How to Use microstate in a Sentence

microstate

noun

• No nation in the world — at least beyond a few microstates within a broader customs union — has no customs enforcement whatsoever.
  — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2026
• The incident drew outcry from the microstate’s tiny Jewish community, which only just got its first full-time rabbi, a Chabad emissary, in the last two years.
  — Grace Gilson, Sun Sentinel, 23 Feb. 2026
• The fictional microstate Elgaland-Vargaland begins as an artistic game but evolves into a powerful lens on borders and identity.
  — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 19 Aug. 2026
• Pope Leo on Saturday made a day trip to Monaco, a tax-free microstate on the French ⁠Riviera known as a haven for billionaires and their luxury yachts, and urged its residents to share their wealth and help those in need.
  — Reuters, NBC news, 28 Mar. 2026
• Vatican City, which covers about 44 hectares, or 109 acres, will put roughly 100 million euros ($117 million) toward an agrivoltaic plant expected to power the microstate within two years, sources told Reuters.
  — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2026