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Originally Posted by redeemedcynic84
they are not the world's richest country in terms of total $$s...
they are the world's richest country in term of per capita $$... See, no one actually lives in the Vatican (ok, maybe a few people), but because the Catholic Church is based there there is tons of money that goes through there, skyrocketing the per capita earnings be the fact there are so few who live there...
Its the same reason Luxemburg is, per capita, richer than America...
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I am quite sure this is not what they were saying. Since they were giving the stats on site.
Rather than personal wealth the statement was in regards to real estate and other forms of wealth controlled by the Vatican and the Catholic Church. The personal wealth is comparable to that of Italy.
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