Monaco 🇲🇨

Area: 1.95 sq km (0.75 sq mile)
- Monaco is the second smallest independent state in the world after Vatican
- Six times the size of the Vatican
Located on the Mediterranean Sea, surrounded by France

It is not a member of either the European Union or the European Economic Area
- but maintains an open border and customs union with France and the other Schengen states.
It’s the world’s most densely populated country
The smallest country with a coastline
Monaco is ruled by a descendant of the Grimaldi family, which is the oldest ruling house in Europe.
Native Monaco nationals are known as Monegasque
The national flag of Monaco is the same as the flag of Indonesia, two horizontal red and white stripes, just different in width.

Monaco has an opened their borders with, but is not members of, the Schengen area visa free zone.
The country is well developed relying mostly on its casinos and tourism.

This page was updated June 18, 2022