Hey, apparently
Liechtenstein is some kind of anarcho-capitalist utopia as well as being a monarchy. Who knew?
(In reality, they're actually a case study for why culture really does determine success - note that they were the last country in Europe to legalize female suffrage, suggesting that the family is still very strong over there. I expect being more of a small town than a country doesn't hurt either.)
Lichtenstein is monarchy indeed (not a constitutional monarchy)
However as stated in the article: "and he [the Prince] gave the people the right to dismiss him and his family.
That the BBC ignored that caveat... well what does some author of the BBC know about something almost medieval continental in Europe.
But Lichtenstein is no place at all for Anarchists or Libertarians !!!
Libertarians mostly do not recognise that they can only exist under the protection of the State (unless they live somewhere in the wilderness).
If you Mouthwash, or the author of that article, would live or work in Lichtenstein, you would know that the social cohesion of Lichtenstein is almost identical to the social repression towards people that do not fit in.
The kind of thick skulled indepence thinking of farmers is accepted to a certain degree, the kind of stubborness that the pastor of the church in for example Schaan has, to ring the church bells all the time, also during the night, despite almost all citizens of Schaan being against that noise, is also accepted.
But people like you would either change-adapt completely or be total fringe in that Lichtenstein society.
Just go there, apply for a job, and express your opinions as you do here on the forum... enjoy the ride !
Regarding the "power" of that Prince.
The Prince has earned so much money with being a tax haven, that he subsidised his people like an utopian socialist paradise. I am too lazy to write up what that all entails, but being born in Lichtenstein is a ticket to prosperity regardless your skills.
With tightened tax evasion regulations from EU countries, his money stream is since a couple of years greatly diminished.
But his existing wealth generates enough money to syustain him, and his utopian obedience system to grant his family the alibi, the legitimation of a nation state.
A win-win for the Prince and the Lichtenstein citizens... paid by over the last decades by the surrounding country governments losing tax and enabled by the greed of the tax evading citizens and companies in those bordering countries.
EDIT
ohh... to have that clear: I do know quite a lot of people from and in Lichtenstein, both autochtones as migrants, and almost every one I know are really nice people to know personally.
