The world's largest country within a country

The largest country within a country in the world is Lesotho, a landlocked country with only one neighboring country, South Africa, which means that Lesotho is a "country within a country" located within South Africa. The world's country within a country total **** there are three, respectively, the Vatican, San Marino and Lesotho, of which Lesotho is the largest country within a country. Lesotho is located in the eastern edge of the South African plateau on the western slopes of the Drakensberg Mountains, the country about three-quarters of the country for the mountainous terrain, mostly located in the eastern part of Lesotho, the highest elevation of 3,482 meters, the rest of the one-quarter of the area for the relatively flat plateau area, located in the western part of Lesotho, the elevation of about more than 1,300 meters.

Lesotho's climate in the world climate type distribution map shows that belongs to the "savannah climate", but because of the highland mountainous terrain, high altitude, so the temperature does not meet the characteristics of the tropics, it should belong to the subtropical. In addition, is located in the western side of the mountain range, the leeward slope of the southeast trade winds, the annual precipitation is low, every year from October to April (summer) for the rainy season, and May to September (winter) for the dry season, accurately said Lesotho belongs to the "subtropical grassland climate".

Before independence, the Kingdom of Lesotho was known as "Basutoland", a kingdom founded in the early 19th century by the Chiefs of Basuta, with Moshoshu Sho I as king. In 1868, British colonists from Europe declared Basutoland a protectorate, and in 1871 it was incorporated into the British colony of Cape Town in South Africa. In 1966, after World War II, Basutoland declared independence and established the Kingdom of Lesotho, a constitutional monarchy modeled after the British, with a fifth-generation grandson of the original King Moshoshu Sho I, known as "Moshu Sho II".

The current King of Lesotho is Letsie III, the eldest son of King Moshoshu II, but of course the King is a symbol of supreme power in Lesotho and does not hold the real power, and Lesotho is also one of the member states of the Commonwealth of Nations. Lesotho's population is not large, the country's total population is only more than 2.2 million people, the capital city of Maseru, the population of about 300,000 people, is the most populous city in Lesotho, but also Lesotho's political, economic, educational and transportation centers, and South Africa is only separated by a Caledon River.