Actually, "paese" is the normal translation for country (optionally with capital "P" if one wants to avoid ambiguities with the "town" meaning) > nobody will e

Actually, "paese" is the normal translation for country (optionally with capital "P" if one wants to avoid ambiguities with the "town" meaning) > nobody will ever say that Germany or France are a "paese" Google lists > 200.000 results for "la Germania è un paese".