what is the smallest country in the world?
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The Vatican City, the headquarters of the Roman Catholic Church, is the world's smallest country. Located entirely within the city of Rome, Italy, the Vatican City (also known as the Holy See) is 0.2 square miles (0.44 km2) in area.\nSome argue that The Sovereign Military Order Of Malta is actually the world's smallest country, but it is not at all true.
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contrary to the previous message, the usa made the round of 16 before losing to eventual champion brazil.  seems like the poorest country economically was probably cameroon or bolivia although greece was poorest on field.
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Australia is smaller in land area.\n\n(Europe is the world's second-smallest continent in terms of area, covering about 10,400,000 square kilometres (4,010,000 sq mi) or 2.0% of the Earth's surface. The only continent smaller than Europe is Australia. \n\nArea of Australiya:\n - Total 7,741,220 km² (6th)\n              2,988,888 sq mi
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There 192 countries... here is a full list.  191 of these countries are part of the united nations, and the 1 country that is seperate is vatican city.\n\nA | Afghanistan | Albania | Algeria | Andorra | Angola | Antigua and Barbuda | Argentina | Armenia | Australia | Austria | Azerbaijan | \nB | Bahamas | Bahrain | Bangladesh | Barbados | Belarus | Belize | Belgium | Benin | Bhutan | Bolivia | Botswana | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Brazil | Brunei | Bulgaria | Burkina Faso | Burundi | \nC | Cambodia | Cameroon | Canada | Cape Verde | Central African Republic | Chad | Chile | China | China: Hong Kong | China: Macau | China: Taiwan | Colombia | Comoros | Congo | Costa Rica | Côte d'Ivoire | Croatia | Cuba | Cyprus | Czech Republic | \nD | Denmark | Djibouti | Dominica | Dominican Republic | \nE | East Timor | Ecuador | Egypt | El Salvador | Equatorial Guinea | Eritrea | Estonia | Ethiopia | \nF | Fijii | Finland | France | French Guiana | \nG | Gabon | The Gambia | Gaza Strip | Germany | Georgia | Ghana | Greece | Grenada | Guatemala | Guinea | Guinea-Bissau | Guyana | \nH | Haiti | Holy See (Vatican City) | Honduras | Hong Kong | Hungary | \nI | Iceland | India | Indonesia | Iran | Iraq | Ireland (Eire) | Ireland (Northern) | Israel | Italy | \nJ | Jamaica | Japan | Jordan | \nK | Kazakhstan | Kenya | Korea, North | Korea, South | Kuwait | Kyrgyzstan | \nL | Laos - | Latvia - | Lebanon - | Lesotho - | Liberia - | Libya - | Lithuania | Luxembourg - | \nM | Macao | Macedonia | Malawi | Malaysia | Maldives | Mali | Malta | Marshall Islands | Mauritania | Mauritius | Micronesia | Moldova | Monaco | Mongolia | Morocco | Mexico | Mozambique | Myanmar (Burma) | \nN | Namibia (1) | Nauru | Nepal (1) | Netherlands (11+5) | New Zealand (10) | Nicaragua | Niger (1) | Nigeria (1) | Norway (4) | \nO | Oman (1) | \nP | Panama | Peru | Pakistan | Papua New Guinea | Palau | Poland | Portugal | \nQ | Qatar (1) | \nR | Romania | Russia | Rwanda | \nS | St. Kitts and Nevis - | Saint Lucia - | St. Vincent and the Grenadines - | Samoa (1) | San Marino - | São Tomé and Príncipe - | Saudi Arabia (1) | Senegal (2) | Serbia and Montenegro (2) | Seychelles - | Sierra Leone - | Singapore (4) | Slovakia (2) | Slovenia (2) | Solomon Islands - | Somalia - | South Africa (23) | Spain (3) | Sri Lanka (3) | Sudan (2) | Suriname - | Swaziland (1) | Sweden (10) | Switzerland (10) | Syria - | \nT | Taiwan | Tajikistan | Tanzania | Togo | Thailand | Trinidad and Tobago | Tunisia | Turkey | Turkmenistan | Tuvalu | \nU | Uganda (2) | Ukraine (8) | United Arab Emirates (1) | United Kingdom (72) | United States of America (317) | Uruguay (2) | Uzbekistan (1) | \nV | Venezuela | Vietnam | Vatican City\nW | West Bank (3) | Western Sahara | \nX | \nY | Yemen | Yugoslavia now Serbia & Montenegro | \nZ | Zaire now Congo, Democratic Republic of | Zambia (1) | Zimbabwe (1) |
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Vatican city is the smallest (0.2 square miles)\nMonaco is the second smallest (0.7 square miles)\nNauru is the third smallest (8.5 square miles)\n\nMany other small countries at the website below.
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The officially recognized name of the Vatican is "The Holy See", nearly a fourth (1/4) the size of the next smallest country, Monaco.
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Rhode Island, I bet. It's small.\n\nI'm right. I checked on wikipedia.com. The size of RI is 1,214 sq. mi.\n\nDeleware is the next smallest state, weighing in at a whopping 2,491 sq. mi.
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It depends on whether you mean just this year's World Cup or also including past ones. It is the smallest nation to qualify for 2006.
