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      CommentAuthorElixer
    • CommentTimeOct 10th 2006
     

    Hear hear.

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      CommentAuthorMonetdell
    • CommentTimeOct 13th 2006
     

    what is the difference between a island and a country tho?
    is it just population and ability to defend themselves,or size or wat?

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      CommentAuthorHushed
    • CommentTimeOct 14th 2006
     

    Well, a country has to be able to defend itself, have a population above 0 at all times, be self-governed and have a government, and I believe own territory.

    Of course, I would affirm that the Vatican City is NOT the smallest country, as it doesnt have a permanent population.

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    Unless I'm mistaken, it has a permenant population of several hundred people, including the Pope.

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      CommentAuthorUdoboy
    • CommentTimeOct 16th 2006
     

    They have a guard, for the premises and the Pope himself, as well as a steady supply of altered altar boys.

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      CommentAuthorMrFingers
    • CommentTimeOct 16th 2006
     

    the terminology is sovereign or not. vatican has a permanent pop of about 2 thousand I believe.

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    Posted By: Legatissimo

    CIA says .44 sq km, 932 people.

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      CommentAuthorMrFingers
    • CommentTimeOct 17th 2006
     

    there ya go :)

    http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&safe=off&rls=GGGL,GGGL:2006-25,GGGL:en&defl=en&q=define:country&sa=X&oi=glossary_definition&ct=title

    • CommentAuthorAbu Yassir
    • CommentTimeNov 17th 2006
     

    While looking for interesting facts on Malta in Google (page 11), I found this page. I also found the smallest country, before I came to this page. It is called (as mentioned afore) the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (SMOM). The smallest ISLAND that is a country is Pitcairn Island, with an area of 1.75 square miles. However, SMOM is the area of two tennis courts, so it wins hands down. It also has a permanent population of about 80, while the Vatican has a permanent population of about 100. Both are recognized as sovereign entities (in other words, it's a country) under international law.

    http://www.fyicomminc.com/gaianews/speech49.htm

    NOTE:

    Google Search Term: Interesting facts about Malta
    Page 2: INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT PLANET EARTH - Words We Speak - GaiaNewsINTERESTING FACTS ABOUT PLANET EARTH ... The actual smallest sovereign entity in the world is the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (S.M.O.M.). ...
    www.fyicomminc.com/gaianews/speech49.htm - 12k - Cached - Similar pages
    Page 11: Fact Check Forum - The worlds smallest countryThe Sovereign Military Order of Malta, fully titled as the "Sovereign Military ... searching out obscure and interesting facts for the loyal readers... ...
    factcheck.gullible.info/discussion/190/the-worlds-smallest-country/ - 45k - Cached - Similar pages

    Hopefully, this will clear this up.

    :bigsmile:

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    Nanopolis, a city-state in Nanopoly (pronounced like Monopoly, but with no Mo, just Na). Located on the South-by-Southwestern corner of Fullerene Island in the furthest reaches of the Irish Sea, Nanopolis is the smallest country in the world. It has the highest population density in the world due to its miniscule land area. Nanopolis is several orders of magnitude smaller than the Malta,the Vatican City, Luxomburg and other runner-ups.

    -Source: "Small is Beautiful" by Tim O'Toole, as published in Fromer's travel guide for Irish Whisky Lovers.

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      CommentAuthorTaed
    • CommentTimeNov 19th 2006
     

    Unfortunately, both Malta and Nanopoly is also orders of magnitude larger than Sealand, which only has a population of around 5.

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      CommentAuthorD League
    • CommentTimeNov 24th 2006
     

    When talking about size, does that mean population or land area?

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      CommentAuthorTaed
    • CommentTimeNov 25th 2006
     

    Sealand wins for smallest size and population. From the top view, it's about an acre or so, and has only 5 or so people living there. Plus, they had a team in the FIFA World Cup last year, but they lost to Northern Cyprus, so if that doesn't prove that they're a country, then what does? The Vatican doesn't have a World Cup team...

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    luxemburg is not small at all there are 3 country's in europe including the vatican that are way smaller

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      CommentAuthorD League
    • CommentTimeDec 31st 2006
     
    Posted By: Taed

    Sealand wins for smallest size and population. From the top view, it's about an acre or so, and has only 5 or so people living there. Plus, they had a team in the FIFA World Cup last year, but they lost to Northern Cyprus, so if that doesn't prove that they're a country, then what does? The Vatican doesn't have a World Cup team...

    If the vatican did have a team, they should have the pope has their keeper. I could just see it now...
    And the pope receives the ball in the box, blesses it, says a short prayer, and kicks it down the feild. The pope scores!!!! Thats Ninety to Zero, Vatican in the lead.

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      CommentAuthorMrFingers
    • CommentTimeDec 31st 2006 edited
     

    lucky that ball isn't made of logic, he'd miss every time!

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      CommentAuthorD League
    • CommentTimeDec 31st 2006
     

    If the ball was logical, he couldn't put faith in it.

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      CommentAuthorMrFingers
    • CommentTimeDec 31st 2006
     

    because faith requires gullibility!

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      CommentAuthorD League
    • CommentTimeDec 31st 2006
     

    Then I propose we supply a Gullible.info ball for the World Cup next time it comes around.

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    Therefore fixing the world cup so that the vatican wins?

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      CommentAuthorD League
    • CommentTimeJan 3rd 2007
     

    If our plan goes off without a hitch then God must will it.

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      CommentAuthorMrFingers
    • CommentTimeJan 3rd 2007 edited
     

    GOD WILLS IT!!!!!

    peace be upon him

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      CommentAuthorKRistos
    • CommentTimeJan 3rd 2007
     

    God wills it! -announcer, "and sealand's goalie was just struck by what appears to be holy lightning, the vatican wins by default as sealand now only has four people left on the pitch."

    I can see a gullible ball now, it would be made of a see-through material, that way the stadium lights would fool you into thinking it was in a different position.

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      CommentAuthorD League
    • CommentTimeJan 3rd 2007
     

    No, it would be made of a super conductive material that would get a static charge as it rolls across the field and would kill the opposing keeper when he picks it up.

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      CommentAuthorKRistos
    • CommentTimeJan 4th 2007
     

    i like holy lightning better

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      CommentAuthorUdoboy
    • CommentTimeJan 6th 2007
     

    "Son, I don't think God really cares who wins this game."

    • CommentAuthorpenbass
    • CommentTimeJan 9th 2007
     

    Update on the fates of our favorite smallest country..... It's up for sale! What doya t'ink...
    should we buy it? A little summer get away and place to holiday at?:cool:

    • CommentAuthorcompience
    • CommentTimeJan 9th 2007
     

    the smallest country in the world would have to be Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John. Its has no real territory whatso ever, apart from i guess a couple of buildings.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sovereign_Military_Hospitaller_Order_of_St._John_of_Jerusalem_of_Rhodes_and_of_Malta

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      CommentAuthorUdoboy
    • CommentTimeJan 9th 2007
     

    Well, I can post a wikipedia article on a smaller country than that. I'd like to nominate compience for the mark of shame. (nothing personal dude)

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      CommentAuthorTaed
    • CommentTimeJan 9th 2007
     

    Here's a link to an article about the attempted sale of The Principality of Sealand:
    http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200701/s1823039.htm

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