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What Are the World's Only 2 Doubly Landlocked Countries?

It's easy to miss Liechtenstein on a map at first glance — as the world's sixth-smallest country, it covers only 62 square miles.

However, that's more than enough space for the fewer than 40,000 residents who live there. The micronation is landlocked in the scenic Alps, between Switzerland and Austria. It is double-landlocked by France, Germany, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, and Italy. Although Liechtenstein became an independent nation in 1719, it wasn't doubly landlocked until the end of World War I, thanks to the dissolution of the Austro-Hungary Empire. The end of the empire saw the formation of Czechoslovakia, along with many other nations, which sealed Liechtenstein's status as a doubly landlocked country in 1918. It remained the world's only doubly landlocked country until 1991, when Uzbekistan would gain the same designation.

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