A small country in Western Europe, sandwiched between Belgium, France and Germany. Most people know very little about it other than “it exists” and “that small country over there on the map”, though it is of interst to monarchists as it is, as a Grand Duchy, a surviving monarchy in Europe. The Luxembourgish language, Letzeburgish, is a German dialect raised to language status for political reasons (like Alsatian), but it sounds like a gibberish of French and German which is unintelligible to French and Germans alike.

Not to be confused with the House of Luxembourg which in the 15th century ruled Bohemia, Brandenburg and Hungary and included several Holy Roman Emperors. That House also died out in the 15th century. Subsequently, Luxembourg passed first to the House of Burgundy, and then to the House of Habsburg. Atfer the Napoleonic Wars it became part of (though nominally still independant and only in personal union with) the Netherlands. Since 1890 it is independant under a branch of House Nassau, though many consider the ruling family nowadays of House Bourbon-Parma, as inheritance went through the female line at one point and the Grand-Duchess married a Bourbon-Parma. This editor finds this way of thinking a bit sexist, though.