@malta "Fun fact Russia and Japan are still at war" Actual fact: no they're not. The state of war between the Soviet Union and Japan was ended by the Soviet-Japanese Joint Declaration, 1956.
Fun fact: no French Co-Prince of France visited Andorra until Charles de Gaulle. Since then each successive Co-Prince has made a point of visiting Andorra at least once.
"Spain and France still love you very much, Andorra, so we're going to... co-prince you. As a team. Plus you'll get two birthdays and two Christmases!"
there's actually a song that goes "they spent four dollars and ninety cents, On armaments and self-defence, have you ever seen such confidence? Andorra hip-hurrah "
lol you grossly oversimplify how indirect the roads in andorra are. Took me hours to get through that country just because of the twisty mountain roads and the traffic and the snow.
During a walking holiday in the Pyrenees, a friend of mine and his wife accidentally wandered into Andorra and spent the afternoon getting drunk in a bar. Then they wandered out again. No-one asked to see their passports or even asked how they came to be there. No-one cared. 😀
You missed the best part, in 1934 a minor russian noble called Borís Skósyrev was proclaimed king of Andorra by the parlament, 20 days later the spanish Guardia Civil entered Andorra an put him into prisson by order of the bishop of Urgel.
They literally at one point tried to appear 3 times poorer than they were to look unworthy of being invaded and ended up getting some peace and help lol. Indeed one of the main values there is to live very frugally since in essence they aren't Monaco, but a country in a Valley.
@@benthomason3307 Arabia sits on very valuable trade routes are holds the city of Mecca, quite literally the most important place in Islam. I would think Arabia would be a very enticing target for powerful muslim rulers to conquer as it would greatly boost their position among the Islamic world. The reason the Turks didn't take it over was because they had other lands around them that were easier to take over and enemies to fight like Austria, Russia, Spain and Persia; another reason is the Arabs don't particularly like being ruled by non-Arabs and especially not the Turks whose Sultan had taken the title of Caliph which the Arabs felt should belong to them.
The Vatican is simply the Papal states that always existed. It's just that Garibaldi when he secured Italy's independence he wanted to make Rome the nation's capital which at the time was the only territory left of the papal states. At one time they used to cover the whole of central italy
Thanks for another great video! Went to Andorra back in 2002, was a great place and remember there being allot of crosses on the mountains there and this video explains why.
The co-principality of Andorra is one of my favorite pieces of trivia to bring up in political conversations. "The old nobility is still in power, it's just hidden. Did you know that Macron is the prince of Andorra?"
@@Finkiu I think you're confusing with the shared franco-spanish condominium over Pheasant island where sovereignty over the Island is exchanged every six months
@@ATemplarIGuess The 'German Reich' was formally abolished in 1945, and neither West Germany nor East Germany ever claimed to be legal successors to it. A hoax published in a 1958 American newspaper article (which editors didn't realize had been made up by the author) claimed that West Germany signed a peace treaty with Andorra. Because the newspaper in question was considered highly reputable, journalists working for other papers picked up the story, most notably The New York Times--the most popular newspaper in America. Since the NYT's article, the myth has persisted.
To be fair he got into vichy because paranoïa about allies landing there, why would they want to invade the tiny piece with no coastline nor military next to it?
it's mostly filled with with spanish athletes and celebrities dodging taxes. In fact, las week spain's biggest youtuber (El Rubius) announced he was moving there and there's been a lot of talk about it on tv
@@ちにたてとな "dodging taxes" no, that's not the appropiate statement to describe that situation. It rather would be that they just want to pay less taxes and just like that. Avoid taxes is when you live in a country in which you don't pay partially or to be straight you pay nothing
That's an easy one: Liechtenstein is the last land the former Austrian Family of Liechtenstein was still owning after the HRE disolved and Nationstates becane the norm.
DeGaulle rushing ahead and holding the "We did it!" flag in the middle of Paris @ 2:46. Monty & Eisenhower looking on like "Muh huh..." Excellent attention to true historical detail
@@1988thefreeman If you go out in the street during Marshall law everybody will know who it was even if you were to hide your face. So I would say pretty good.
