Yeah, Georgia, Ukraine, and Tibet, were real countries, too. Problem is, Vatican City is 100% contained by Italy. Italy has to decide when to honor its sovereignty or not.
You'd think that everyone in the Vatican would always 100% oppose any move that compromised their sovereignty, but they Italy has tremendous leverage because of how disruptive its displeasure could be, to what is essentially a single tiny parasite.
Day the vatican is reduced to rubble will be a fine day.
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