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The article seems interesting but too much chat about the present. The challenges from 300 ad to now and how can it survive. Why Italian not known for its kin

The article seems interesting but too much chat about the present. The challenges from 300 ad to now and how can it survive. Why Italian not known for its kindness all these time (Axis …) tolerate. Is it part of UN (guess no putin yet if Italy)? It is the history and politics we should talk more. Pictures. We have lots of beautiful places and tourist places … I pass.

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usrusr 4y ago
There hasn't been much of an "Italy" until about the time the USA got a second coast. And the warfare that lead to it happened mostly under the general banner of independence, so an already-independent republic failed to register as an enemy. The unification wasn't a goal, it was a sacrifice taken to have a better chance at independence.
blue1 4y ago
San Marino is harmless, on the top of a giant rock which is almost impossible to conquer by force, and in a position of no strategic importance. So no one has ever been interested in grabbing it. However, that does not mean that it is allowed to do whatever it wants. In the 50s, Italy surrounded it with tanks and forced a regime change when San Marino had started leaning dangerously towards the Soviet block. Probably because of this precedent, recently San Marino has made a diplomatic U-turn with Russia: after decades of very good relationships (I personally saw Lavrov there once, shops have labels in Russian, etc) after the invasion of Ukraine it sided with the west and ended on the list of countries hostile to Russia. Also, it was a black-listed tax haven which was tolerated by Italy until it went too far; then the Finance minister of Italy surrounded the republic with Guardia di Finanza (finance police)... San Marino has no access to the sea (despite being very near to it), no airport (besides a tiny airfield), and only borders with Italy, so it has very limited leeway. And yes, it is a member of the UN (not of the EU though).

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usrusr 4y ago

There hasn't been much of an "Italy" until about the time the USA got a second coast. And the warfare that lead to it happened mostly under the general banner of independence, so an already-independent republic failed to register as an enemy. The unification wasn't a goal, it was a sacrifice taken to have a better chance at independence.

blue1 4y ago

San Marino is harmless, on the top of a giant rock which is almost impossible to conquer by force, and in a position of no strategic importance. So no one has ever been interested in grabbing it. However, that does not mean that it is allowed to do whatever it wants. In the 50s, Italy surrounded it with tanks and forced a regime change when San Marino had started leaning dangerously towards the Soviet block. Probably because of this precedent, recently San Marino has made a diplomatic U-turn with Russia: after decades of very good relationships (I personally saw Lavrov there once, shops have labels in Russian, etc) after the invasion of Ukraine it sided with the west and ended on the list of countries hostile to Russia. Also, it was a black-listed tax haven which was tolerated by Italy until it went too far; then the Finance minister of Italy surrounded the republic with Guardia di Finanza (finance police)... San Marino has no access to the sea (despite being very near to it), no airport (besides a tiny airfield), and only borders with Italy, so it has very limited leeway. And yes, it is a member of the UN (not of the EU though).