san marino

In the first two decades of the Cold War, the intelligence services of the West Block made some startling discoveries that hinted at an unexpected build-up of Soviet military capability, airlift capability, and even spaceflight capability. With spyplanes temporarily grounded due to certain...

Singapore, the Vatican, we need more city states! Where did we go wrong that prevented this from being the case? Let me know what scenarios you think could have led to the creation / survival of more city states. These can be realistic and/or creative, I just want more city states.

As the title suggests how would we get more nations like San Marino and Liechtenstein, small nations part of ethnic groups of larger nation-states but left out of consolidation because of geography or politics. San Marino left out of Italy not because they arent Italians but because of politics...

Have San Marino as a part of Italy if you can. How can this be possible? How likely is it before 1945? How likely after 1945? And can it be done peacefully or no?