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Show Small Republics. Klein-Alp Is a diminutive republic tucked away between Switzerland and France. Only In summer is the republic re-public Inhabited, and then by miners and cowgirls There is one hotel, closed during the winter. Another little lit-tle republic is in Tyrol, between Austria Aus-tria and Italy, and in long gone years was under the jurisdiction of first a king and then an emperor. But in the adjustment of frontier lines the state of Val dl Ventino was In some way overlooked, and it promptly organized. Itself Into a Lilliputian republic. It has now about 2,000 Inhabitants, living liv-ing in six villages. Neither Val dl Ventino or Klein-Alp have any taxes. There are no officials or compulsory military service. The only industry of Val dl Ventino, aside from the farming of small fields, is charcoal burning |