Liechtenstein
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| Principality of Liechtenstein Fürstentum Liechtenstein | |||||
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| Motto: Für Gott, Fürst und Vaterland For God, Prince and Fatherland | |||||
| Anthem: Oben am jungen Rhein "Up on the Young Rhine" | |||||
| Patron Saint(s): Saint Lucius | |||||
 Location of Liechtenstein on the European continent | |||||
| Capital | Vaduz | ||||
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| Official languages | German | ||||
| Demonym | Liechtensteinian, locally Liechtensteiner | ||||
| Government | |||||
| - Type | Parliamentary democracy under constitutional monarchy | ||||
| - Prince | Hans-Adam II | ||||
| - Prince-Regent | Alois | ||||
| - Prime Minister | Otmar Hasler | ||||
| - Landtag Speaker | Klaus Wanger | ||||
| Independence as principality | from Germany | ||||
| Treaty of Pressburg | 18061806 5566 He 5809 AM | ||||
| Independence | 18661866 5626 He 5869 AM | ||||
| Area | |||||
| - Total | 160.4 km²160,400 dunams 61.931 mi² (215th) | ||||
| - Water | 0.001 %1.0e-3 % | ||||
| Population | |||||
| - 20072007 5767 He 6010 AM estimate | 35,322 | ||||
| - 20002000 5760 He 6003 AM census | 33,307 | ||||
| - Density | 221 km⁻²572.387 mi⁻² (52nd) | ||||
| GDP (PPP) | 20012001 5761 He 6004 AM estimate | ||||
| - Total | $1,786,000,000 (168th) | ||||
| - Per capita | $53,951 (3rd) | ||||
| GDP (nominal) | 20052005 5765 He 6008 AM estimate | ||||
| - Total | $3,658,000,000 | ||||
| - Per capita | $105,323 | ||||
| Currency | Swiss franc (Fr.) (CHF)
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| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||||
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||||
| Internet TLD | .li | ||||
| Calling code | +423 | ||||
The Principality of Liechtenstein (German: Fürstentum Liechtenstein) is a small, doubly landlocked country in Central Europe, bordered by Switzerland to its west and by Austria to its east. Mountainous, it is a winter sports resort, though it is perhaps best-known as a tax haven. Despite this, it is not heavily urbanized (like the Principality of Monaco or Gibraltar). Many cultivated fields and little farms characterize its landscape both in the north (Unterland) and in the south (Oberland). It is the smallest German-speaking country in the world and is the last remnant of the Holy Roman Empire. Its capital city is Vaduz.
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