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Vatican isn’t a nation. It’s a country, created by Mussolini. It was never a real nation, only a bribe to convince the Church to not interfere with “fight aga

• gjsman-1000 5y ago
  Actually, the Vatican City is a remnant of the Papal States, a nominal nation that encompassed significant parts of Italy for much of the Middle Ages. And the Papal States were a descendant of the "Holy Roman Empire," which encompassed massive parts of Europe during the Middle Ages. Vatican City is the smallest that it's been in over a thousand years.
  • trasz 5y ago
    Italy is the “remnant of Papal States”. There was never a “Vatican nation”, only an artificial country.
    • wayneftw 5y ago
      Aren’t all countries artificial? People decide on borders, not nature.