According to books and historians The city San Marino is th oldest republic which got independence in 301 A.D This is third smallest country in the world. http://europeforvisitors.com/Europe/articles/san_marino.htm
San Marino.
Vaishali (Part of Modern State Bihar, India) is oldest and first Republic of World. It became repulic in 600 B.C
Ethiopia is the most oldest country known to man
The oldest surviving bank is Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena, founded in 1472.
Canada. The world's longest pipeline is in Russia, but it is claimed by Canada!
San Marino is the tiny country located in the Italian peninsula which is the smallest republic in the world. It also claims to be the oldest state in Europe, having been founded in 301 AD.
San Marino.
The Roman Republic was the first republic in Europe, and all other republics are redirected from it. (except for an Indian republic that existed before the Roman Republic, but the system there was different from modern republics).
san marino is the smallest country in the world.
San Marino was truly the first established country. It gained independence from the Roman Empire in 301 and was the first republic.
According to the Guinness Book of records, Iceland is the oldest existing state which had a government as far back as 163 AD, but Japan often claims to be the oldest country in the world: in 660 BCE.
San Marino claims to be the oldest constitutional republic in the world, founded on 3 September 301, by Marinus of Rab, a Christian stonemason fleeing the religious persecution of Roman Emperor Diocletian. San Marino’s constitution, dating back to 1600, is the world‘s oldest written constitution still in effect.
The Vatican is the smallest country in the world. However, it is not the oldest as it has only been in existence as a country since 1929. The oldest country in Europe is hard to determine since boundaries, names and governments have change so frequently over thousands of years. Your question would have to declare what basis is to be used. For information on the oldest countries in the world, see the link below.
The Caribbean
No. Many people say that San Marino is the oldest country, but it is not the oldest. The oldest countries in the world are in the Middle East.
China and Egypt is the oldest country in the world, they have about 2,000 year of history,.
Liechtenstein is not a republic. It is a principality ("Fürstentum"). The head of state is a prince ("Fürst"). The official name of the country is "Fürstentum Liechtenstein". That is why the international car registration letters for Liechtenstein are "FL".