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The Vatican City came into existence because Mussolini, a warlord, specifically did not want to move against the pope, and the VC was born out of a sort of gent
by vacri 10y ago
The Vatican City came into existence because Mussolini, a warlord, specifically did not want to move against the pope, and the VC was born out of a sort of gentleman's agreement: you don't denounce me, and you get your own country.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vatican_City#Lateran_treaties https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vatican_City#Lateran_treaties
- martey 10y agoI think it's extremely unlikely that Vatican City would be independent except for the previous existence of the Papal States and the way that they were incorporated into Italy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisoner_in_the_Vatican https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisoner_in_the_Vatican https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Question https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Question