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Recent Examples of microstate
No nation in the world — at least beyond a few microstates within a broader customs union — has no customs enforcement whatsoever.
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The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 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
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
The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for microstate
Noun
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Borderless identity also introduces geopolitical complexity where nation-states increasingly assert digital sovereignty.—
Morey Haber,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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During that conflict, their ancestral homes were nation-states.—
Ibrahim Al-Marashi,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 May 2026
Noun
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The suspect was a 36-year-old man who carried a passport belonging to the ex-Soviet republic of Georgia, Interior Minister Marcin Kierwiński said at a news conference in Warsaw.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
18 June 2026
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The humanities will survive not by defending an imagined past of disinterested purity, but by demonstrating their necessity in a fractured republic.—
The Atlantic,
The Atlantic,
16 June 2026
Noun
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Athens was a belligerent city-state that fell victim to its own aggressions.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
15 June 2026
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The ultra-wealthy city-state of Monaco on the French Riviera is no stranger to luxury hotels—fellow grand dames Hôtel de Paris and Hermitage sit at the heart of the action around Casino Square—each vying to outdo the other with fancy arrivals and impeccably discreet service.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
27 May 2026
Noun
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Britain already has the highest borrowing costs in the Group of Seven wealthy nations due to its high debt and interest payments.—
Kim Hjelmgaard,
USA Today,
22 June 2026
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Scotland is a very small nation, six million people who have not been in the World Cup in 28 years.—
Andre Fernandez,
Miami Herald,
22 June 2026
Noun
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From its earliest days, Anthropic identified coding as the most important domain in AI to focus on.—
Rob Toews,
Forbes.com,
22 June 2026
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With the success of Kpop Demon Hunters, Netflix is bringing feature animation squarely under the domain of Hannah Minghella.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
22 June 2026
Noun
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Build the empire on top of all of it.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2026
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What emerges is a portrait of Maurice as both architect and enigma, a man whose creative vision built an empire and whose personal choices left fractures still being processed decades later.—
Stephanie Giang-Paunon,
FOXNews.com,
20 June 2026
Noun
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Sunday estimated there are 70,000 skill game machines in operation throughout the commonwealth, and said that number dwarfs the number of legal slot machines in Pennsylvania casinos.—
Joe Brandt,
CBS News,
16 June 2026
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Pennsylvania lawmakers will announce measures to restrict ICE activity in the commonwealth.—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
9 June 2026
Noun
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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 23 Jun. 2026.
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