Sure, Taiwan is funny that way.  But I&#x27;m trying to figure out what it is that Singapore, Hong Kong, and Taiwan have in common that causes you to label all 3 of them &quot;microstates&quot;, but that causes you to exclude, say, Belgium or Denmark.  I&#x27;ll await your reply as I watch the sun set over Taipei.<p>Edit: HN won&#x27;t let me reply to your reply below, which I&#x27;ll take as a hint that I should stop arguing.  As your first post was limited to Asian microstates, I agree that I shouldn&#x27;t have thrown European countries into the mix.  I still question the &quot;micro-ness&quot; of Taiwan, which is more populous than Hong Kong or Singapore by a factor of 3 or 4 (and not quite as wealthy), but sure, whatever.