PARADISE ON EARTH Today we will introduce you to a very interesting country. It has no valuable minerals, no modern factories, no fertile fields. Primary and secondary school education is compulsory and free. Literacy in the country is 100%. They do not print their own money here, Unemployment rate = 2.5%. Literacy in the country is 100%. There is no airport here, no railway transport either, only about 200 kilometers of paved roads. The country has never had an army or a Ministry of Armed Forces. There are no prisons either, lawyers and their activities are prohibited, Crime is one of the lowest in the world, 154 crimes per 100,000 residents. Mail in the country is free for everyone, The country ranks second in the number of tourists per capita, second only to the Vatican. The average life expectancy is 83 years: according to this indicator, the country is in second place in the world and second only to Japan. The high life expectancy is due to the cleanest air and a cold but sunny climate (300 sunny days a year). And also high-quality medical care, which is provided free of charge to all working citizens and their families. Transactions in the country can be concluded in any currency, since there is no currency control as such. The vast majority of the territory is mountains, forests, rivers, lakes and meadows. The environment here is protected, and the nature is incomparable. Any tourist feels easy and comfortable, there is excellent service and friendly people everywhere, everything is cultured and civilized, you don’t really want to leave. This is Andorra… It is not easy to find Andorra on the map the first time: a small territory (468 sq. km) is hidden between huge neighbors - Spain and France, whose sizes are a thousand times larger. Little Andorra is amazing and attractive from all sides. People live here for a long time, there is no need for an army, the climate is pleasant, and life is calm and measured... The residents here are taciturn and do not like to stand out from the crowd even by the color of their clothes. The houses with inconspicuous streets, merged in love with the local stone landscape, do not shine with bright advertising and are enlivened by tourists only in the evening. But, nevertheless, it is here, according to shopping experts, that the best goods at the best prices in Europe are. The country is a duty-free zone, so it is not surprising that in the shops you can find things from famous brands at a cost 20-40% cheaper than in the same shops in Europe. Andorra has been a very outstanding country, especially in the last half century. Already in the 1960s, hippies, at the height of the military and nuclear escalation of the Cold War, in the United States he highly appreciated the long-standing tradition of peace, neutrality and demilitarization of the Principality of the Iberians. The reason was that Andorra spent $4.90 a year on weapons and, unlike other large countries, it was a safe country. Moreover, in this decade, Andorrans experienced a huge increase in their quality of life thanks to trade (favored by its status as a tax haven and smuggling) and tourism, where skiing facilities were already being built. The need for labor, caused by economic success, caused strong immigration from Spain and, to a lesser extent, Portugal, which would eventually exceed the country's population. Today, the Principality of Andorra earns mainly from tourism, which is facilitated by its geographical location. The country is located between the Pyrenees, which have many ski resorts - the world-famous resort of Andorra la Vella is the capital of Andorra - and golf clubs. In addition, the absence of many taxes on the export of goods allows prices to be kept low, which favors "commercial" tourism. Bargain shopping attracts not only tourists from neighboring Spain and France, with which Andorra shares borders, but also guests from other European countries. Every year, the dwarf state with an area of ​​467 square kilometers and a population of 90 thousand people is visited by more than 10 million tourists, which allows us to call the country one of the most touristy in the world. There have been no serious military clashes in Andorra for the last 10 centuries, so the need for an army has disappeared by itself. The police are quite sufficient to resolve rare conflicts between residents or wild tourists. Accordingly, the professions of prison guards and lawyers have died out.