Officially name: The Principality of Liechtenstein
Capital: Vaduz
Largest city: Schaan
Official language: German
Government: Parliamentary democracy under constitutional monarchy
The state religion is Roman Catholicism, to which about 77% of the population adheres; however, absolute freedom of worship prevails.
Liechtenstein is the smallest yet the richest (by measure of GDP per capita) German-speaking country in the world and the only country to lie entirely within the Alps.