Sovereign State of the Bektashi Order facts for kids

This page is about the planned city-state in Europe. For the Islamic Sufi mystic order, see Bektashi Order.

Quick facts for kids Sovereign State of the Bektashi Order Shteti Sovran i Urdhrit Bektashi (Albanian)
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Capital	Sovereign State of the Bektashi Order (city-state)
Religion	Bektashism
Area
• Total	0.27 km² (0.10 sq mi)
Today part of	Albania

The Sovereign State of the Bektashi Order (Albanian: Shteti Sovran i Urdhrit Bektashi) is a planned city-state, microstate, and enclave that will be located entirely within Tirana, Albania. Once established, it will be smaller than the Vatican City to become the nation with the smallest land area in the world, with a total land area of 27 hectares. Plans for the creation of the state has been discussed by Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama and supported by the leader of the Bektashi Order, Baba Mondi, with the former revealing that more details for the creation of the state will be revealed in the near future.

Legal experts are currently drafting the legislation to create the new state within Albania. The legislation will need approval from the Albanian Parliament, which is currently controlled by Rama's Socialist Party. It is unclear which countries will recognize the new state.

The state will not have an army, border guards, or courts. Its passport will be green, a color deeply symbolic in Islam.

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