You’re reading my newsletter, Terra Nullius, on the weird and interesting intricacies of the countries and places that make up our world. It currently goes out to around 1,000 people every week. You can subscribe here: This week, I walked the length of a country. As much as I would like you to imagine that I have completed some great feat of athleticism, it should be made clear that the country in question was Monaco.
Interesting. Although you may want to re-phrase this: "None of these great potentates would ever have imagined that the tiny stubs of countries they took pity on would have legacies much longer than their own"
Somehow, I don't think San Marino's "legacy" is greater than that of the Roman Empire. The "tiny stubs" have survived longer, don't I think they have a greater legacy.
On another note, it's curious that the most notable microstates seem to be in Europe. As far as I can tell, the smallest independent nation in Asia is Maldives (340k), in Africa it's Seychelles (90k) and LatAm it's 3m (Uruguay).
How a journalist who comes to Monaco for such a short visit, can understand what has happened there since the Grimaldi Dynasty started in 1297 and the sovereignty of Monaco was recognized by the French King Louis XIII in 1641?
Why Does Monaco Exist?
Bernard Wasserstein wrote an excellent book on Lincoln Trebitsch.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1412674.The_Secret_Lives_of_Trebitsch_Lincoln
Good read and interesting thinking....
Good article, thanks for posting...
Interesting. Although you may want to re-phrase this: "None of these great potentates would ever have imagined that the tiny stubs of countries they took pity on would have legacies much longer than their own"
Somehow, I don't think San Marino's "legacy" is greater than that of the Roman Empire. The "tiny stubs" have survived longer, don't I think they have a greater legacy.
On another note, it's curious that the most notable microstates seem to be in Europe. As far as I can tell, the smallest independent nation in Asia is Maldives (340k), in Africa it's Seychelles (90k) and LatAm it's 3m (Uruguay).
That is one hell of a Wikipedia page
The man lived a life that for sure
How a journalist who comes to Monaco for such a short visit, can understand what has happened there since the Grimaldi Dynasty started in 1297 and the sovereignty of Monaco was recognized by the French King Louis XIII in 1641?