Favorite Tiny European Nation

[JohnLocke]

Poll question: Favorite Tiny European Nation

:)

[GOPisEvil]

1. No Monaco?

;-)

[Robb]

2. The Monagasts will be ticked off

...they're not in there. ;)

On edit: OK GOPisEvil, that was almost creepy!

[GOPisEvil]

5. Rabrrrrrr's painting was speaking to me...it said..."Monaco"...

:shrug:

[JohnLocke]

6. LOL

[NightTrain]

3. Malta: the location of Joe Don Baker's film, "FINAL JUSTICE."

Saw it on MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000. Lousy film, but terrific scenery!

[Robb]

7. Plus apparently

they have a thriving pet export industry, mostly dogs and falcons. :shrug:

[Fenris]

15. "YOU THINK YOU CAN HANDLE ME? GO 'HEAD ON!"

Brilliant fucking film! Joe Don Baker playing someone named Geronimo!

[hussar]

33. Popeye too

Been to Malta twice, lovely place apart from the abundance of Brit tourists!

[JohnLocke]

4. I added Monaco. (nt)

:)

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

46. Vroom Vroom!

[SmileyBoy]

8. What about Lichtenstein?

Just wondering.

[JohnLocke]

9. I added it.

[NoPasaran]

10. Spelled Liechtenstein

The residents of Vaduz will thank you

[greatauntoftriplets]

11. Luxembourg.

What you expect Europe to be like. Plus I am related to half the country.

[nini]

14. Maybe we're related :-)

German last name but supposedly the family was actually from Luxembourg.

[starroute]

25. Are you related to Hugo Gernsback?

??

[nini]

12. My ancestors are from Luxembourg

well, some of 'em are.

[greatauntoftriplets]

13. My grandfather was from Mertzig...

and my grandmother from Feulen. Where are yours from? Curious.

[nini]

16. Not sure, but I can find out from my brother

this would have been back in the late 1800's though.

I'll let you know... I'll email him and see.

ok cuz? :-)

[greatauntoftriplets]

17. Sure, cuz.

My grandparents (on my mother's side) emigrated in the early 1890s.

My grandfather came over first, did well in Chicago, and then returned to bring back his sweetheart. Interesting. Did you know that Chicago traditionally has had a (relatively) sizeable Luxembourgisch community?

Have you ever been there? Great country. I am fortunate to be in contact with cousins there.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

45. The Smiths made a song for you

"Ask". :hi:

[JohnKleeb]

18. other

Slovenia.

[JohnLocke]

19. Not exactly tiny...

...small, yes, but not on the city-state level of the countries I have here.

[JohnKleeb]

27. you said small :)

[mr_hat]

20. Scotland, home of the band "Weezer."

[Screaming Lord Byron]

48. And that other popular Scottish band - INXS.

[muriel_volestrangler]

54. It's about 300 miles from south to north

400, if you measure to the Shetlands, rather than just the mainland. That's not tiny in Europe ...

[chicaloca]

21. I once saw Patrick Swayze in a restaurant in Luxembourg...

Plus, that restaurant had the best food I've ever had in my life, and Luxembourg City is absolutely beautiful. So Luxembourg gets my vote. :)

[HawkerHurricane]

22. Malta!

The whole island was awarded a medal for bravery in WW2; when they became independent they put it on thier flag.

[Snow]

23. Andorra! Up in the mountains, no unemployment, the best of

France & Spain, tourist bucks. And nobody's heard of it (although I think the Princess Diaries were supposed to be about Andorra).

[Feanorcurufinwe]

32. Andorra is cool.

[Hand]

24. You forgot SMOM...

The Sovereign Military Order of Malta. It occupies one building somewhere or another. Really! You could look it up!

[Lydia Leftcoast]

26. Malta

Ancient Mediterranean island and former British colony, so nearly everyone speaks English, but the native language, Maltese, is actually a dialect of Arabic written in the Roman alphabet, although the people are Catholic, not Muslim.

[hussar]

35. Malta most bombed place during WW2

a little piece of trivia for you.

[burrowowl]

28. Andorra

because, it is mountaneous and I lik Mountains.

[kskiska]

29. Trieste (Don't know its status now, but it used to be a country)

Emperor Maximilian of Mexico (and Carlotta) had a castle there – Miramar.

