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Despite reading the article, I am still unclear as to why such a small area of land got a special dispensation to remain a nation state when all the other dukedoms and principalities of central Europe got amalgamated into Switzerland, Austria-Hungary or Germany.
What made Liechtenstein so lucky/special/exempt? This map of 13th century Europe hopefully justifies my point
This really should be a subject of an entire section because it's the point as to why the country exists, and why the other European powers let 160 km2 stay independent? 81.141.34.52 ( talk) 11:15, 30 December 2019 (UTC)
"..., Liechtenstein regards the Federal Republic as an important partner, ...". The link is badly chosen. It points to an article about the general concept of a federal republic (of which there are many), but implicitly means the Federal Republic of Germany. "The federal republic" is colloquial shorthand jargon for Germany in the German-speaking world and cannot simply be translated to English without context in this fashion. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fantômas19 ( talk • contribs) 13:18, 16 July 2022 (UTC)
This paragraph in the "Principality" subsection of the "History" section is a bit confusing:
"Modern publications generally attribute Liechtenstein's sovereignty to these events. Its prince ceased to owe an obligation to any suzerain. From 25 July 1806, when the Confederation of the Rhine was founded, the Prince of Liechtenstein was a member, in fact, a vassal, of its hegemon, styled protector, the French Emperor Napoleon I, until the dissolution of the confederation on 19 October 1813."
With the abdication of the HRE in August of 1806, it would mean that there was no gap, at all, between the obligation to one suzerain (the HRE) to the other (Napolean). In fact, between 26 July and 6 August, it would appear that the prince was technically under suzerainty to BOTH powers. The Confederation of the Rhine was little more than a puppet state in which Napolean was the head of state and appointer of its head of government. Would someone who is more familiar with the country's history edit this paragraphy for clarity? Criticalthinker ( talk) 10:13, 24 November 2022 (UTC)
Apokrif ( talk) 09:38, 7 November 2023 (UTC)