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A standing army is not the only way to ensure continued existence. Republic of Ireland has something like 6000 troops, no Navy as such, I'm not sure they have a
by nickdothutton 2y ago
A standing army is not the only way to ensure continued existence. Republic of Ireland has something like 6000 troops, no Navy as such, I'm not sure they have any armed aircraft, and yet... there it is.
- the_af 2y agoBut the point stands, doesn't it? I wasn't talking about "continued existence" in general, but about defense against an invasion ("being conquered", I defaulted to "by military invasion"). The Republic of Ireland doesn't have an army that could defend it, it would have to rely on more powerful allies. (I'm discounting guerrilla resistance by civilians, etc). > Is there a example of a modern city state being conquered? I think there are no modern city states in the same sense that ancient Athens, Rome, Carthage, Sparta, or Renaissance Florence and Milan were.