Summary of the Kingdom of the Vatican States

**Officially the Kingdom of the Vatican States, it is a sovereign country constituted in a Constitutional Parliamentary Kingdom composed of 20 Regions. Most of the country is located in the center of the Italian peninsula, surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea.**

**With 1.14 million km² and more than 1,263 million inhabitants, it is a nation with more diversity of ethnicities and cultures, a product of large-scale immigration. It is one of the largest economies in the world in nominal terms, with an estimated GDP of 176,000,000,000,000,000 USD, it is the fourth capitalist force in the world, in addition to being the fifth in Scientific Research and Technological Innovation since the 19th century.**

**The continental territory was inhabited by various European cultures for thousands of years. Vatican States was founded by Louis I Platoni, a conqueror of British origin who defeated the ancient Romans. The Constitution of the Vatican States was adopted on October 25, 1780 and its ratification the following yearl**

# ***General data***

***-Motto: Dio e Popolo (God and People)***

***-Anthem: God save the king***

***-Capital: Roma***

***-Largest city: Roma***

***-Official languages: Latin, Spanish and Italian***

***-Demonym: Vatican***

# ***Government Data***

***Government: Parliamentary Constitutional Monarchy***

***King: Francisco I***

***prime minister: Franchesco Colombo***

***Legislature: Vatican Parliament***

***Formation: 20/07/1354 Union of all the Kingdoms of the Italica Peninsula***

# **Geographical data**

***area: 709,605 square miles (1,142,000 Square Kilometers)***

***Water (%): 1,34%***

***borders: 6,342 Km***

***Coastline: 2,300 Km***

***highest point: Christopher Columbus Peak***

# ***Census Data***

***Population 1,263,000,000***

***Census (2019): 1,250,000,000***

***Density: 44.5 km²***

***Ethnic groups: 70% White, 12% Black, 8% Native Vatican, 10% Other***

# ***Territorial organization***

### ***state***

**Lazio, Umbria, Las Marcas, Emilia-Romagna, Liguria, Lombardy, Piedmont, Valle d'Aosta, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Trentino-Alto Adige, Veneto, Abruzzos,Tuscany, Puglia, Basilicata, Calabria, Campania, Molise, Sardinia and Sicily.**

### ***provinces***

**-Lazio: Roma, Frosinone, Latina, Rieti And Viterbo.**

**-Umbria: Perugia And Terni.**

**-Marcas: Ancona, Ascoli Piceno, Fermo, Maserata And Pesaro Urbino.**

**-Emilia-Romagna: Bolonia, Ferrara, Forlì-Cesena, Moderna, Parma, Plasencia, Ravena, Reggio Emilia And Rímini**

**-Liguria: Genova, Imperia, La Spezia and Savona**

**-Lombardy: Milan, Bergamo, Brescia, Como, Cremona, Lecco, Lodi, Mantua, Monza and Brianza, Pavia, Sondrio and Varese**

**-Piedmont: Turin, Alessandria, Asti, Biella, Cuneo, Novara, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola and Vercelli**

**-Valle d'Aosta: Aosta, Saint-Vincent, Châtillon, Sarre, Pont-Saint-Martin and Quart**

**-Friuli-Venezia Giulia: Gorizia, Pordenone, Trieste and Udine**

**-Trentino-Alto Adige: Trento and Bolzano**

**-Veneto: Venice, Belluno, Padua, Rovigo, Treviso, Verona and Vicenza**

**-Abruzzos: Chieti, L'Aquila, Pescara and Teramo**

**-Tuscany: Florence, Arezzo, Grosseto, Livorno, Lucca, Massa-Carrara, Pisa, Pistoia, Prato and Siena**

**-Puglia: Bari, Barletta Andria Trani, Brindisi, Foggia, Lecce and Taranto**

**-Basilicata: Matera and Potenza**

**-Calabria: Catanzaro, Cosenza, Crotona, Reggio Calabria and Vibo Valentia**

**-Campania: Naples, Avellino, Benevento, Caserta and Salerno**

**-Molise: Campobasso and Isernia**

**-Sardinia: Cagliari, South Sardinia, Nuoro, Oristan and Sacer**

**-Sicily: Agrigento, Caltanissetta, Catania, Enna, Messina, Palermo, Ragusa, Siracusa and Trapani**

# ***Holidays***

***-January 1: New Year***

***-may 13th: Mother's Day***

***-June 21: Father's Day***

***-July 20th: union day***

***-October 16: Memorial Day***

***-December 17: King's Day***

***-December 25th: Christmas***

# ***Other data***

***GDP: 176,000,000,000,000,000 SBS***

***Per Capita: 139,398 SBS***

***HDI: 0.920***

***Gini: 39.0***

***Currency: Byzantine Sovereign Solid (SBS)***

***Time Zone: UTC +2***

***Mains electricity: 120 V-60 HZ***

***Driving side: right***

***Calling code: +379***

***ISO 3166 code: VAT***

***Internet TLD .VT***

***Country acronym for aircraft: VT***

***Country acronym for automobiles: VTN***

***Country acronym for*** **Civil Vessels: VCS**

***Country acronym for*** **Military Vessels: RVN (Royal Vatican Navy)**