A microstate or ministate is a sovereign state A sovereign state is a political association with effective internal and external sovereignty over a geographic area and population which is not dependent on, or subject to any other power or state. While in abstract terms a sovereign state can exist without being recognised by other sovereign states, unrecognised states will often find it hard to having a very small population or very small land area, but usually both. Some examples include Nauru Coordinates: 0°31′38″S 166°56′12″E / 0.527288°S 166.936724°E Nauru (pronounced /nɑːˈʊəruː/ nah-OO-roo), officially the Republic of Nauru and formerly known as Pleasant Island, is an island nation in Micronesia in the South Pacific. Its nearest neighbour is Banaba Island in Kiribati, 300 km to the east. Nauru is the world's, Singapore Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, 137 kilometres north of the equator, in the Southeast Asian region of the Asian continent. It is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north, and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the Singapore Strait to its south. A, Liechtenstein The Principality of Liechtenstein (pronounced /ˈlɪktənstaɪn/ LIK-tən-styen; German: Fürstentum Liechtenstein, [ˈfʏɐstəntuːm ˈliːçtənʃtaɪn] (help·info)) is a doubly landlocked alpine microstate in Western Europe, bordered by Switzerland to the west and south and by Austria to the east. Its area is just over 160 km² (about 61.7, Monaco Monaco /ˈmɒnəkoʊ/ , officially the Principality of Monaco (French: Principauté de Monaco; Monégasque: Principatu de Múnegu; Italian: Principato di Monaco; Occitan: Principat de Mónegue), is a small sovereign city-state located in South Western Europe on the northern central coast of the Mediterranean Sea. It is surrounded on three sides by, Malta Malta /ˈmɔːltə/ , officially the Republic of Malta (Maltese: Repubblika ta' Malta), is a southern European country and consists of an archipelago situated centrally in the Mediterranean, 93 km south of Sicily and 288 km east of Tunisia, with the Strait of Gibraltar 1,826 km to the west and Alexandria 1,510 km to the east, and Vatican City Vatican City /ˈvætɪkən ˈsɪti/ or Vatican City State, officially Stato della Città del Vaticano (pronounced [ˈsta(ː)to delːa tʃiˈtːa del vatiˈka(ː)no]), which translates literally as "State of the City of the Vatican", is a landlocked sovereign city-state whose territory consists of a walled enclave within the city of Rome,.

The smallest fully sovereign microstate is Vatican City Vatican City /ˈvætɪkən ˈsɪti/ or Vatican City State, officially Stato della Città del Vaticano (pronounced [ˈsta(ː)to delːa tʃiˈtːa del vatiˈka(ː)no]), which translates literally as "State of the City of the Vatican", is a landlocked sovereign city-state whose territory consists of a walled enclave within the city of Rome,, with 826 citizens as of July 2009 2009 was a common year that started on a Thursday. In the Gregorian calendar, it was the 2009th year of the Common Era or of Anno Domini; the 9th year of the 3rd millennium and of the 21st century; and the 10th and last of the 2000s decade and an area of only 0.44 km².[1][2]

