Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 October 1895 — Some Small Kingdoms. [ARTICLE]

Some Small Kingdoms.

Monaco is probably the smallest kingdom in Europe. It has an area of only eight square milos and a permanent population of 18,000 people. It boasts a “sovereign prince” named Albert, but is more noted for the famous gambling den at Monte Carlo than for anything else. Liechstein, between the Tyrol and Switzerland, is another tiny European kingdom. Its area is sixty-one miles and its population, about 10,000. The state owes a tremendous debt of £5,280, but could pay its debt off any time, as its revenue amounts to SII,OOO a year. San Marino is a tiny republic of thirtythree square miles—about a quarter the size of London—up in the hills near Rimini, on the east coast of Italy. The population is 8,000, and most of the men are dukes or generals iq the army.