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offtopic:andorra [2014/01/28 18:05] – Petikeofftopic:andorra [2018/08/24 16:32] – [Andorra in alternate history] DoD! max_sinister
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 The Principality of Andorra is a small nation in the Pyrenees, bordering [[Spain]] to the south and [[France]] to the north. It is one of the six (or so) small European countries. Like many of them, Andorra's survival into modern times has been mostly a thing of pleasant coincidence and of isolation from big continental politics. The principality was sparsely populated even in the early 20th century, but has grown since then both in terms of population and wealth. Andorra is a tri-lingual society (Catalan, Spanish and French) and the only independent nation with Catalan as its official language. Today, the small country has roughly 60 000 or so inhabitants and lives mostly off tourism, skiing and winter-related sports centres and duty-free shops in the bigger towns. Andorra la Vella has the highest elevation of any European capital. There is barely any flat land in the entire principality, so Andorra lacks an airport and nobody bothered about railways either.   The Principality of Andorra is a small nation in the Pyrenees, bordering [[Spain]] to the south and [[France]] to the north. It is one of the six (or so) small European countries. Like many of them, Andorra's survival into modern times has been mostly a thing of pleasant coincidence and of isolation from big continental politics. The principality was sparsely populated even in the early 20th century, but has grown since then both in terms of population and wealth. Andorra is a tri-lingual society (Catalan, Spanish and French) and the only independent nation with Catalan as its official language. Today, the small country has roughly 60 000 or so inhabitants and lives mostly off tourism, skiing and winter-related sports centres and duty-free shops in the bigger towns. Andorra la Vella has the highest elevation of any European capital. There is barely any flat land in the entire principality, so Andorra lacks an airport and nobody bothered about railways either.  
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 Most amusing of all, while Andorra has no standing army, there has been an emergency conscription law for at least a few centuries: Any citizen of the principality who owns a firearm automatically becomes a soldier in times of foreign military aggression. The hypothetical Andorran army is the only one in the entire world where //all members are officers//.  Most amusing of all, while Andorra has no standing army, there has been an emergency conscription law for at least a few centuries: Any citizen of the principality who owns a firearm automatically becomes a soldier in times of foreign military aggression. The hypothetical Andorran army is the only one in the entire world where //all members are officers//. 
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 ==== Andorra in alternate history ==== ==== Andorra in alternate history ====
  
 As a country, Andorra rarely pops up in timelines, and when it does, it mostly has something to do with the history of Spain or France. More often than not, Andorra gets the shaft and loses independence, being annexed by one of the two aforementioned countries. However, several WWII timelines had featured Andorra heroically resisting a Nazi or Francoist invasion in an (predictably hopeless) guerilla war. As a country, Andorra rarely pops up in timelines, and when it does, it mostly has something to do with the history of Spain or France. More often than not, Andorra gets the shaft and loses independence, being annexed by one of the two aforementioned countries. However, several WWII timelines had featured Andorra heroically resisting a Nazi or Francoist invasion in an (predictably hopeless) guerilla war.
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 +The exception is [[Jared]]'s [[timelines:Decades of Darkness]], where it becomes the namesake of the Andorra Pact, a defensive alliance between Britain, France and Aragon.
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 None that we know of. None that we know of.
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 ==== See Also ==== ==== See Also ====
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 **[[resources:Andorra|Useful Resources about Andorra]]** **[[resources:Andorra|Useful Resources about Andorra]]**
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