Liechtenstein is a small, doubly landlocked country, which is situated in Central Europe. It is surrounded by Switzerland to the west, and Austria to the east Together with Uzbekistan, Liechtenstein is one of the world's two landlocked countries to be surrounded by other landlocked countries. It is the smallest German-speaking country in the world. Vaduz is the capital of the country.

The territory of Liechtenstein established at one time part of the ancient Roman province of Raetia. The Liechtenstein dynasty, from which the Principality takes its name, comes from Castle Liechtenstein in faraway lower Austria, which the family possessed from 1140 to the 13th century and from 1807 onwards. Through the centuries, the dynasty acquired vast swathes of land mainly in Morvia Lower Austria, Silesia and Styria though in all eases, these areas were held in fief under other more senior feudal lords, particularly under various lines of the Habsburg family, to whom some Liechtenstein princes served as close advisors.

The family yearned greatly for the added power which a seat in the Imperial government would garner and therefore searched for lands to acquire which would be unmitthelbar or held without any feudal parsonage other than the Holy Roman Emperor himself having rights on the land. After some time the family was able to do arrangement of purchasing Lordship of Schulenburg and count ship of Vaduz from The Hohenems.

On 23rd of January, 1719 Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor decreed Vaduz and Schulenburg were united, and raised to the dignity of principality with the name "Liechtenstein in honor of his true servant, Anton Florien of Liechtenstein". On this day, Liechtenstein became a sovereign member state of the Holy Roman Empire.

In 1806, Nopolean I of the first French Empire Due to this event invaded the Holy Roman Empire, there were many consequences occurred in Liechtenstein. Imperial legal and political mechanisms broke down, and the Empire was dissolved. From 25th of July 1806, the Confederation of the Rhine was founded and the prince of Liechtenstein was a member.

After the dissolution of French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, Liechtenstein joined the German Confederation. Until the end of the First World War, Liechtenstein was closely tied first to the Austrian Empire and then to Austria - Hungary. While at the time of the Second World War, Liechtenstein remained neutral and family treasures within the war zone were brought to Liechtenstein for safekeeping.

Liechtenstein has well-developed highly industrialized, free enterprise economy. The living standard of the country is very high. The other plus point of the country is that, the country has very low rate, its maximum tax rate is 18%. Liechtenstein has shown strong determination to dispel the country's unhelpful image as a center for international money laundering.

German is the official language of Liechtenstein, but a dialect of German called Alamannic is commonly spoken. Walser, a Germanic language from Switzerland is the mother tongue for a small community in Liechtenstein.