Vatican City

"The Vatican City? This must be the place where Catholicism can be dominated in ever since the Pope rules on and on for that for so many centuries."

--Su Ji-Hoon, Heaven in Tears

Vatican City (/ˈvætɪkən ˈsɪti/; Italian: Città del Vaticano [tʃitˈta del vatiˈkaːno]; Latin: Civitas Vaticana), officially Vatican City State or State of Vatican City (Italian: Stato della Città del Vaticano; Latin: Status Civitatis Vaticanae), is a sovereign state located within the city of Rome. With an area of 44 hectares (110 acres), and a population of about 1,000, it is the smallest state in the world by both area and population. However, formally it is not sovereign, with sovereignty being held by the Holy See.