To: A. Pole
There is Switzerland :)
Iceland fits that too, been in existance for over 1000 years, San Marino is another one and I think Andorra might be another one that has existed for a long time.
285 posted on
03/01/2006 2:00:22 PM PST by
Nowhere Man
(Mark 8:36 For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?)
To: A. Pole; Nowhere Man
Apparently the Swiss Constitution of 1848 was modeled on the US Constitution. From what I have read, they have been far more faithful to it over the years than we have been to ours.
288 posted on
03/01/2006 4:54:06 PM PST by
Sam Cree
(absolute reality) - ("Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one." Albert Einstein)
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