<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Marino" id="mwGw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="San Marino">San Marino</a>, one of the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_area" id="mwHA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="List of countries by area">smallest nations in the world</a> and the world's oldest <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic" id="mwHQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Republic">republic</a> still in existence, is founded by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Marinus" id="mwHg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Saint Marinus">Saint Marinus</a>.