[Vernunft II]

38. Triest is part of Italy since 1919

[slack]

30. Switzerland

ok. it's not really tiny.
for me, it's tiny enough, and I really love this little country.
nice dialect. (for those who speak german, french or italien)

[hussar]

34. Lived there 81-88

place called Effretikon between Winterthur and Zurich also my mother was Swiss and I have relatives there.

[slack]

36. my ex-girlfried

came from bienne or biel.
i love her still today, best woman ever. ;)

[I AM SPARTACUS]

31. The Grand Duchy of Fenwick...

The Duchy of Grand Fenwick decides that the only way to get out of their economic woes is to declare war on the United States, lose and accept foreign aid. They send an invasion force to New York (armed with longbows) which arrives during a nuclear drill that has cleared the streets. Wandering about to find someone to surrender to, they discover a scientist with a special ultimate weapon that can destroy the Earth. When they capture him and his bomb they are faced with a new possibility: What do you do when you win a war?



Mouse That Roared, The (1959)
Credited cast:
Peter Sellers .... Grand Duchess Gloriana XII/Prime Minister Count Rupert Mountjoy/Tully Bascombe
Jean Seberg .... Helen Kokintz
William Hartnell .... Will Buckley

[HawkerHurricane]

50. Great stories...

along with The Mouse on the Moon...

Cold War Paranoia made silly.

[Khephra]

53. Damn, I missed you say this first

Pout.

[Fight_n_back]

37. San Marinos whole economy is based

on making stamps....how cool is that? Its a nation with one cottage industry as its source of income.

[Vernunft II]

39. You´re forgetting Euro coins :-)

[Vernunft II]

40. Technically there are 4 more tiny states in Europe.

Luxembourg Luxembourg 2,586 454,157
Faroer Islands Torshavn 1,399 46,345
Man Douglas 572 74,261
Andorra Andorra la Vella 468 69,150
Malta Valletta 316 400,420
Liechtenstein Vaduz 160 33,145
Jersey Saint Helier 116 90,156
Guernsey Saint Peter Port 78 64,818
San Marino San Marino 61 28,119
Monaco Monaco 2 32,130
Vatican Vatican City 1 911

as comparison:
Rhode Island Providence 3,139 1,069,725


The Faroer Islands, Guernsey, Jersey and Man are not formally independent but print up their own money, have their own governments and even their own languages. The only 2 states in the above list that fully take care of themselves are Luxemburg and Malta, all others are associated with a bigger nation for international purposes. Faroer Islands with Denmark, Man, Jersey and Guernsey with the United Kingdom, Andorra and Monaco with France, San Marino and Vatican with Italy.

[Tom Kitten]

41. Don't forget Gibraltar!

ok maybe not technically a nation...But not part of Spain either...

I like all these tiny little countries, personally...Always loved geography and marvelled at the existence of these places when I discovered them while growing up......I also remember reading about some even tinier self proclaimed contries like New Atlantis and Outer Baldonia when I was a child...hmmm...maybe a google search is in order!

(on edit) Must not forget mentioning Freedonia (Duck Soup anyone?) or Latveria (Doctor Doom's kingdom)!!!

[Vernunft II]

42. Gibraltar is a crown colony, not a nation :-)

They have alot less self governing there although they do print up their own money.

It´s also interesting that none of these small states (except for Luxemburg and soon Malta) are part of the EU even when their "mother" nations are.

[Mobius]

43. The protector of Italian virginity: SIR ULRICH VON LICHTENSTEIN!

no brainer for me :shrug:

[Avonrepus]

44. San Marino

Worlds oldest republic, est. 310ad

[RFKHumphreyObama]

47. Transnystria

Okay...not quite sure how you spell it but there was a program on Australian TV about it. Apparently it is a part of Moldova that seceeded during the breakup of the USSR and has no official recognition as an independent nation. It receives heavy backing from Russia and it has a President named Smirnoff -no wonder Yeltsin liked the country:)

[Vernunft II]

49. Trans-Dniestria

http://www.cbpmr.net/eng/index.html

:-)

[GreenPartyVoter]

51. I've only been to Monaco, so.... *l*

[Khephra]

52. The Duchy of Grand Fenwick

;-)

[mvd]

55. Malta

I've always wanted to visit an island.