Vatican City

 

 Vatican City

• Capital: Vatican City
• Size: 0.17 sq. miles (0.44 sq kms)
• Population: 780 approx.
• Location: Rome, Italy
• Official Language: Latin, Italian
• Currency: Euro
• Internet TLD: .va

Vatican City is the smallest country in the planet. It is a landlocked sovereign city-state having a territory of walled enclave within the city of Rome. Vatican is officially known as the State of the Vatican City. It is also the least populated country in the world. Vatican also has the smallest army in the world known as ‘Swiss Guard’ consisting of young unmarried Swiss Christian males.
The Vatican City may be small, but it is very powerful as it is the seat of the Catholic Church which has over 1 billion people as constituents. Vatican is so small that the entire country does not have a single street address. Another unique thing about Vatican is that it has no permanent citizens. Citizenship of the Vatican City is issued to those who work at the Vatican and their spouses and children and is revoked as and when they stop working there. The country’s economy is the only non-commercial economy in the world. But, the Vatican City is supported financially by contributions of Catholics worldwide. Vatican has no taxes as well.