As a recently recognised Italian citizen, I have to agree--it's not the appropriate place to form a startup.
There's a surprising number of things that involve the legal system, and the legal system moves at a glacial pace--in some cases, taking months between when a ruling becomes final and when it becomes enforceable. Encounter any one of those situations, and it's going to be a huge time & resource drain for the company.
Perhaps it'd make sense to headquarter the startup in a more favourable country (Estonia?) and then have a major branch office in Italy (for climate and talent reasons).
There's a surprising number of things that involve the legal system, and the legal system moves at a glacial pace--in some cases, taking months between when a ruling becomes final and when it becomes enforceable. Encounter any one of those situations, and it's going to be a huge time & resource drain for the company.
Perhaps it'd make sense to headquarter the startup in a more favourable country (Estonia?) and then have a major branch office in Italy (for climate and talent reasons).