Least populated country????

mdchesne

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the vatican doesn't count! a country needs a way of making money through exports and imports, a nation currency etc. Giving advice to the church, harboring the pope and Christ Dollars don't count!
 
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Originally posted by: mdchesne
the vatican doesn't count! a country needs a way of making money through exports and imports, a nation currency etc. Giving advice to the church, harboring the pope and Christ Dollars don't count!

say what?!?!?!


of course it counts.
 

DaShen

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Originally posted by: mdchesne
the vatican doesn't count! a country needs a way of making money through exports and imports, a nation currency etc. Giving advice to the church, harboring the pope and Christ Dollars don't count!

It has all of that silly. ;)

It even has a standing army.
 

mdchesne

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HOly mother of christ, you're right:

http://geography.about.com/gi/dynamic/o...w.state.gov%2Fs%2Finr%2Frls%2F4250.htm

definition

Let's start with what defines a State or an independent country. An independent State:

* Has space or territory which has internationally recognized boundaries (boundary disputes are OK).
* Has people who live there on an ongoing basis.
* Has economic activity and an organized economy. A country regulates foreign and domestic trade and issues money.
* Has the power of social engineering, such as education.
* Has a transportation system for moving goods and people.
* Has a government which provides public services and police power.
* Has sovereignty. No other State should have power over the country's territory.
* Has external recognition. A country has been "voted into the club" by other countries.

I just didn;t think the vatican had its own currency nor economic activity other than...attending church?
 

Mermaidman

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I wonder which country has the lowest population to land ratio. Whoever owns Greenland?
 

biostud

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Originally posted by: Mermaidman
I wonder which country has the lowest population to land ratio. Whoever owns Greenland?

Denmark, Population: ~5.5 Mio
 

dullard

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Originally posted by: kami333
Originally posted by: Mermaidman
I wonder which country has the lowest population to land ratio. Whoever owns Greenland?

No, Mongolia
Mongolia is not very dense #193 on this list. However, that list also shows Greenland as 30 times less dense. However, Greenland is not a soverign nation. Thus, by defintion of what country is the least dense, Mongolia is the answer.