Arrr! Five wee nations be smaller than a ship's deck, barely claimin' 50 square miles together! Blimey!
2024-10-01
Arrr, me hearties! Behold the teeniest nations on the seven seas: Vatican City, Monaco, Nauru, Tuvalu, and San Marino! The grandest of ‘em, San Marino, be but a wee 25 square miles! A place ye could sail 'round in a jiffy with a bottle o’ rum!
Ahoy mateys! Gather 'round as I spin ye a yarn about the tiniest kingdoms upon the seven seas! First up be Vatican City, a wee speck a mere 0.17 square miles, sittin’ plump in the heart of Rome, govern’d by the holy pope himself! Aye, it draws millions o’ landlubbers each year to marvel at St. Peter’s Basilica, the grandest of cathedrals.Next in line be Monaco, a glitterin’ gem of 0.8 square miles, filled with riches and fancy folk, where tourists flock to bask in the sun and try their luck at the Monte Carlo Casino! Don’t forget the raucous Monaco Grand Prix, where swifter ships—er, cars—race through the streets!
Now, sailin’ further afield, we find Nauru, a bit bigger at 8.1 square miles, once a haunt for whalers and now a tale of phosphate mining and independence. Then there’s Tuvalu, a cluster of atolls, spreadin’ its 10 square miles across the South Pacific like a hidden treasure!
Last but not least, San Marino, the largest of this motley crew at 23.6 square miles, doth boast a landscape of hills and tourism galore! So there ye have it, the wee wonders of our world, proving ye don’t need vast lands to hold great tales! Arrr!