I bet there are/will be two comments like this: 1. “as an Andorran I ask myself this everyday” 2. “Because James bissonette needs a place to keep his spare change”
Andorra, Romania, Chad and Moldova need to unite into the tricolour federation. With their combined powers, of red, yellow and blue they will become unstoppable.😋
Even larger countries like Ireland or small parts of UK are. It's really annoying to me since first all those regions are already rich and because they waste more than half the money they still from the tax system of other nations
Three of my friends got stuck on the cable car going up to a mountain top there when it broke down. I was sat in a bar with our dog watching and laughing my head off! It's a beautiful place well worth visiting.
The opposite, actually. Any microstate by default exists either on a small, remote island, or if its neighbors allow it to exist, which is why Europe has so many. Compare Hong Kong or Kuwait. Other than that, countries like Andorra or Liechtenstein are wealthier than they would be otherwise, as they can use the industrial base, intellectual capital and defense budget of their bigger neighbors.
You didn't mention geography. Andorra is very hard to get to; until the mid-20th century, there was only one way in for vehicular traffic (IIRR, on the French side); even now, I think there are only two, one to each side.
Andorra's existence came down with a severe case of being questioned by History Matters
Yes
F
Well at least it didn't come down with a case of the *deads*
and being bakrolled by James Bissonette
@@ecurewitz
You speak of the chosen one! Let us bow our heads in reverence to the Great Bissonette. 😔
I love all these cases of "we didn't take part in peace negotiations, so technically we're still at war"
Andorra is coming for you, Germany!
@@MesaperProductions imagine if Germany remembers they’re at war with Andorra and they just go and annex it
@@para_magnus2200 RUDE!
It's not "We didn't take part in peace negotiations." It's "We declared war on you but then never signed a peace treaty afterwards."
@malta "Fun fact Russia and Japan are still at war" Actual fact: no they're not. The state of war between the Soviet Union and Japan was ended by the Soviet-Japanese Joint Declaration, 1956.
Andorra: exists
History Matters: yes, but why tho?
Ye
I also wonder why
Because of James Bissonette
Wow this is so funny
To buy cheap tabaco and alcohol, thats why
Fun fact: no French Co-Prince of France visited Andorra until Charles de Gaulle. Since then each successive Co-Prince has made a point of visiting Andorra at least once.
Another good action made by de Gaulle
When politicians visit Andorra, usually the trunk of their cars is full of cash. Maybe that's the reason.
Napoléon was nice enough to visit them
Fun fact: I work at the place where these people stay when they come to Andorra, looking forward to seeing Macron
@@andreluizbutzkedallacorte5242 so you can kill him 😀
Anyone: *threatens Andorra*
France: "Don't talk to me or my son ever again."
Same goes with Liechtenstein
@@spanishboysmodels2876 that’s more with Switzerland tho
Anyone: threatens Austria
Germany: "Third Reich"round 2🤙
*Rule Brittania starts playing*
@@aster5929 America: Aw, {redacted} here we go again.
Why does Andorra exist?
"You see, when a Spain and a France love each other..."
"Spain and France still love you very much, Andorra, so we're going to... co-prince you. As a team. Plus you'll get two birthdays and two Christmases!"
Countryhumans be like
*Hetalia flashbacks*
@@Ironbanner12
Good one!
I'm pretty sure it was hate $%$#%$% in this case.
Andorra: We're a proud nation that has survived adversity from the neighbouring superpowers.
HistoryMatters: *why do you breathe?*
And why are you gae?
@@sam08g16 who says Andorra is gae
@@yuvrajsingh743 Andorra is gaë
Andorra, as most microstates, exists so people can do what the cannot do in the neighbouring states, in most cases: avoid taxes
Microstate: *exists*
History Matters: But why though?
Also fun fact: Andorra has an army of 12 men who are only ever used for ceremonial purposes.
