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Stateless countries: Malta

 On facebook, there is a very interesting explanation about  landless country. Can you guess this landless country? It's a great explanation worth listening to at:  Geography Now Here is a comment from a reader: A:  Lovel Petrović Well, from the perspective of the theory of international law, the Sovereign Order is definitely a subject of international  law, but one could not call it a country, as it lacks some key elements like territory or population. As mentioned in the video, only three people are considered as "citizens", they issue only diplomatic passports that give its holders the right to represent the order before other subjects of international law. Important diplomatic players, but cannot be called a country, or a state. A:  Edward Susman Just for curiosity’s sake, the last time I was in Rome, I visited the SMOM headquarters. A mansion not far from the Spanish  Steps. I rang the bell at the gate and was buzzed into the ‘nation’. My friend a...