smallest country

Most minuscule state

The smallest country is Vatican City, an independent city-state within Rome covering about 0.17 square miles.

The phrase also appears in contexts ranking nations by population or other metrics: What's the smallest country by population?

In casual use, smallest country may describe any notably tiny sovereign state: Monaco feels like the smallest country in the world.

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