What is a really really small country that I could round up a few dozen buddies, invade, and become King??

Question

I'd like to become a King or Emporer, and since I have no royal blood anywhere in my family, I figure I would do it the old tried and tested way--invade a country or small kingdom and install myself as King. Its worked for centuries. I need a country with little or no Army and a gullible population just waiting for a charismatic monarch. I feel I have a lot to offer, but I don't want to bother with the democratic process and voting etc. That's so yesterday. Monarchies and Kingdoms are coming back baby, and I want to be on the cutting edge.

emperor (sp)

it can't be anywhere big and spread out. I'm talking about one of those tiny little countries or kingdoms over in Europe, something we can get done in a weekend or two with several cases of beer drinking

Answer 1

Liechtenstein.

This one is your single best bet, as it isn't much bigger in total than its own capital city, and....

It is wedged right in between France and Belgium, if I recall correctly, which are two nations whose track record militarily speaks for itself (being polite here, ok?). Hell, depending on how many "friends" you whistle up, you could likely annex a good chunk of Belgium too for your trouble.

Another idea would be to insinuate yourself into a group of freedom fighters who *want to* form their own separate nation. Like the Basques in Spain, the Northern Irish in the U.K. or the French-Canadians in Quebec.

That last one has potential, mainly because of *global warming*: Canada has literally *dozens* of islands North of the Arctic Circle that are on average getting warmer each year, have been considered "uninhabitable" for decades, and are *very* rich in natural resources, particularly in uranium and petroleum (courtesy of difficult to process *oil shales*, but it's in there).

So yeah, you could take the easy way out and take out Liechtenstein. Or you could learn some French, grow a pair, work with the Quebecer separatists, *seize* a big honking island in the northern wastes, and then *laugh* a few years later when it gets *warm enough* to come out and play--to start using the wealth of the land that's been locked away for years because of the cold, and because getting petroleum out of oil shales isn't "easy" like drilling for it out of the Middle East "is". :p

Only bad part of that is: you have to deal with French People. But you'd have to do that anyway with Liechtenstein. And, unless that North Atlantic Conveyor theory holds true and brings another Ice Age, well...the cold weather should be on its way out. I mean, Polar Bears are having to *swim* these days....

Just saying. :) Good luck on your efforts, and let me know if you need anyone to engineer any, erm, large-scale weapons (because I did a research paper in high school on how nuclear weapons work, and got the A+ on it).

Answer 2

Any "well" excuse will do. You title the nation, any person will uncover a precedent. Everyone is itching with their palms on triggers. Global affairs are insane, or calculated; nevertheless there's a a lot better, planet vast ecological crisis complicated unfolding at this second, however who cares? More essential to face round in Italian silk fits bickering over alternate and many others.

Answer 3

France

Answer 4

Luxembourg - just about the size of Rhode Island. I've been dying to use this information since grade 6!

Answer 5

California.

Answer 6

Monaco.
Vatican City.
Nauru.
Tuvalu.
San Marino.
Liechtenstein.
Marshall Islands.
Saint Kitts and Nevis.
Seychelles.
Maldives.
Malta.
Grenada.
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
Barbados.
Antigua and Barbuda.
Andorra and
Palau.

Answer 7

You could try Andorra, on the border between Spain and France

Answer 8

Iran

Answer 9

New Orleans. Oh, you said Europe? France. Promise to buy weapons from them in exchange for their surrender and I guarrantee they will.

Answer 10

Smurfland has an opening for a new king. I dare you to try!!