# These goegraphy questions don't stop! Another one for my niece. **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 15, 2004, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-goegraphy-questions-dont-stop-another-one-for-my-niece/224670 "2004-01-15T22:55:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![duffer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duffer/32/1026_2.png) [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2004, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-goegraphy-questions-dont-stop-another-one-for-my-niece/224670/1 "2004-01-15T22:55:20Z")
Here’s another one. Assuming Q.E.D. bails me out again like always, can you also tell me how you find these? I hate to keep posting these if there’s an easier way to find out. Anyway, here goes. 1. approx 500 sq km 2. Dominant religion - Roman Catholic 3. Gov’t is parlimentary co-principality 4. terrain is high mts and deep valleys (are there any other kind?) 5. 60% population Spanish origin 6. 4% arable land, heavy food imports. My first guess would be Gibralter, but of course, that’s probably way off. Thanks in advance. ---
**Author:** ![SandyHook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@SandyHook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SandyHook)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2004, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-goegraphy-questions-dont-stop-another-one-for-my-niece/224670/2 "2004-01-15T23:11:37Z")
Andorra? A small enclave of mostly Basque kinda folks located between France and Spain. ---
**Author:** ![Motog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85e7bf/32.png) [@Motog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Motog)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2004, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-goegraphy-questions-dont-stop-another-one-for-my-niece/224670/3 "2004-01-15T23:12:44Z")
The answer is Andorra ---
**Author:** ![aktep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f0a364/32.png) [@aktep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aktep)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2004, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-goegraphy-questions-dont-stop-another-one-for-my-niece/224670/4 "2004-01-15T23:14:40Z")
sounds like [Andorra](http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/an.html) to me. ---
**Author:** ![Motog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85e7bf/32.png) [@Motog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Motog)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2004, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-goegraphy-questions-dont-stop-another-one-for-my-niece/224670/5 "2004-01-15T23:24:57Z")
Damn, beaten by one minute by **SandyHook** I’ll try to recover by providing a a small amount of info. It’s a co-principality shared between Spain and France that seems to exist mainly because nobody ever bothered to formally annex it. Main industries are duty-free shopping and traffic jams (I’m speaking from personal experience here) ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2004, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-goegraphy-questions-dont-stop-another-one-for-my-niece/224670/6 "2004-01-15T23:33:12Z")
The dead giveaway is “co-principality.” As far as I know, Andorra is the only country in the world with this form of government. ---
**Author:** ![Motog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85e7bf/32.png) [@Motog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Motog)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2004, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-goegraphy-questions-dont-stop-another-one-for-my-niece/224670/7 "2004-01-15T23:37:58Z")
**Duffer** re your sig line: I’m not meaning to pick a fight or anything but thought you may be interested in [this](http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mhitlergun.html) SD mailbag article ---
**Author:** ![duffer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duffer/32/1026_2.png) [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2004, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-goegraphy-questions-dont-stop-another-one-for-my-niece/224670/8 "2004-01-16T00:16:57Z")
Yeah, I remember that, but I found another link that shows the speech he said it in, though it doesn’t work now. I’ll remove the sig to further review the sources. Thanks for the help everyone! ---
**Author:** ![Motog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85e7bf/32.png) [@Motog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Motog)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2004, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-goegraphy-questions-dont-stop-another-one-for-my-niece/224670/9 "2004-01-16T00:34:20Z")
> [@duffer](#): > > Yeah, I remember that, but I found another link that shows the speech he said it in, though it doesn’t work now. I’ll remove the sig to further review the sources. > > Thanks for the help everyone! I hope I haven’t given the impression that I wanted you to remove your sig. I simply recalled that particular article when I saw your sig line and thought you might be interested in it. I’ll say no more.