Friday, September 11, 2009
representation
I learned at some point that Andorra was jointly ruled by France and Spain. The truth is weirder. It's been a real democracy since 1993, but the titular heads (that's right, heads) are the President of France and the Bishop of Urgell in Spain. So it has co-princes, one of whom is an elected leader of another country, and the other a religious official.
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Is that why it spent only "four dollars and ninety cents on armaments for their defense" (see for the Pete Seeger song): its only neighbors wouldn't attack their own kingdom?
The website for the Pete Seeger song is http://www.peteseeger.net/andorra.htm.
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