Microstates should not be confused with micronations Micronations—sometimes also referred to as model countries and new country projects—are entities that claim to be independent nations or states but which are not recognized by world governments or major international organizations. These nations often exist only on paper, on the Internet, or in the minds of their creators, which are not recognized as sovereign states. Special territories without full sovereignty, such as the British Crown Dependencies The Crown Dependencies are possessions of The Crown in Right of the United Kingdom, as opposed to overseas territories of the United Kingdom. They comprise the Channel Island Bailwicks of Jersey and Guernsey in the English Channel, and the Isle of Man in the Irish Sea, The Chinese Special Administrative Regions and Overseas Territories A dependent territory, dependent area or dependency is a territory that does not possess full political independence or sovereignty as a State of the United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland[note 7] is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island country, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of the island of Ireland, and many small islands. Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK with a land, France France is a founding member state of the European Union and is the largest one by area. France has been a major power for several centuries with strong cultural, economic, military and political influence in Europe and in the world. During the 17th and 18th centuries, France colonised great parts of North America; during the 19th and early 20th, the Netherlands The Netherlands (pronounced /ˈnɛðɚləndz/ ; Dutch: Nederland, pronounced [ˈneːdərlɑnt] ( listen)) is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located in North-West Europe. It is a parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy. The Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany, Denmark Denmark is a constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary system of government. Denmark has a state-level government and local governments in 98 municipalities. Denmark has been a member of the European Union since 1973, although it has not joined the Eurozone. Denmark is a founding member of NATO and the OECD. Denmark is also a member of the, Norway After World War II, Norway experienced rapid economic growth, with the first two decades due to the Norwegian shipping and merchant marine and domestic industrialization, and from the early 1970s, a result of exploiting large oil and natural gas deposits that had been discovered in the North Sea and the Norwegian Sea. Today, Norway ranks as the, Finland Finland (pronounced /ˈfɪnlənd/ ), officially the Republic of Finland Finnish: Suomi; Swedish: Finland (help·info), is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden on the west, Norway on the north and Russia on the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland and Spain Spain (pronounced /ˈspeɪn/ spayn; Spanish: España, pronounced [esˈpaɲa] ( listen)), officially the Kingdom of Spain (Spanish: Reino de España), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.[note 6] Its mainland is bordered to the south and east by the Mediterranean Sea except for, are not considered microstates either.

Contents

List of sovereign nations with a non-sea area less than 1,000 km2 (386 sq mi)

Sovereign states with a non-sea area less than 1,000 km2 (386 sq mi).[3][4]

