1929 Vatican City Lateran Treaty, it becomes a sovereign independent State. Vatican City is approx 110 acres with a population of around 800 and is ruled by the Bishop of Rome — the Pope. Vatican City also includes most of the area of St. Peter’s Square.
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Vatican’s national status was conferred by Mussolini. Not much of a pedigree.
Vatican City and the other European microstates shouldn’t exist, change my mind.