title: re vladimir putin
text: area total of  sq km  acrespopulation july  est ethnic groups italian swiss otherreligion roman catholiclanguages italian latin french various othersliteracy  work force  lay workers reside outside the vaticangovernmenttype papacy ecclesiastical governmental and administrative capital of the roman catholic churchindependence sovereign entity since medieval times lateran pacts confirming independence and sovereignty of the holy see signed with italy on february  suffrage limited to cardinals less than  years old economybudget revenues   million expenditures   millionindustries printing production of coins medals postage stamps a small amount of mosaics and staff uniforms worldwide banking and financial activities this unique noncommercial economy is also supported financially by contributions known as peters pence from roman catholics throughout the world the sale of postage stamps and tourist mementos fees from admissions to museums and the sale of publications the incomes and living standards of lay workers are comparable to or somewhat better than those of counterparts who work in the city of romepeople and history almost all of vatican citys citizens live inside the vaticans walls the vatican includes highranking dignitaries priests nuns and guards as well as about  lay workers who comprise the majority of the work force the holy sees diplomatic history began in the fourth century but the boundaries of the papacys temporal power have shifted over the centuries from the th century through the middle of the th century the popes held sway over the papal states which included a broad band of territory across central italy in  after prolonged civil and regional unrest victor emmanuels army seized the papal states leaving only rome and surrounding coastal regions under papal control in  victor emmanuel captured rome itself and declared it the new capital of italy ending papal claims to temporal power pope pius ix and his successors disputed the legitimacy of these acts and proclaimed themselves to be prisoners in the vatican finally in  the italian government and the holy see signed three agreements resolving the dispute a treaty recognizing the independence and sovereignty of the holy see and creating the state of the vatican city a concordat defining the relations between the government and the church within italy and a financial convention providing the holy see with compensation for its losses in  a revised concordat altering the terms of churchstate relations was signed in