Rank Country / Territory Area (km²/sqmi) Region
1 Vatican City Vatican City /ˈvætɪkən ˈsɪti/ or Vatican City State, officially Stato della Città del Vaticano (pronounced [ˈsta(ː)to delːa tʃiˈtːa del vatiˈka(ː)no]), which translates literally as "State of the City of the Vatican", is a landlocked sovereign city-state whose territory consists of a walled enclave within the city of Rome, 0.44 km2 (0.17 sq mi) Europe Europe is one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian Sea, the Caucasus region (Specification of borders) and the Black Sea to the southeast. Europe is bordered by the Arctic Ocean and
2 Monaco Monaco /ˈmɒnəkoʊ/ , officially the Principality of Monaco (French: Principauté de Monaco; Monégasque: Principatu de Múnegu; Italian: Principato di Monaco; Occitan: Principat de Mónegue), is a small sovereign city-state located in South Western Europe on the northern central coast of the Mediterranean Sea. It is surrounded on three sides by 1.95 km2 (0.75 sq mi) Europe Europe is one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian Sea, the Caucasus region (Specification of borders) and the Black Sea to the southeast. Europe is bordered by the Arctic Ocean and
3 Nauru Coordinates: 0°31′38″S 166°56′12″E / 0.527288°S 166.936724°E Nauru (pronounced /nɑːˈʊəruː/ nah-OO-roo), officially the Republic of Nauru and formerly known as Pleasant Island, is an island nation in Micronesia in the South Pacific. Its nearest neighbour is Banaba Island in Kiribati, 300 km to the east. Nauru is the world's 21 km2 (8 sq mi) Oceania Oceania is a geographical, and often geopolitical, region consisting of numerous lands—mostly islands in the Pacific Ocean and vicinity. The term "Oceania" was coined in 1831 by French explorer Dumont d'Urville.[dubious – discuss] The term is also sometimes used to denote a continent comprising Australia and proximate Pacific islands,
4 Tuvalu Tuvalu ( /tuːˈvɑːluː/ too-VAH-loo or /ˈtuːvəluː/ TOO-və-loo), formerly known as the Ellice Islands, is a Polynesian island nation located in the Pacific Ocean, midway between Hawaii and Australia. Its nearest neighbours are Kiribati, Nauru, Samoa and Fiji. It comprises four reef islands and five true atolls. Its population of 12,373 26 km2 (10 sq mi) Oceania Oceania is a geographical, and often geopolitical, region consisting of numerous lands—mostly islands in the Pacific Ocean and vicinity. The term "Oceania" was coined in 1831 by French explorer Dumont d'Urville.[dubious – discuss] The term is also sometimes used to denote a continent comprising Australia and proximate Pacific islands,
5 San Marino San Marino, officially the Most Serene Republic of San Marino (pronounced /ˌsan maˈriːno/ SAN-mə-REE-noh; Italian: Serenissima Repubblica di San Marino), is a country situated on the eastern side of the Apennine Mountains. It is a landlocked enclave, completely surrounded by Italy. Its size is just over 61 km2 (24 sq mi) with an estimated 61 km2 (24 sq mi) Europe Europe is one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian Sea, the Caucasus region (Specification of borders) and the Black Sea to the southeast. Europe is bordered by the Arctic Ocean and
6 Liechtenstein The Principality of Liechtenstein (pronounced /ˈlɪktənstaɪn/ LIK-tən-styen; German: Fürstentum Liechtenstein, [ˈfʏɐstəntuːm ˈliːçtənʃtaɪn] (help·info)) is a doubly landlocked alpine microstate in Western Europe, bordered by Switzerland to the west and south and by Austria to the east. Its area is just over 160 km² (about 61.7 164 km2 (63 sq mi) Europe Europe is one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian Sea, the Caucasus region (Specification of borders) and the Black Sea to the southeast. Europe is bordered by the Arctic Ocean and
7 Marshall Islands The Republic of the Marshall Islands /ˈmɑrʃəl ˈaɪləndz/ (help·info), is a Micronesian nation of atolls and islands in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, just west of the International Date Line and just north of the Equator. The population is about 62,000. In 1986 independence was attained under a Compact of Free Association with the United 181 km2 (70 sq mi) Oceania Oceania is a geographical, and often geopolitical, region consisting of numerous lands—mostly islands in the Pacific Ocean and vicinity. The term "Oceania" was coined in 1831 by French explorer Dumont d'Urville.[dubious – discuss] The term is also sometimes used to denote a continent comprising Australia and proximate Pacific islands,
8 Saint Kitts and Nevis The Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis (pronounced /seɪnt ˌkɪts ænd ˈniːvɪs/ , also known as the Federation of Saint Christopher and Nevis), located in the Leeward Islands, is a federal two-island nation in the West Indies. It is the smallest sovereign nation in the Americas, in both area and population 261 km2 (101 sq mi) Caribbean The Caribbean is a region consisting of the Caribbean Sea, its islands , and the surrounding coasts. The region is located southeast of the Gulf of Mexico and North America, east of Central America, and to the north of South America
