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Recent Examples of microstate
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.
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Reuters, NBC news, 28 Mar. 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
Mini, competing in slalom and giant slalom events, hails from San Marino, the second-smallest independent microstate in Italy, one covering only 25 square miles of the Apennine Mountains.
—Brittany Ghiroli, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2026
Swiatek will likely also pay an additional 4% tax in Poland, reducing her championship winnings by an additional $162,000.
Sinner, originally from Italy, will pay no additional taxes because his primary residence is in the income tax-free microstate of Monaco.
—Ty Roush, Forbes.com, 13 July 2025
According to the 2025 Knight Frank Wealth Report, a cool $1 million will get you just 205 square feet of space in this glittering microstate on the French Riviera.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 12 Mar. 2025
Surrounded by Italy on all sides, this microstate — the third smallest in Europe — has stubbornly clung to its independence over the centuries, even as revolutions and world wars swirled around it.
—Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 9 Oct. 2024
Only clergy members and administrative staff will live within the microstate, according to AFP.
—Abby Wilson, theweek, 30 Sep. 2024
Reuters, NBC news, 28 Mar. 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
Mini, competing in slalom and giant slalom events, hails from San Marino, the second-smallest independent microstate in Italy, one covering only 25 square miles of the Apennine Mountains.
—Brittany Ghiroli, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2026
Swiatek will likely also pay an additional 4% tax in Poland, reducing her championship winnings by an additional $162,000.
Sinner, originally from Italy, will pay no additional taxes because his primary residence is in the income tax-free microstate of Monaco.
—Ty Roush, Forbes.com, 13 July 2025
According to the 2025 Knight Frank Wealth Report, a cool $1 million will get you just 205 square feet of space in this glittering microstate on the French Riviera.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 12 Mar. 2025
Surrounded by Italy on all sides, this microstate — the third smallest in Europe — has stubbornly clung to its independence over the centuries, even as revolutions and world wars swirled around it.
—Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 9 Oct. 2024
Only clergy members and administrative staff will live within the microstate, according to AFP.
—Abby Wilson, theweek, 30 Sep. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for microstate
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Particularly in authoritarian or nondemocratic nation-states, journalists can be jailed or harassed for doing their job of reporting on abuses of power.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
7 May 2026
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That act, of amending Jefferson’s original draft, edit upon edit, has been the story not only of new nation-states declaring their independence but also of people within nation-states.—
Jill Lepore,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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Nothing could illustrate the absurdity of 2026 quite like an upcoming concert by Ye, the artist formerly known as Kanye West, in a former Soviet republic being produced by Live Nation Israel.—
Shirley Halperin,
Rolling Stone,
14 May 2026
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Perhaps not coincidentally, Russia invaded the former Soviet republic of Georgia later that year.—
Anne Applebaum,
The Atlantic,
11 May 2026
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The issue is a critical one for the Southeast Asian city-state of 6 million people.—
Chris Wellisz,
semafor.com,
16 Apr. 2026
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His route to Sparta would have taken him through Corinth, Nemea, and Arcadia and avoided kingdoms or city-states not allied with Athens.—
Gitanjali Roy,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
30 Mar. 2026
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But beyond the personal impact, my overriding concern is what this says about the state of fundamental freedoms in our nation.—
Kristine Parks,
FOXNews.com,
11 May 2026
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For the Bahamas, that means looking beyond Nassau’s cruise port crowds to discover what this nation of 700 islands and cays really offers.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
11 May 2026
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Johnson has always been good at holding Wembanyama accountable in the public domain.—
Jared Weiss,
New York Times,
11 May 2026
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In other competitive domains — such as with China’s entry into the World Trade Organization and in cybersecurity negotiations between Beijing and the Obama administration — agreements were ultimately reached that Washington believes in hindsight disadvantaged American companies.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
11 May 2026
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Lorenz began building her millinery enterprise in 1938, living in a flat above her hat shop on London’s Great Portland Street to craft a millinery empire.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
10 May 2026
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For instance, Japan is the home of Hello Kitty, the little cartoon cat created in 1974 that launched an $80 billion empire.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
10 May 2026
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Voters had narrowly approved the new congressional map in the referendum, which likely would have shifted the commonwealth’s congressional delegation from a 6-5 Democratic advantage to a 10-1 Democratic advantage.—
Jack Birle,
The Washington Examiner,
11 May 2026
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Democrats’ narrower-than-expected but still-decisive win in Tuesday’s plebiscite undoing the commonwealth’s own truce may or may not be the end of it.—
Chris Stirewalt,
The Hill,
24 Apr. 2026
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His ministate is hierarchical, patriarchal and militaristic, a utilitarian utopia rather than a revolutionary experiment.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
13 May 2021
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Islamic State also tried to establish a ministate of its own in the Indonesian regency of Poso, on Sulawesi island, in 2015.—
Yaroslav Trofimov,
WSJ,
7 June 2018
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“Microstate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/microstate. Accessed 18 May. 2026.
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