When Was Vatican City Built?
Vatican City came into being as a result of the Lateran Treaty. Agreements were made between the Kingdom of Italy and the Holy City, on 11 February, 1929. The government of Vatican is a monarchy, which means that the head of the Roman Catholic Church rules the city-state. The country prefers to remain neutral when it comes to international politics. To maintain neutrality, it is not even a member of the United Nations.
Vatican City is the smallest country on the planet and it spans an area of 0.44 square kilometers. The nation is 1.05 km lengthwise and it is only 0.85 km across. The population is around 800. The Pope is the head of the state and the government in Vatican and more than half of the territory is covered with gardens. The country is so small that it is not possible to accommodate foreign embassies, thus the nation doesn’t have even a single foreign embassy.
It may be surprising but the nation has a force of around 200 to maintain the law. There is no strategic agreement with any nation but informally Italy would step in if Vatican were to be threatened by a nation. Most of the state’s workforce is foreign, particularly Italian. There are no bus stands or railway stations; however, a helipad is maintained. The country has its own bank, which is named the Vatican Bank with only one ATM; a post office, an internet domain name ‘.va’, a newspaper ‘L’Osservatore Romano’ and its own radio station.
