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San MarinoVatican City is a city-state within Italy and the seat of Roman Catholicism
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With its 32,742 people, San Marino is the 210th largest country in the world by population. It is the 212th largest country in the world by area with 61 square kilometers.
Geographically the third smallest state in Europe (after the Holy See and Monaco), San Marino also claims to be the world's oldest republic. According to tradition, it was founded by a Christian stonemason named MARINUS in A.D. 301. San Marino's foreign policy is aligned with that of the European Union, although it is not a member; social and political trends in the republic track closely with those of its larger neighbor, Italy.
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