vatican City is a state around something smaller, where laws and rules are conceived.
That said, the Italian Constitution promises to be a secular one, but every article is checked to make happy everyone in those inner circles. Pure magic.
In the outer circle, we all know every good magician's a great deceiver.