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lol, how about North Dumpling Island
a Micronation.... of only 2 acres (0.003125 sq miles)
they actually have a non-aggression pact signed by US President George H.W. Bush.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/north-dumpling-island
The sovereign leader of the nation invented the Segway, so yes he's pretty loaded.
There seem to be several Micro-nations out there. It actually looks as if it could be fun.

smallest country in the world is Vatican city as it is fully covered with water and some of the landed areas is visible only few like 0.5 square miles

No need to have large areas and territorial borders to become a country. This region is proclaimed as a country with only a total area of ​​not more than 44 hectares. Even one of them is above the sea, has an area of ​​1.6 kilometers per facet former World War II fort.

  1. Sealand
    this place will look like an old oil drilling facility. However, what it sees is a country. Sealand his name.

It is located at 9 miles from offshore Suffolk, England. The country has only 1.6 kilometers per facet of the former World War II fortress. No houses, means of transportation, even amusement rides.

The country consists of only two concrete towers connected by an iron runway several kilometers from Felixstowe, in international waters.

According to what I learned the smallest country is Vatican City, because it is only 0.44 km2 with a population of about 800 people, but most of them are not natives