Andorra: The Micro State at War with Germany for 43 Years

What’s that landscape of idyllic valleys nestled on the Pyrenees mountain range? Is it a Spain? Is it a France? No, it’s the 16th smallest country in the world, the Principality of Andorra. Join me in Today’s Geographics, as we explore some useful and pointless facts about this charming country. We will learn about Andorra’s unique system of government, its history and about that one time when a con artist became its King …

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Source/Further reading:

History
https://www.historyfiles.co.uk/KingListsEurope/FranceAndorra.htm
https://www.everyculture.com/A-Bo/Andorra.html
https://all-andorra.com/history/
https://www.studycountry.com/guide/AD-history.htm
Facts
https://everything-everywhere.com/8-facts-about-andorra/
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/an.html
King Boris
https://www.historyfiles.co.uk/FeaturesEurope/EasternRussia_Skossyreff01.htm
https://www.albedomedia.com/cultura/historiografia/venturas-y-desventuras-del-rey-de-andorra/

Tax haven and scandals
https://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/092815/why-andorra-considered-tax-haven.asp
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/02/andorra-to-renounce-banking-secrecy-as-it-sheds-tax-haven-status
https://www.ft.com/content/bcedb7ae-cf1b-11e4-9949-00144feab7de
https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/11/business/international/andorra-follows-up-on-us-inquiry-by-cracking-down-on-bpa.html
https://elpais.com/elpais/2019/10/16/inenglish/1571227960_029446.html

Anthem
http://www.andorramania.uk/anthem-of-andorra.php
http://en.tapartoche.com/form/page-partition.php?miniature=5892.gif
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2019/09/07/france-coach-apologises-albania-andorran-anthem-played-euro/

Clean energy
https://www.evwind.es/2019/12/12/replace-andorras-thermal-coal-with-wind-energy-solar-and-storage/72437

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