What is the smallest country in the world?
Q: What is the smallest country in the world?
A: Vatican City is the smallest country in the world by size, at 0.49 km².
Q: What are the other two countries that are enclaves of another country?
A: The other two countries that are enclaves of another country are San Marino, also in Italy, and Lesotho in southern Africa.
Q: What type of state is Vatican City?
A: Vatican City is a city-state, because all its territory is urban and built-up.
Q: Who is the head of state for Vatican City?
A: The head of state for Vatican City is the Pope which is, religiously speaking, the Bishop of Rome and head of the Roman Catholic Church.
Q: When was Pope Francis elected as head of state?
A: Pope Francis was elected on 13 March 2013 as head of state for Vatican City.
Q: When did Vatican City become an independent sovereign state?
A: Vatican City became an independent sovereign state with the Lateran Agreement (Patti Lateranensi) signed by Benito Mussolini and Pope Pius XI on 11 February 1929.
Q:What famous attractions can be found within Vatican City?
A:The famous attractions within Vatican City include St. Peter's Square, St. Peter's Basilica, Sistine Chapel,theVatican Museums and Apostolic Palace where the Pope lives as well as hundreds of sculptures and pictures
