Question: What is the most mysterious country on the planet, a place where you don’t need a passport or visa to enter, a nation that hires soldiers from another country to protect it, a country that has a population of around 800, it’s only national dishes could be summed up as a small, circular piece of unleavened bread and a sip of red wine, and whose head of state leads the country until he (and it’s always a he) dies? 

If your answer is the Vatican—ding, ding, ding—congratulations, you win a delicious dinner for one of a piece of unleavened bread and a sip of red wine! All kidding aside, although one of the most unique countries in the world, there are still a few facts about Vatican City that few people know. It’s also very nebulous and mysterious.