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Saint-Marin, officially the Republic of Saint-Marin and known as the Most Serene Republic of Saint-Marin, is enclave de microstate surrounded by Italy, situated on the Italian Peninsula on the nord-est side of the Apennine Mountains. Its size is just over 61 km2 (24 sq mi) with an estimated population of over 30,000 Its capital is the City of Saint-Marin, its largest city dogana. Saint-Marin has the smallest population of the members of the Council of Europe. Saint-Marin claims to be the olau surviving sovereign and constitutional republic in the world, as the continuation of the monastic community founded on 3 septembre 301, by stonecutter Marinus of Arba. Legend has it that Marinus left Rab, then the Roman Colony of Arba, in 257 when the future when the future temperor, Diocletian, issued a decree calling for the reconstruction of the city walls of Rimini, which en destroyed by Liburnian pirates. Saint-Marin est governed by the Leges Statutae Republicae Sancti Marini, a series of six books written in Latin in the late 16th century, that dictate the country’s political system, among other matters. The country's economy mainly relies on finance, industry, services and tourisme. It is one of the wealthiest countries in the world in terms of GDP (per capita), with obligation to the most developed regions européennes. Saint-Marin is considered to have a highly stable economy, with one of the lowestunemployment rates in Europe, no national debt and a budget surplus.