I drew Italy, and I apparently suck as Italy. =P
My first instinct was to eliminate turkey, which Austria seemed to understand, but after a defense by turkey, I decided to go after France. I think I had just played a live game and thought "that's brilliant!" and so mimicked that Italy. Anyway, I sucked it up, because France plugged the med brilliantly and, despite Austria remaining friendly, I just couldn't make any headway with France. In the end, I tried helping Austria any way I could, but we couldn't coordinate.
A disappointing game for me, a really poor showing. I hope to join the next one if it starts in June, but I have taken some lessons away as Italy. I think I'll try the alpine chicken next time. Or whatever it's called.