I have been enjoying these posts. I promise not to be too "nitpicky" in the future, but having been to Taiwan many times, I just had to give some input on city-states. Taiwan is a country of 24 million people with a land area of about 14,000 square miles - certainly small by Texas standards, but dwarfs most of the states in the North East. Also, Monte Carlo is part of Monaco. In my mind the only city-states still in existence are Monaco, San Marino, Singapore, and The Vatican, though I might be missing one or two...there was a pirate radio station based on an abandoned oil rig in the North Sea that declared itself a city-state, but I think they eventually abandoned that. Yea, I know, who cares?
Dr Bill,
I have been enjoying these posts. I promise not to be too "nitpicky" in the future, but having been to Taiwan many times, I just had to give some input on city-states. Taiwan is a country of 24 million people with a land area of about 14,000 square miles - certainly small by Texas standards, but dwarfs most of the states in the North East. Also, Monte Carlo is part of Monaco. In my mind the only city-states still in existence are Monaco, San Marino, Singapore, and The Vatican, though I might be missing one or two...there was a pirate radio station based on an abandoned oil rig in the North Sea that declared itself a city-state, but I think they eventually abandoned that. Yea, I know, who cares?
Thank you so much for the clarification! I appreciate it.