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i dunno.  the only country i can think of with small and skinny people is ethiopia.
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1. The Vatican City in central Rome ranks as the smallest nation of the world. It measures 0.17 square miles.<br />\n2. Monaco. <br />\n3. San Marino.\nHow did they manage to become countries?<br />\n1. The political freedom of the Vatican is guaranteed and protected by Italy. It concordat between the Holy See and the kingdom of Italy signed in 1929 in the Lateran Palace, Rome, by Cardinal Gasparri for Pius XI and by Benito Mussolini for Victor Emmanuel III.<br />\n2. Monaco came under French protection in 1861. However from 1911, when the first constitution was promulgated, the prince of Monaco was an absolute ruler.<br />\n3. According to tradition, Marino, a Christian stonecutter from Dalmatia, took refuge (4th cent) on Mt. Titano, the chief geographical feature of present-day San Marino. By the mid-5th cent., a community was formed; because of its relatively inaccessible location and its poverty, it has succeeded, with a few brief interruptions, in maintaining its independence. In 1631 its independence was recognized by the papacy.
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I found this on the net...take it for what it's worth:\n\n"The smallest island in the world - according to the Guiness Book of Records - is Bishop Rock. It lies at the most south-westerly part of the United Kingdom. It is one of 1040 islands around Britain and only has a lighthouse on it. In 1861, the British government set out the parameters for classifying an island. It was decided that if it was inhabited, the size was immaterial. However, if it was uninhabited, it had to be "the summer's pasturage of at least one sheep" - which is about two acres.\n\nGoing by the above parameters, most of the 179 584 "islands" around Finland and the almost 200 000 around Canada would not match Indonesia as the country with the most islands. In fact, Indonesia consists only of islands - 13 667 of them, 6000 of which are inhabited."
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SAN MARINO is the 3rd smallest country in the world and the oldest republic. Special attractions include events and performances of Medieval Days, and the San Marino Grand Prix. This is the world's 3rd smallest country and oldest republic.\n\nOfficial language Italian \nCapital San Marino \nLargest City Serravalle \nCaptains Regent: Claudio Muccioli and Antonello Bacciocchi \nArea\n - Total\n - % water Ranked 190th\n61 km²\nNegligible \nPopulation\n - Total (2000)\n - Density Ranked 190th\n27,336\n448/km² \nIndependence 3 September 301 \nHDI (2003) NA – unranked \nCurrency Euro (€) \nTime zone\n - in summer CET (UTC+1)\nCEST (UTC+2) \nNational anthem Inno Nazionale (no words) Music \nInternet TLD .sm \nCalling Code +378 (+0549 from Italy
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Poorest Countries in the World\n\nRank/ Country/ GDP - per capita \n1 East Timor $ 500 \n2 Somalia $ 500 \n3 Sierra Leone $ 500 \n4 Malawi $ 600 \n5 Tanzania $ 600 \n6 Burundi $ 600 \n7 Congo, Republic of the $ 700 \n8 Congo, Democratic Republic of the $ 700 \n9 Comoros $ 700 \n10 Eritrea $ 700 \n11 Ethiopia $ 700 \n12 Afghanistan $ 700 \n13 Niger $ 800 \n14 Yemen $ 800 \n15 Madagascar $ 800 \n16 Guinea-Bissau $ 800 \n17 Zambia $ 800 \n18 Kiribati $ 800 \n19 Nigeria $ 900 \n20 Mali $ 900 \n \nSource: CIA World Factbook\n\nPopulation below poverty line by country \nRank Country Percentage of population livign below poverty line\n#1   Zambia 86%    \n#2   Gaza Strip 81%    \n#3   Haiti 80    \n#4   Chad 80    \n#5   Liberia 80    \n#6   Moldova 80    \n#7   Guatemala 75    \n#8   Suriname 70    \n#9   Zimbabwe 70    \n#10   Mozambique 70    \n#11   Angola 70    \n#12   Sierra Leone 68    \n#13   Burundi 68    \n#14   Bolivia 64    \n#15   Mali 64    \n#16   Niger 63    \n#17   Nigeria 60    \n#18   Comoros 60    \n#19   Tajikistan 60    \n#20   Rwanda 60   \n\nsource CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005
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Bahrain, officially the Kingdom of Bahrain (Arabic: مملكة البحرين), is a borderless island nation in the Persian Gulf (Southwest Asia/Middle East, Asia). Saudi Arabia lies to the west and is connected to Bahrain by the King Fahd Causeway (officially opened on November 25, 1986), and Qatar is to the south across the Persian Gulf. The Qatar–Bahrain Friendship Bridge, currently being planned, will link Bahrain to Qatar as the longest fixed link in the world-.\n\nBahrain is the smallest, in terms of population, Arab nation in the world, and the smallest Arab member of the United Nations. It is also the least populous country in mainland Asia (but not of Asia overall, because Maldives and Brunei are smaller).
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This is so easy, the most impoverished nation on the planet is Mozambique in Africa. \n\nIn my church they showed us a picture of a native and he was wearing two-liter coke bottles strapped to his feet for shoes....you should google Mozambique and write and essay on what life would be like living in that country versus the goold old US of A.
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A small country with a big ego
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The Arctic Ocean is the smallest and shallowest.