| Sovereign Kingdom of Andorra Regne Sobirà d’Andorra/Andorre Timeline: Differently | ||||||
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| Motto: Virtus Unita Fortior (Latin) "Strength United is Stronger" |
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| Anthem: El Gran Carlemany Royal anthem: Visca el Rei! |
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 Andorra (green)
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| Capital | Andorra la Vella | |||||
| Official languages | Catalan • French • Spanish | |||||
| Religion | Roman Catholicism | |||||
| Demonym(s) | Andorran | |||||
| Government | Unitary semi-constitutional papist monarchy | |||||
| - | King | Jean I | ||||
| - | Head Bishop | Joan Enric Vives Sicília | ||||
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| - | Independence from Aragon | 8 September 1278 | ||||
| - | Coronation of Jean (Kingdom) | 15 June 2011 | ||||
| Area | ||||||
| - | Total | 180.7 km2 70 sq mi |
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| Population | ||||||
| - | Estimate | 80,300 (146th) | ||||
| Currency | Peseta | |||||
| Drives on the | right | |||||
Andorra, officially the Sovereign Kingdom of Andorra, is a small, landlocked, sovereign nation in the Pyrenees, located north of the Iberian Peninsula in Western Europe. Andorra is bordered by France to the north and east and Spain to the south and west. With a surface area of 180 square kilometers and a population of 76,177 inhabitants, Andorra is Europe's fifth-smallest and fifth-least populous country. Globally, it ranks only 144th by area and 147th by population among the world's sovereign states. The capital is Andorra le Vella.
History[]
Andorra was founded after the fall of Napoleonic France, in which it gained independence from. Andorra became known as the Principality of Andorra, which was neutral.
In 1937, during the Iberian War, a Catalan regiment illegally crossed the border and toppled the principality, trying to incorporate the nation into the self-declared Catalan Republic. The princely system was abolished, and Andorra fell into anarchy. However, after the insurrections were crushed, Andorra returned to being an independent state, but with the President of France also being the Prince of Andorra. This continued until 2010, when the Andorran system came into question after a major constitutional crisis. Royal activist Yves-Marie Adeline Soret de Boisbrunet advocated for an establishment of a full monarchy. A referendum in early 2011 confirmed that people desired a kingdom to be established. The Andorran government then amended the constitutional to include a monarchy, and offered Jean, Count of Paris the throne. He accepted, and was coronated on 15 June 2011.
Andorra’s independence is traditionally ascribed to Charlemagne, who recovered the region from the Muslims in 803, and to his son Louis I (the Pious), who granted the inhabitants a charter of liberties. Charlemagne’s grandson, Charles II, granted Andorra to the counts of Urgel, from whom it passed to the bishops of Urgel. Andorra’s dual allegiance to two princes, one in Spain and one in France, originated in the late 13th century in a proprietary quarrel between the Spanish bishops of Urgel and the French heirs to the countship of Urgel. Andorra was subsequently governed jointly by representatives of the Spanish bishop of Urgel and of the French head of state, each of whom received an annual payment of a token tribute. This feudal system of government remained intact until 1993, when a constitution was adopted that greatly reduced the power of the coprinces and established separate executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government. Andorra subsequently joined the League of Nations (1993) and the Council of Europe (1994).
Economy[]
The official currency of Andorra is the Peseta but in 2012 a parliamentarian by the name of Andreas De Holia proposed a new currency entirely digital and though it gained traction a projection made by Forbes showed an almost instantaneous collapse of currency credibility. The Peseta is a mildly strong currency but took a hit upon the 2021 redesign.
Sports[]
Andorra’s National sport is football with three professional tiers in the National along with the La Vella Cup. The National football team have been micronational champions two times, during the first tournament in 1982 and in 1984. An upset came in 1988 when the Swiss National team was disqualified from that year's Euros for steroid use and Andorra made it to the knockout stages where they promptly lost 3-1 to France.
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