How large does a place need to be to be called a country? Well, apparently, size doesn’t matter when it comes to that decision. It is a far more complicated affair to define what a country is – we’ll probably not get into that in this blog. But what we will explore are 3 of the smallest countries in the world. We will try to understand a bit about how they came into existence and what life is like there. This is part 1 of my travels to these countries.

Do you know about Bengaluru’s Ulsoor Lake? It has an area of about 50 hectares and lies right in the middle of the city. At any point on the banks of it, you can clearly see every other part of the lake – so, it’s not too big. Can an entire country fit into Ulsoor lake?

The answer is Yes! We’re talking about Vatican City – the smallest country in the world.

But how did this come to be? Time for a short history of the smallest country in the world.

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