What is the first of the evil spirits? Describe it.

The first of the evil spirits is poverty as Italy is a very poor country, the poorest in western Europe with the exception of Spain. The agrarian south provides just enough for its residents to stave off starvation, while the residents of the north must exist in industrial slums. The poverty also extends to proud aristocrats who have either just suffered a miserable collapse of their finances or fear they are about to.