Officially known as the principality of Sealand, Sealand is technically the smallest nation in the world.

官方名称叫做西兰公国，实际上是世界上最小的国家。

In 1221, the Mongols moved into northern Afghanistan, and in 1222, they defeated a combined army of Rus principalities.

1221 年，蒙古人进入阿富汗北部，1222 年，他们击败了罗斯公国的联合军队。

He was deprived of the priority to get the principality.

他被剥夺了取得公国君主职位的优先权。

All this loot helped Moscow expand their influence and buy principalities.

所有这些战利品都帮助莫斯科扩大了影响力并购买了公国。

It was tons of different principalities and city-states and everything else.

那是许多不同的公国和城邦以及其他一切。

Our principality is less than one square mile.

我们的国土不足一平方英里。

So this is all for the benefit of the good people of the principality of Monaco?

你这么做 全都是为了摩纳哥公国里的公民好了？

Principalities are either hereditary, in which the family has been long established; or they are new.

君主国不是世袭的就是新的。在世袭君主国里，长期以来君主的后裔就是那里的君主。

The principality has long been popular with European tax dodgers, but growth accelerated when Swiss banks hawked Liechtenstein foundations to clients worldwide.

列支敦士登公国很久以来都是欧洲避税者理想之地，瑞士银行向全球客户兜售该国基金又进一步促使了该国的经济发展。

The guy even sounded exotic. He came from Italy, but had moved to Monaco, the principality famous for not levying income tax.

这家伙甚至听起来很有异国情调。他从意大利来到摩纳哥，这个公国以不征收所得税而闻名。