Luxemburg

Luxemburg is small landlocked country in Europe, officially the Grand-duchy of Luxemburg. It is an independent territory at the corner where Belgium in the west and north, France in the south, and Germany in the east meet. It derives its name from its capital city Luxemburg. It is a plateau watered by the Moselle on its eastern boundary, and the tributary Sauer. It is well wooded and fertile, yielding wheat, flax, hemp, and wine. Iron ore is mined and smelted. Leather, pottery, sugar, and spirits manufactured. The population is Low-German and Roman Catholic. The language of the educated, French.

The government is in the hands of a grand-duke, the Duke of Nassau, a constitutional monarch, but is a parliamentary democracy.

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