Did you know that, besides larger places like France and Germany, Europe is home to several 1) countries? One of these countries contains less than a square mile of land. Another is 2) by Italy. Yet each is an independent land, 3) . One of the best known of these small countries is Monaco. It is situated on the Mediterranean Sea and surrounded by France on three sides. Monaco 4) to Americans when its ruler, Prince Rainier, married the American actress Grace Kelly. Rainier's family has ruled Monaco almost 5) . The land has been independent for over three hundred years. Andorra, with an area of some 200 square miles, is 6) than Monaco. This country is located in the Pyrenees Mountains, with France on one side and 7) . Potatoes and tobacco are grown in Andorra's 8) . One of the products it 9) is clothing. Andorra is also 10) . Within the Alps in Central Europe is Liechtenstein, a tiny country of about 30,000 people who speak mostly German. Liechtenstein uses 11) as its neighbor Switzerland, but it has been an independent country since the 1860s. Taxes are low, so many businesses have their 12) here. The country makes and exports a lot of machinery. Other small, independent states in Europe are San Marino and Luxembourg. Each of these has 13) unique qualities as well.