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Vatican City

Size - 0.2 Square milesPopulation - 770Language - ItalianLocation - ItalyCurrency - Euro

The Pope is an elected non-hereditary monarch and has complete judicial, executive and legislative control over the Vatican State - which means he is at present the only absolute monarch in Europe.

Piazza di San Pietro (St Peter’s Square) and the colonnade were designed and built by Bernini (completed in 1667). At 314 meters long and 240 meters wide it is the largest square in Rome. Bernini (with the help of his pupils) designed the 140 statues of saints which decorate the colonnade.

It has it’s own Post office and issues its own stamps. The Vatican mail system is widely used by Romans as in most cases is a lot quicker than Italian mail.

The Vatican’s radio station is located in a tower inside the Vatican Gardens and broadcasts in 20 languages throughout the world.

The Vatican City issues its own passports; the Pope, cardinals, members of the Swiss guard and clergy being the recipients.

Italians are allowed to donate 8% of their yearly taxes to the Vatican (this is instead of paying it to the Italian Government).

In 2007 the Vatican opted to become the first Carbon neutral state by offsetting their carbon footprint with the creation of a forest in Hungary.

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Size - 0.7 Square milesPopulation - 32,000Language - FrenchLocation - French Mediterranean coastCurrency - Euro

Monaco

Mo

naco Despite Monaco being independent, its national defence is the responsibility of France.

The official religion is Roman Catholicism. The constitution provides for freedom of other religions.

The Monaco Gran Prix has been held in Monaco since 1929. It takes six weeks to set up the circuit and three weeks to remove it.

Monaco has the highest number of police per person than any country (just over 500 police for 33,000 people).

Known as Europe’s tax haven, each and every individual citizens of Monaco enjoys a tax-free lifestyle which begone in the 1870s.

At present, Monaco’s current efforts to diversify its economy have made tourism its number one source of income and casino profits now only generate about 5%.

It has no navy or air force. They have a small military with just over 100 people.

France are responsible for defending Monaco if it is attacked by another nation.

Citizens of Monaco are not allowed to gamble, nor even visit the casinos.

It only has 12 schools in total within its bounders.

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colonnade were designed and built by Bernini

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complete

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The Pope is an elected non-hereditary monarch and has com

plete judicial, executive and

legislative control over the Vatican State - which m

eans he is at present the only absolute

monarch in Europe.

Piazza di San Pietro (St Peter’s Square) and the colonnade were designed and built by

Bernini (completed in 1667). At 314 m

eters long and 240 meters w

ide it is the largest

square in Rome. Bernini (w

ith the help of his pupils) designed the 140 statues of saints

which decorate the colonnade.

It has it’s own Post office and issues its ow

n stamps. The Vatican m

ail system is w

idely

used by Romans as in m

ost cases is a lot quicker than Italian mail.

The Vatican’s radio station is located in a tower inside the Vatican Gardens and broadcasts

in 20 languages throughout the world.

The Vatican City issues its own passports; the Pope, cardinals, m

embers of the Sw

iss

guard and clergy being the recipients.

Italians are allowed to donate 8% of their yearly taxes to the Vatican (this is instead of

paying it to the Italian Government).

In 2007 the Vatican opted to become the first Carbon neutral state by offsetting their

carbon footprint with the creation of a forest in Hungary.

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Piazza di San Pietro (St Peter’s Square) and the colonnade were designed and built by Bernini (completed in 1667). At 314 meters long and 240 meters wide it is the larg-est square in Rome. Bernini (with the help of his pupils) designed the 140 statues of saints which decorate the colonnade.


The Vatican’s radio station is located in a tower inside the Vatican Gardens and broad-casts in 20 languages throughout the world.




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is an

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ted

non-

here

ditar

y m

onar

ch a

nd h

as

com

plet

e ju

dicia

l, ex

ecut

ive a

nd le

gisla

tive

cont

rol o

ver

the V

atica

n Sta

te -

whi

ch m

eans

he

is at

pres

ent t

he o

nly

abso

lute

mon

arch

in E

urop

e.

Piaz

za d

i San

Piet

ro (S

t Pet

er’s

Squa

re) a

nd th

e col

onna

de

were d

esig

ned

and

built

by

Bern

ini (

com

plet

ed in

166

7).

At 314

met

ers l

ong

and

240

met

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ide

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the

larg-

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quar

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Rom

e. Be

rnin

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ith th

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lp o

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s its

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stam

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use

d by

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ans a

s in

mos

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case

s is a

lot q

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mail

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sspor

ts; th

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dina

ls, m

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the

Swiss

gua

rd an

d cle

rgy

bein

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e

recip

ients.

Italia

ns a

re a

llowed

to d

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8%

of t

heir

year

ly tax

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ives

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The Pope is an elected non-hereditary monarch and has complete ju-dicial, executive and legislative control over the Vatican State - which means he is at present the only absolute monarch in Europe.

Piazza di San Pietro (St Peter’s Square) and the colonnade were de-signed and built by Bernini (completed in 1667). At 314 meters long and 240 meters wide it is the largest square in Rome. Bernini (with the help of his pupils) designed the 140 statues of saints which deco-

rate the colonnade.

It has it’s own Post office and issues its own stamps. The Vatican mail system is widely used

by Romans as in most cases is a lot quicker than Italian mail.


The Vatican City issues its own pass-ports; the Pope, cardinals, members of the Swiss guard and clergy being the recipients.

Italians are allowed to donate 8% of their yearly taxes to the Vatican (this is instead of paying it to the Italian Gov-ernment).

In 2007 the Vatican opted to become the first Carbon neutral state by offsetting their carbon footprint with the creation

of a forest in Hungary.

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