The economy in Sicily is slow but steady and stable, for a smaller place they do well for themselves. Having their population under the poverty line being estimated only at 1% and having an inflation rate of about 2%. How do they make their money one may ask? One way is through agricultural products such as fruits, grapes, sugar beets, gain, olives, and fish. Many people in the rural places are farmers and close to the shorelines are many fishermen businesses. They too make money through industries such as tourism, machinery, iron and steel, textiles, ceramics, and clothing.
The government of Sicily is a representative democracy, meaning they have a president of the region who leads all and they too have a legislative system that is made up of the regional government and the Sicilian Regional Assembly, which is one of the oldest in the world made up of 90 deputies.
In terms of social class they have a lower middle and upper class but in their history like the main land of Italy and England they had royalty. Though not held in the same regard today the royal bloodline still exists in Sicily.
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http://www.bestofsicily.com/index.htm
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http://sicilyguide.com/2010/11/01/salvatore-giuliano-is-still-a-mistery/
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http://pti.regione.sicilia.it/portal/page/portal/PIR_PORTALE
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