A review of a hat with the caption "Make San Marino Great Again". Perhaps I´m exaggerating the smallness of the San Marinese polity, but not by much!
San Marino is one of the smallest
"nation-states" in Europe. It's essentially one town in central
Italy. It's army consist of four people. It's so small that tourists often take
a photo of themselves together with the entire army. According to urban legend,
San Marino is so damn small that Sweden forgot to sign a peace treaty with it
after the Thirty Year War, so technically speaking, the two nations have been
at war for almost 400 years! What isn't an urban legend is that San Marino sent
the same singer to the Eurovision Song Contest at least three times, I stopped
counting after that...
San Marino was also the first Western-style democracy during the Cold War which permitted a Communist to serve as head of state, or rather "Captain". Funny they even have a Communist Party. Very independent of Moscow, as I hear.
How can San Marino become great again? I don't know, maybe The Donald can build a tower there? Or negotiate a peace between Greater Sweden and the city-state? Or join the Communists in a Grand Popular Alliance? I suppose he can't sing, so we can forget about the Eurovision...
San Marino was also the first Western-style democracy during the Cold War which permitted a Communist to serve as head of state, or rather "Captain". Funny they even have a Communist Party. Very independent of Moscow, as I hear.
How can San Marino become great again? I don't know, maybe The Donald can build a tower there? Or negotiate a peace between Greater Sweden and the city-state? Or join the Communists in a Grand Popular Alliance? I suppose he can't sing, so we can forget about the Eurovision...
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