Principality of Liechtenstein
Europa Occidental
Alpine · Tiny · Wealthy
Liechtenstein is one of only two doubly landlocked countries in the world (the other is Uzbekistan) — it is surrounded by Switzerland and Austria, both of which are also landlocked.
Más allá de la capital, las principales ciudades son Schaan, Balzers — cada una un centro de cultura regional, economía e historia. Vaduz occupies a narrow Rhine Valley strip between the river and the Alpine foothills, with the Prince's castle visible on the hill above — a capital of 5,500 people in one of Europe's last feudal monarchies, where the Prince holds more formal constitutional power than any other European monarch and where the country's per-capita GDP is among the world's highest despite having no seaport or airport.
El idioma oficial es alemán, que refleja el patrimonio cultural del país y lo conecta con una amplia comunidad internacional. Internacionalmente, Liechtenstein se contacta mediante el código +423. Liechtensteiners maintain one of the world's most unusual national identities — a German-speaking microstate that uses the Swiss franc, belongs to no international organisations as a full member, was the last European country to grant women the right to vote (1984), and achieves extraordinary economic output from banking, precision manufacturing, and dental prosthetics production.
Liechtenstein comparte sus fronteras con Austria, Suiza. El tráfico rodado circula por la derecha, en consonancia con la convención de
La vida económica y cotidiana se rige por la zona horaria de UTC+01:00, alineando el país con sus vecinos regionales.
Käsknöpfle — handmade egg noodles (Spätzle) layered with locally produced mountain cheese and crispy fried onions, served with apple sauce — is Liechtenstein's most characteristic dish, a preparation identical in technique to the Vorarlberg Austrian tradition reflecting the alpine German-speaking culinary heritage of the Rhine Valley communities that Liechtenstein's borders include.
Football is Liechtenstein's primary sport despite having only 6,000 registered players — the national team competing in UEFA qualifying (never qualifying for a major tournament but occasionally drawing with larger nations) — while skiing on the slopes above Vaduz represents the alpine sports culture expected from a country where peaks above 2,500 metres are 30 minutes from the capital.
Liechtenstein's highest point is Grauspitz at 2,599 metres in the Rätikon Alps — a peak where the borders of Liechtenstein, Switzerland, and Austria converge in high alpine terrain where chamois, ibex, and golden eagles inhabit a landscape of limestone cliff and high pasture that the country's tiny size makes disproportionately accessible to even casual walkers.