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Ever noticed almost every EU passport is red or maroon? There's a surprisingly political reason why 📕
The Cook Islands and Niue both issue their own collector coins and postage stamps, even though everyday transactions run on the New Zealand dollar.
France once dreamed of breaking Germany into Bavaria, Saxony, Hannover, and more. Here's the map Paris wanted after WWI.
Tokelau, a New Zealand territory of about 1,500 people spread across three atolls, has no airport — the only way in or out is a boat from Samoa that can take over a day.
In just 17 days in June 1940, France went from free to nearly fully occupied — the fall of France, mapped week by week.
Liechtenstein has used the Swiss franc since 1920 and shares a customs union with Switzerland; it has never issued its own national currency as a sovereign state.
Extreme poverty (under $2.15/day) is now concentrated almost entirely in one region: Sub-Saharan Africa. Data: Our World in Data (CC BY)
Palau, the Marshall Islands and Micronesia are independent states whose defense is guaranteed by the United States under Compacts of Free Association, in exchange for exclusive military access.
Most of the world ditched its crown long ago — see exactly which countries still keep a monarch on the map today.
Monaco, San Marino, Vatican City and Andorra all mint limited runs of their own euro coins under special agreements with the EU, despite none being EU members.
This map of Europe's leaders in 1936 can't decide what a leader is. Some names are kings, some presidents, some prime ministers — and in four countries the man who actually held the power isn't on it.
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7/ Switzerland's "Meyer" is the oddest entry. Albert Meyer was President of the Confederation in 1936 — a post that rotates annually among seven federal councillors. Name any other year and Switzerland says someone else.
8/ And one flat error: Belgium is labelled Pierlot. Paul van Zeeland was prime minister throughout 1936, re-forming his national-unity government after the May elections. Pierlot didn't take the job until 1939.
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The Cook Islands sign their own international treaties despite not holding full UN membership, and their residents carry New Zealand citizenship.
