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microstate

sovereign state having a very small population or very small land area
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microstate

Summary

microstate ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,223 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • microstate is a type of sovereign state[2].
  • microstate's Commons category is recorded as Microstates[3].
  • microstate is the opposite of continental country[4].
  • microstate's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Microstates[5].
  • microstate's different from is recorded as micronation[6].

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Definition and Type

microstate is a type of sovereign state[2]. microstate is the opposite of continental country[4].

Why It Matters

microstate ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,223 views/month).[1] microstate has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[7] microstate is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[8]

Related Entities

Liechtenstein San Marino sovereign state

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Opposite of → continental country
    Different from → micronation
    Aliases → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Microstates
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|10 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 12187, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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