Set a different default Language

I'm really angry with Apple this time. This is something you couldn't be so difficult to change, but it is. I'm using MacOs in Italian and I don't want to change it. I like it. It's my language and it's my right to chose what I want.
But I write in English. And it's impossible to have a different language set as default. I want simply to change the language for the whole document. Otherwise nice feature as the Outline mode is useless (you have to change the language for every new section).
Creating a template it's not a solution. And neither using third part application. All the peoples outside English-speaking countries deals with this problem.
Is it too much to have such a stupid thing?

If you have the computer in Italian Pages will also be in Italian. When you start a document it will be in Italian and so will the styles. You can change language for the spell check to English but as you said the styles wont change.
Using the free Language Switcher to open Pages would give you Pages in English and the computer in Italian. I use it all the time when helping in this forum. I couldn't use the Swedish words in Pages for that.
In Language switcher you can edit which application to show, that is you can deselect all the ones you don't want to use with another language and just keep Pages there. It will make your Pages life much, much easier. You don't have to think of changing the styles, they will be in English. Do try for a week and see if it will work for you.
_http://www.tj-hd.co.uk/en-gb/languageswitcher/_

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