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If Liechtenstein didn’t exist, someone would have invented it. A tiny mountain principality tiny mountain principality it. A invented would have didn’t exist, someone Liechtenstein If it certainly by an iron-willed monarch in the heart Europe, has of 21st-century governed value. novelty the country However, airport, is by local bus. an international and access from exporter to be a rich banking of false teeth. largest and the world’s state proves Prince head of state For while theirs. hope the Lord preserves sure national anthem, but they in Europe, constitutional powers unprecedented Prince Alois, have Hans Adam II and his son, theme-park this micro-nation helps give its tourist appeal. the royal presence going to make the effort passport But, if you’re day-trippers in search of souvenir stamps. further, briefly. With friendly locals however to come this way, it’s pointless not to venture its own away from soulless modern Vaduz. and magnificent views, the place comes into as as the model for Ruritania – the mythical kingdom up in fiction as diverse conjured Prisoner of Zenda Liechtenstein LIECHTENSTEIN N3 and becameaprincipalityundertheHoly terwards, theterritory acquired hisname impoverished nobles. Soonaf- German lenberg (1699)andVaduz (1712)from tenstein, thecountiesof purchased Schel- Austrian prince,Johann AdamVonLiech- whenanThe country’shistorystarted History 306 (92km) To Zürich To LakeConstance(30km); LIECHTENSTEIN IT’S LIECHTENSTEINTRIVIATIME! Trübbach LIECHTENSTEIN••History Buchs St Gallen(35km) Until2005,Liechtenstein's cows were fed hemp–related themchilled tocannabis– tokeep ofsuits The Looseispronounced ‘loser’,whichkind surnameofnationalfootballcoachRalf UK£3.3billion,theroyalfamilyisricherthananyother inEurope, includingtheEnglish Worth Lowbusiness taxes means75,000companiesare registered here –twicethenumberof 81returned, Infact, Initslastmilitaryengagementin1866,noneof80 soldierswaskilled. Liechtenstein istheonlycountryinworldnamedafter thepeoplewhopurchasedit. drug THCreaching thehuman foodchain. The wasonlystoppedafterand producing'better' practice worriesabouttheactive milk. his strugglingteam. monarchy. people. including anewItalian‘friend’.The armywasdisbandedsoonafterwards. Haag N13 Sevelen Sennwald

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However, banking moneyanonymouslyin2000,after the principalitybannedcustomers from 1995 respectively. haven, Knownasatax relativelyArea (EEA) early,in1990and joined theUNandEuropeanEconomic has very different foreign policies,having tension of itsneighbour, butLiechtenstein itasamereencourages ex- peopletosee the throneonprince’sdeathin1989. Their son,PrinceHans AdamII,ascended rural nationintotoday’srich bankingstate. began dramaticallytransformingapoor when heandhismuch-loved wife, Gina, first monarch tolive intheprincipality, IIbecamethe 1938 thatPrinceFranzJosef thecountry.Itwasn’tuntil palace tosee steins hadbothered toleave theirViennese with Switzerland. 1866, andin1923formedacustomsunion Roman Empire. Itgained independencein In 2003,Hans Adamdemandedsweeping ofThe country’suse theSwissfranc Even then, noneof therulingLiechten- www.lonelyplanet.com ‘Grüezi’ Planken andSchellenberg. Malbun (1600m). westuptoTriesenberg and winding road Sargans youdothejourneyinreverse. 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