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The inflexible social control that was characteristic of Italian Industrial Mobilization, accentuated by being directed almost throughout the war by military personnel, is understandable given that Italy was the only European power to enter the war against the opposition of her largest working-class party. Moreover, Italian industry was so weak that the State had to promote its rapid development, in order to compete with the other more highly industrialized nations. The role of the State was particularly prominent in the regulation of the labour market. The pre-war Liberal governments had traditionally refrained from interfering in any way, but the State took complete control during the war, via a policy which attempted to combine authoritarian regulation with corporative association. Some aspects of that experience (for example, the validity of collective bargaining, sliding wage scales and the 'cassa integrazione' for compulsory unemployment) were to be introduced in part again, first under Fascism, then in the late post-1945 period. These remain as features of today's system of industrial relations in Italy.