This tiny republic - the size of Vermont - is not alone in openly defying the President.

"We can't seem to do anything right, even help our comrades hold on to a tiny republic, in the backwaters of the Balkans."

Most of them were confined within the tiny republics of their own psyches.

No matter who wins, the tiny republic on the edge of the Alps is considered certain to signal its desire for independence.

The energy shortage, economic woes, and virtual blockade experienced by the tiny republic after independence seemed to justify his concerns.

The tiny republic is itching to secede from Yugoslavia.

The country was all but created in 1903 by the U.S., which wrested territorial rights to the canal from the tiny republic.

Andy Selva scored the only goal in a close game that finally gave this tiny republic a footballing victory.

The tiny republic encompasses an Adriatic coastline, lowlands and high mountain ranges.

But if no consensus is possible, officials said, several countries are likely to ignore Greece and recognize the tiny republic individually.