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Episode 229: The World’s Smallest Nations

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Monoco Is a Tiny Microstate in the Middle of the Atlantic Ocean

The tiny microstate of monoco is just two square kilometers it is smaller than central park in new york city but still manages to squeeze in a population of almost 40 000 people. 30% of monoco's residents are millionaires and the average price of real estate broke 100,000 euro mark a few years ago. How has this little strip of coastline managed to maintain its independence through the modern age without being eaten up by france which surrounds it on all sides other than the coast well it all comes back to no not napoli and this time no funnily enough no it all comesback to a really really big rock  the rock ofmonoco is a huge monolith that stands

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