This is Liechtenstein.
One of the smallest countries in the world
with the area of roughly 62 square miles.
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It is
double landlocked country between Switzerland and Austria.
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In 1868,
the country disbanded its army of 80 soldiers and declared its permanent
neutrality, which was respected in both the world wars.
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In 2007
Switzerland accidentally invaded Liechtenstein when 170 Swiss soldiers marched
towards the capital city. According to their government, they didn't even know
until the Swiss government told them about this.
Wait, these are not the mind blowing facts.
The best is yet to come.
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Its last
military engagement was in 1866, during the Austrian-Prussian war. They sent 80
soldiers to guard an Italian mountain pass and none of them got injured. In
fact, they befriended an Austrian soldier who joined them way back home to
Vaduz.
80 soldiers left and 81 returned, arriving to Liechtenstein as a stronger force than they left.
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