What ab honour it must be, to be one of the choosen dozen.
Wonder what ranks they have.
B R U H
Better not to anger them..
Your wouldn't bear the wrath of the 12 Angry Men!
I just imagine them being like some super soldiers oberliterating normal infantry
there's actually a song that goes
"they spent four dollars and ninety cents,
On armaments and self-defence,
have you ever seen such confidence?
Andorra hip-hurrah "
This video has more views than people living in Andorra.
Truth.
by over 5 times
Yes. No matter when you're reading this.
And almost as many likes!
Does anybody live in Andorra except the 77,000 ppl? lol
European road trip.
“Welcome to Andorra.”
Two minutes later...
“Thanks for visiting. Please come again.”
Don´t forget to stop for cheap fuel
@@randez_9168 and guns and candy and tires and everything else we sell
@@sycani isn’t that a complete list for Andorra?
@@andrewgrange8327 what else would you ever want
lol you grossly oversimplify how indirect the roads in andorra are.
Took me hours to get through that country just because of the twisty mountain roads and the traffic and the snow.
Monaco: History Matters is coming for you!!!
He better, Monaco's my favourite one.
and maybe Singapore, Lesotho, French Guiana, Dutch Caribbean ...
Aruba, Jamaica, (ooh I wanna take ya to) Key Largo, Montego Bay...
@@MarkWTK French Guyane is part of France, it's not the same.
@@solwen yes, I know. But I think it's good for people to know how did it came to be and why didn't they ask for independence?
Because there aren’t enough countries that have Romania-like color schemes on their flags.
Chad*
@@macaroon_nuggets8008 romania was first
@@willblack8575 CHAD
@@macaroon_nuggets8008 NO
Romania
“There was some squabbling...”
*Your mother*
Came here for this 😂
Oh my...😦
Guess where I got that reference from?
During a walking holiday in the Pyrenees, a friend of mine and his wife accidentally wandered into Andorra and spent the afternoon getting drunk in a bar. Then they wandered out again. No-one asked to see their passports or even asked how they came to be there. No-one cared. 😀
EU citizens can cross freely. However there are often controls for alcohol and cigarettes when you leave.
they are use to that coze taxe on alcool are very low in andorra. nice choice of a place to get drank bro :D
They do have heavy restrictions on weed tho
No one careS, for sure
Ah, Schengen
You missed the best part, in 1934 a minor russian noble called Borís Skósyrev was proclaimed king of Andorra by the parlament, 20 days later the spanish Guardia Civil entered Andorra an put him into prisson by order of the bishop of Urgel.
Andorra is where James Bisonete hides his fortune
It really could be, there are a lot of jokes now about in Spain about youtubers moving to Andorra to avoid taxes
THE SECRET IS FINALLY OUT!
Well, yes. But actually no. Andorra has recently been declared a cooperative nation, which takes it out of the list of tax heavens.
I'm sure that's true
@@GarkKahn AGUANTE LA ACADEMIAAAA
I've always wanted to know why this place existed but could never be bothered to Google it
It's Andorra for you: everyone questions it, none bothers with it.
Trust me, this is a much briefer & more focused summary than the Wikipedia "History of Andorra" page Google *would* show you
same
This is this channel in a nutshell
@@jonathanccast There's a simplified version of Wiki which is still longer than this clip.
He didn't mention Kelly Moneymaker as a patreon. Truly the end of an era
The Pastry Section as well. Strange times indeed...
I can only see this getting worse…
At least we still have James Bisonete ( How tf do you spell it)
@@sheldon-cooper Imagine James Bisonette stops being a patreon... That would be so f-ing weird
When the comments section turns into a discussion about the patreons
So Andorra survived on being so insignificant to Spain and France, that it avoided being invaded by any of them.
Best way to avoid being invaded; be too insignificant to be worth the trouble.
Arabia avoided being eaten by the Ottomans the same way. For a time.
