Chapter 1
Bizarre borders and double-take enclaves
Chapter 2
Sovereign microstates and political anomalies
Chapter 3
Natural wonders that defy expectations
Chapter 4
Cultural pockets and linguistic islands
Ch 2 · Sovereign microstates and political anomalies
schopenhauer Sovereign Microstates and Political Anomalies
Is your front door in Belgium or the Dutch side? (Which side, yeah!) / That's the country where you officially reside! (Where you reside!)
schopenhauer Monaco is the world's second-smallest country, famous for its high population density, casinos, and tax-haven status.
schopenhauer San Marino is a mountainous microstate landlocked by Italy, boasting the world's oldest continuous constitutional republic.
BETA
schopenhauer Match quirky facts to the correct tiny nation to discover Europe's most unique microstates.
Fun Fact
Vatican ATM instructions: The Vatican City is home to the world's only bank automated teller machines (ATMs) that offer instructions in Latin.
Glossary
microstate (noun)
A sovereign state that has a very small population or land area. Vatican City is the world's smallest independent state, occupying just 0.49 square kilometers within Rome.
A sovereign state that has a very small population or land area. Vatican City is the world's smallest independent state, occupying just 0.49 square kilometers within Rome.
Quiz
Which European microstate is the most densely populated sovereign nation in the world?
Quiz
How often does San Marino elect its two joint heads of state, the Captains Regent?
Quiz
Which country is recognized as the world's oldest surviving constitutional republic?
Quiz
Which treaty established Vatican City as an independent sovereign state in 1929?