9 Maldives The Maldives ( /ˈmɒldaɪvz/ or /ˈmɒldiːvz/), (Dhivehi: ދިވެހިރާއްޖެ Dhivehi Raa'je) or Maldive Islands, officially Republic of Maldives, is an island nation in the Indian Ocean formed by a double chain of twenty-six atolls stretching in a north-south direction off India's Lakshadweep islands, between Minicoy Island and Chagos 298 km2 (115 sq mi) Asia Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.6% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 4 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population. During the 20th century Asia's population nearly quadrupled - Indian Ocean The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's oceanic divisions, covering about 20% of the water on the Earth's surface. It is bounded on the north by the Indian subcontinent; on the west by East Africa; on the east by Indochina, the Sunda Islands, and Australia; and on the south by the Southern Ocean . It is the only ocean to be named
10 Malta Malta /ˈmɔːltə/ , officially the Republic of Malta (Maltese: Repubblika ta' Malta), is a southern European country and consists of an archipelago situated centrally in the Mediterranean, 93 km south of Sicily and 288 km east of Tunisia, with the Strait of Gibraltar 1,826 km to the west and Alexandria 1,510 km to the east 316 km2 (122 sq mi) Europe Europe is one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian Sea, the Caucasus region (Specification of borders) and the Black Sea to the southeast. Europe is bordered by the Arctic Ocean and - Mediterranean Sea The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean surrounded by the Mediterranean region and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Anatolia and Europe, on the south by Africa, and on the east by the Levant. The sea is technically a part of the Atlantic Ocean, although it is usually identified as a completely separate
11 Grenada Grenada (pronounced /ɡrɨˈneɪdə/ ) is an island country and sovereign state consisting of the island of Grenada and six smaller islands at the southern end of the Grenadines in the southeastern Caribbean Sea. Grenada is located northwest of Trinidad and Tobago, northeast of Venezuela, and southwest of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 344 km2 (133 sq mi) Caribbean The Caribbean is a region consisting of the Caribbean Sea, its islands , and the surrounding coasts. The region is located southeast of the Gulf of Mexico and North America, east of Central America, and to the north of South America
12 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (pronounced /seɪnt ˈvɪnsənt ænd ðə ˌgrɛnəˈdiːnz/ ) is a nation in the Lesser Antilles chain, namely in the southern portion of the Windward Islands, which lie at the southern end of the eastern border of the Caribbean Sea where the latter meets the Atlantic Ocean. Its 389-square-kilometre (150 sq mi) 388 km2 (150 sq mi) Caribbean The Caribbean is a region consisting of the Caribbean Sea, its islands , and the surrounding coasts. The region is located southeast of the Gulf of Mexico and North America, east of Central America, and to the north of South America
13 Barbados Barbados (pronounced /bɑrˈbeɪdɒs, bɑrˈbeɪdoʊs/ ) is an island nation of the Lesser Antilles, 34 kilometres (21 mi) in length and as much as 23 kilometres (14 mi) in width, amounting to 431 square kilometres (166 sq mi). It is situated in the western area of the North Atlantic Ocean and 100 kilometres (62 mi) east of the Windward Islands 430 km2 (166 sq mi) Caribbean The Caribbean is a region consisting of the Caribbean Sea, its islands , and the surrounding coasts. The region is located southeast of the Gulf of Mexico and North America, east of Central America, and to the north of South America
14 Antigua and Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda (pronounced /ænˌtiːgwə ænd bɑːɹˈbjuːdə/ ; Spanish for "ancient" and "bearded") is a twin-island nation lying between the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. It consists of two major inhabited islands, Antigua and Barbuda, and a number of smaller islands (including Great Bird, Green, Guinea, Long, 442 km2 (171 sq mi) Caribbean The Caribbean is a region consisting of the Caribbean Sea, its islands , and the surrounding coasts. The region is located southeast of the Gulf of Mexico and North America, east of Central America, and to the north of South America
15 Seychelles Seychelles (pronounced /seɪˈʃɛl/ say-SHEL(Z); French: [sɛʃɛl]), officially the Republic of Seychelles (French: République des Seychelles; Creole: Repiblik Sesel), is an island country spanning an archipelago of 115 islands in the Indian Ocean, some 1,500 kilometres (932 mi) east of mainland Africa, northeast of the island of Madagascar 455 km2 (176 sq mi) Africa - Indian Ocean
16 Palau 459 km2 (177 sq mi) Oceania
17 Andorra 468 km2 (181 sq mi) Europe
18 Saint Lucia 539 km2 (208 sq mi) Caribbean
19 Bahrain 694 km2 (268 sq mi) Asia - Persian Gulf
20 Singapore 700 km2 (270 sq mi) Asia
21 Federated States of Micronesia 702 km2 (271 sq mi) Oceania
22 Kiribati 726 km2 (280 sq mi) Oceania
23 Tonga 747 km2 (288 sq mi) Oceania
24 Dominica 751 km2 (290 sq mi) Caribbean
25 São Tomé and Príncipe 964 km2 (372 sq mi) Africa

