Top 10 Amazing Facts About Liechtenstein
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Welcome to Countries Facts so Today In this Article I will show you top 10 Amazing facts about Liechtenstein hard to spell an even harder to say after a beer located at the tiny filling in a Swiss and Austrian sandwich this small mountainous country was once a tax haven for all the best kind of wealthy enemies of the people.
1 Liechtenstein is the fourth smallest country in Europe with just eleven municipalities and an equally tiny population but don't let its size fool you the nation is a financial powerhouse and despite having just one main ski resort in my album that will put your credit card well over its limit Liechtenstein has snagged more Olympic medals per capita than any country in the world it's surely one of the nicest places you're never going to live and can't afford to visit [Music] [Music] unless there has been a severe upswing in stabbings Liechtenstein remains one of the safest places in the world [Music] so happy and secure are the almost 38 thousand residents of this tiny principality that the average Liechtenstein er doesn't bother to lock his door this may be due to the fact that not everyone appears to be filthy rich already but we'll get to that further down the list.
2 Bingo it's the other doubly landlocked nation as we discussed on the list about who is becca stan there are two countries on earth that are doubly landlocked the first use becca stan is surrounded by countries which are also landlocked making moose pakistan doubly so Liechtenstein the second doubly landlocked country is a 160 square kilometre 62 mi 2 dot in between Switzerland and Austria so you might think it is cheating a bit but rules are rules in any event this would appear to be the only similarity between the uma specs and the Liechtenstein.
3 Liechtenstein errs unless there is some long-standing enmity about which doubly landlocked nation is the best like the west coast and east coast gangsta rap feud of the mid-1990s ate Snoop Dogg wanted to rent the whole country speaking of incredibly for Stern tenuous links to gangsta rap the Liechtenstein errs announced a few years ago that you could rent the entire country for a measly seventy thousand dollars per night [Music] included were accommodations for you and 149 friends a special one-off currency to use and a wine tasting welcome with the head of state Prince hans-adam the second naturally the idea came after snoop dogg inquired about doing just this sort of wheeze for a music video unfortunately for fans of people twerking while smoking prop lungs in 15th century castles read everyone the request was denied not because it would be unseemly for such a raucous event to take place but because Snoopy do double Jaisal just didn't allow enough time for all the preparations to be made Oh snoop will you ever learn.
4 A Fierce and leave friendly military during the 1866 austro-prussian war the redoubtable Liechtenstein errs marched off to battle eighty crack soldiers who comprised the entire army stomped away over the mountains in search of glory while the men did not see actual combat or even get close to a battle they did in fact find fame in another way in a strange twist of events the army had grown in size by the time it returned home having picked up a friendly Italian along the way and swelling the ranks to a defense budget busting 81 also the country of Liechtenstein is so small that in 2007 Swiss troops accidentally invaded it after getting lost on maneuvers in a storm the Lichtenstein errs only found out when Switzerland sent official apologies for their inadvertent declaration of war.
5 False teeth capital of the world [Music] do you have false teeth well there's a good chance that they came from Liechtenstein 60 million artificial teeth are manufactured each year by IVA Claire Vivint a company based in Shawn if you want to visit which sells about 40% of all false teeth in Europe and about 20% worldwide available in 10,000 different shades and shapes including shiny white pearl gold and British the teeth are highly popular in an unusual market Bollywood the Indian film industry is apparently a huge customer for the teeth though it's hard to quantify according to the manufacturers as they deal with dentists and not the studios we only have their word that the dazzling smiles unscreened our Liechtenstein.
6 Liechtenstein are made 5/6 smallest country in the world and one of the happiest the average annual wage is around us $115,000 which is quite a significant bit of packet change to spend on castee not full cheese noodles our sources show an average tax rate on personal income of twenty four percent with a range of three point five twenty eight percent [Music] these rates include the municipal surcharge the Liechtenstein errs are largely funded in this lifestyle by the many foreign businesses that incorporate in the Principality to take advantage of low taxes since Franz Josef's death in 1989.
7 The festival has continued on the same day [Music] located on the grounds of the honest to gosh fairy princess vadas castle there are fireworks drinking local foods and quaint folk in national dress other guests from far-off fictional lands will be there too they may or may not be secret enemies who have come only to steal the throne bring your own nice magic and weak middle part with rubbish troll characters no one cares about is the frozen skit done is it too much maybe the ice magic thing was too obvious a reference in the movie the guests arrive by boat but of course.
8 Liechtenstein is doubly landlocked so it is not the same a run with it three the highest GDP in the world when not adjusted for purchasing power parity the GDP of Liechtenstein makes it head for head the richest place on the planet at one point five percent the country's unemployment rate is among the lowest across the globe primarily due to people being so rich that they can do what they like [Music] although Liechtenstein was once a tax refuge for billionaires it does not operate as an uncooperative tax haven country any longer which it has to be said puts one over on certain other principalities that are still funneling loads of cash through their tills and are regularly rated by Interpol it would be churlish for us to name such a place but let us just say that it rhymes with chemin echo - technically the municipalities could succeed at anytime though little more than tiny counties within a tiny country that is the size of a tiny County of a bigger country the 11 separate municipalities of Liechtenstein.
9 Liechtenstein may secede by democratic vote according to the author's math with a national population of 38,000 or so you would need a mere nine people to agree that Liechtenstein is terrible and you could form your own breakaway failed state as there is no army and about 100 police officers in the entire country it shouldn't be too difficult - John Rambo your way through them that being said there's basically zero motivation for this to happen [Music] everyone lives in a Pippi Longstocking fantasy world that is super rich crime free and completely peaceful one a new level of siesta speaking of good times while you dive out for a sandwich and cigarette in a pollution choked City between the hours of noon and 1:30 p.m. the entire nation of Liechtenstein.
10 Liechtenstein is out to lunch during this time you must not mow the lawn or engage in other noisy behavior it's legally mandated relaxation time so you can look outside at Lin chocolate world while enjoying a really big sandwich and a cigar and probably at least five beers so relaxed are the Liechtenstein errs that they didn't even get around to giving women the vote until 1984 on the upside at least the 1984 referendum voted on exclusively by men of course got women the vote with a shade at 51% victory better late than ever Liechtenstein.
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