Why is the VATICAN considered as a country within a country??

Question

yeah, but why call it a country??

Answer 1

because, it has its own head of state, its own army & its own set of rules of government etc & it lies in Italy

Answer 2

Because the Vatican is a city state. It's an independent country within it's own borders. It has it's own police and military guard. When you step onto the Vatican, you are leaving Italy and entering a different country. It has it's own flag and government.
There are other such countries around the world, and there have been many in the past as well.

Answer 3

VATICAN CITY, JUN 11, 1997 (VIS) - Vatican City State was created with the Lateran Pacts stipulated between the Holy See and the Kingdom of Italy on February 11, 1929, and ratified on June 7 of the same year. Its legal entity, as a sovereign body of public international law distinct from the Holy See, is universally recognized.

Vatican City State is located not far from the right bank of the Tiber River in Rome. The state's territory - the smallest in the world - takes up an area of nearly 44 hectares. It is bordered by walls and, in St. Peter's Square, by the circular travertine strip in the pavement that joins the two arms of the Bernini colonnade.


The population of Vatican City State, made up of persons of different nationalities, mainly Italian, comprises than 700 inhabitants. It is constituted by those who have Vatican citizenship, some 400, and those authorized to reside there while preserving their original citizenship, around 300.


The state's form of government is an elective monarchy for life. The Head of State is the Supreme Pontiff, who has full legislative, executive and judicial power. During the period of a vacant see, these powers are assumed by the Sacred College of Cardinals.
Representation of the state and its relations with other states is reserved for the Supreme Pontiff, who exercises it through his Secretariat of State. Both Vatican City State and the Holy See, a sovereign body of the Catholic Church, enjoy international recognition. They are members of international organizations, participate in international conferences with permanent observers and adhere to the respective conventions.
All the territory of Vatican City State is under the protection of the Hague Convention of May 1954, regarding the care of cultural goods in case of armed conflict. The state is thus recognized, even in international conventions, as a moral, artistic and cultural patrimony worthy of being respected and protected.


Vatican City State has its own currency and issues its own postage stamps. Vatican currency circulates legally in both Italy and the Republic of San Marino, by virtue of special treaties signed with each. The license plate of vehicles listed in the register of Vatican automobiles is S.C.V. The international symbol is V.
Vatican City State comprises the following bodies: the Vicariate of Vatican City State, with its Ecclesiastical Tribunal; the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State, which coordinates the General Secretariat of the Governorate and on whom depend in turn the General Directorates of: Pontifical Monuments, Museums and Galleries; Technical Services; Economic Services; Health Services; General Services; the Vatican Observatory; Archaeological Studies and Research; and the Pontifical Villas.
Also under the direction of the Secretariat of the Governorate are: the Security Corps; the Vatican Pharmacy; the Commission for Personnel and the Disciplinary Commission; the Tribunals; the Permanent Commission for the Care of Historical and Artistic Monuments of the Holy See; and the Health Assistance Fund.

so see what more does it need!!!!

Answer 4

some thing approximately Vatican city: in the previous Italy exchange into unified (the Italian peninsula consisted of a number of small states till the Nineties), one state in 'Italy' exchange into the Papal state, which included Rome and Lazio. throughout the Risorgimento, maximum human beings of the Papal state exchange into 'conquered' by using Italy. in basic terms a small area of Rome, alongside with the St Peter, exchange into given lower back to the popes in 1929. that's modern Vatican city. that's called city, with the aid of fact it in basic terms incorporates a city, that's in direction of Rome. And that's a rustic interior of a rustic, that's carefully surrounded by using Italy (city of Rome)

Answer 5

The Vatican is an autonomously ruled sovereignty (it's leader is the Pope).

Basically, they are completely surrounded, but not a part of, Italy. They follow their own rules, etc.

Answer 6

The Vatican have its own government totally independent to that of Italian government.

Answer 7

I wouldn't say it's a country, but it's a different sovereign state. There's also San Marino surrounded by Italy, which is thought to be the world's oldest republic.

Answer 8

the vatican is a papal state, with a head of state, as well as a city.
Because the pope is leader of global population of Catholics, and is powerful politically.
A state as far as i'm aware is considered a country or principality.

Answer 9

It is like a religious thing. A holy town. WHy is there a Washington D.C.? Or a Monaco in France?(You can Gamble in Monaco) and D.C. is really Federal) The Vatican is like a town for the Pope. So you can feel that Catholic guilt. ANd there's NOTHING like Catholic Guilt!:0)

Answer 10

because its a country on its own but happens 2 be surrounded by another country!

Answer 11

it is a state, just like louisiana or texas is a state with its own rules within a larger territory that cannot interfere with the state laws.