List of sovereign nations with fewer than 500,000 people

Rank Country/territory/entity Population Date % of world population Source
1 Vatican City 826 0.00001% [1]
2 Nauru 10,000 0.0001% UN estimate
3 Tuvalu 11,000 0.0002% UN estimate
4 Palau 20,000 0.0003% UN estimate
5 San Marino 31,000 0.0005% UN estimate
6 Monaco 33,000 0.0005%

UN estimate
7 Liechtenstein 35,365 December 31, 2007 0.0005% Statistik Liechtenstein
8 Saint Kitts and Nevis 50,000 0.001% UN estimate
9 Marshall Islands 59,000 0.001% UN estimate
10 Dominica 67,000 0.001% UN estimate
11 Andorra 84,082 2009 0.001% Andorra Departament d'Estadística
12 Antigua and Barbuda 85,000 0.001% UN estimate
13 Seychelles 87,000 0.001% UN estimate
14 Kiribati 95,000 0.001% UN estimate
15 Tonga 100,000 0.001% UN estimate
16 Grenada 106,000 0.002% UN estimate
17 Federated States of Micronesia 111,000 0.002% UN estimate
18 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 120,000 0.002% UN estimate
19 São Tomé and Príncipe 158,000 0.002% UN estimate
20 Saint Lucia 165,000 0.002% UN estimate
21 Samoa 188,540 2008 0.003% Samoa Statistics Department
22 Vanuatu 226,000 0.003% UN estimate
23 Belize 288,000 0.004% UN estimate
24 Barbados 294,000 0.004% UN estimate
25 Maldives 306,000 0.005% UN estimate
26 Iceland 316,252 April 1, 2008 0.005% Hagstofa Íslands
27 Bahamas 331,000 0.005% UN estimate
28 Brunei 390,000 0.006% UN estimate
29 Malta 407,000 0.006% UN estimate
30 Suriname 458,000 0.007% UN estimate

Show All>>

 

The above information uses material from Wikipedia and is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.
Some facts may not have been fully verified for accuracy. [Disclaimers]
This page was last archived by our server on Fri Sep 3 14:31:48 2010. [ refresh local cache ]
Displaying this page or its contents does not use any Wikimedia Foundation's resources.
The owners of this site proudly support the Wikimedia Foundation.

[Hide]▼
'Microstate' News
50 get notices for parking black money abroad - Daily News & Analysis
dnaindia.com
50 get notices for parking black money abroad - Daily News & Analysis
Thu, 27 May 2010 20:21:16 GMT+00:00
Daily News & Analysis But questions are being raised because one of the banks mentioned by the Germans is in Liechtenstein (a German-speaking alpine microstate in West Europe) ...
Google News Search: Microstate,
Sat Jun 19 23:21:44 2010
'Microstate' Blogs
ACEIMORSTT = ?
scrabble10.sanjeev.net
ACEIMORSTT = ?

Sanjeev Narang

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:19:00 GM

Microstate. (Aceimorstt). . microstate. : [n -S]. See More: Scrabble 10 Letter Words : Sanjeev.NETwork​.

Google Blogs Search: Microstate,
Thu Jul 23 03:43:01 2009
'Microstate' Answers
What's it like to live in a Microstate?
Q. The Microstates are; Malta, Monaco, Andorra, Liechtenstein, San Marino, Vatican Can anyone give me an insight?
Asked by Lewis - Mon Aug 25 15:27:12 2008 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments

A. the thing everyone will tell you most probably would be that everyone knows everyone. that is, you'll probably meet a person again in the future, or would know a relative of a person you have just met. that means, you'd better keep your opinions to yourself about a person, or you risk getting a bad reputation. i'll tell you this little story: i once went to a group interview for a job. there we had to pair up with someone else, tell them something about us, and then the other person will introduce us to the rest of the group. this was just an exercise to get to know each other. anyway, i paired up with this guy next to me, and we began talking. when talking about our past work experience, i mentioned i worked in a hotel in a… [cont.]
Answered by Shaba - Tue Aug 26 09:01:52 2008

Yahoo Answers Search: Microstate,
Wed Jul 15 18:18:31 2009
[Hide]▲