They literally at one point tried to appear 3 times poorer than they were to look unworthy of being invaded and ended up getting some peace and help lol. Indeed one of the main values there is to live very frugally since in essence they aren't Monaco, but a country in a Valley.
@@benthomason3307 Arabia sits on very valuable trade routes are holds the city of Mecca, quite literally the most important place in Islam. I would think Arabia would be a very enticing target for powerful muslim rulers to conquer as it would greatly boost their position among the Islamic world. The reason the Turks didn't take it over was because they had other lands around them that were easier to take over and enemies to fight like Austria, Russia, Spain and Persia; another reason is the Arabs don't particularly like being ruled by non-Arabs and especially not the Turks whose Sultan had taken the title of Caliph which the Arabs felt should belong to them.
We always ask “who is James Bizzonet” but we never ask “how is James Bizzonet”
“As you know, the French monarchy would go through some difficult times.” Immediately changes to show Louis XVI’s head in a 🧺...
And the bottom of the basket turns red.
@@brookeking8559 Probably the bloodiest I have seen in a History Matters video hehe.
My series on the politically-incorrect history of atheism says why the French Revolution really happened.
@@zjzr08 and funniest!
Ah should we honor our treaty King Louis head?
Ah do whatever you want I’m super dead!
"I promise I won't get political"
*Five drinks later*
"WHY DOES ANDORRA EXIST?!"
History Matters: "Why does Andorra exist?"
Andorra: "I don't need to prove myself to you!!!"
"Why does Andorra exist?"
"So that The Blondius can go there to evade taxes."
BLONDIUS
I JUST LOST MY SHISH!
Wilyrex
Xd
"The Blondius" jajajaja
JAJSJAJAJA THE BLONDIUS
A "Who is James Bissonnette" video would be great as an April Fool's prank.
Why does James Bissonnette exist?
@@AR15Si Yes, but why?
@@AR15Si but no one asks how is James Bissonnette?
But nobody asks the real question:
*why is James bisonette?*
@@TerrierMartello or when is he?
Imagine someone on internet questioning your existance as a state
*Andorra:* Confused screaming*
@@patchworkfellow Screaming intensifies even more when that imagine becames an actual fact since he questioned it
Imagine someone having to explain it
at lease there are an answer, i still question my existence as a thing
@@x_croner oh
Minor Country: *exists*
History Matters: ....why?
I mean, it's a valid question. Who would imagine that such a small county wouldn't get conquered when it's surrounded by two major countries?
@@gabrieldossantos1116 Because they're just that damn good
@@awesomemantm2000 And because both of them had a civil for each month lmao France and Spain back then weren't really stable
The Vatican: Finally a worthy opponent, our battle will be legendary.
Lol
How about Monaco?
@@jeremiahjerrykeepat1866 That's what I thought as well as San Marino, but it would have ruined the joke.
@@eemil.894 A pope isn't a good reason for an own country.
The Vatican is simply the Papal states that always existed. It's just that Garibaldi when he secured Italy's independence he wanted to make Rome the nation's capital which at the time was the only territory left of the papal states. At one time they used to cover the whole of central italy
Cool video. I grew up in Catalonia and never got such a good summary of Andorra's history (I always kinda wondered why they existed... LOL)
Me too 😂 I thought they let it exist so they could hide all their illegal money there but apparently there are "historical reasons" too 😂😂😂
Thanks for another great video! Went to Andorra back in 2002, was a great place and remember there being allot of crosses on the mountains there and this video explains why.
As an Andorran I ask myself this question everyday.
Deadass?
Stop lying, Andorran people don’t exist, silly
@@AlmondBscotch French
@@tomtomtrent I originate from France. In fact my grandfather fought in ww2
What are the advantages and downsides of being in such a small country?
The "Help, yo" sign gave me quite a chuckle
The co-principality of Andorra is one of my favorite pieces of trivia to bring up in political conversations. "The old nobility is still in power, it's just hidden. Did you know that Macron is the prince of Andorra?"
Only six months per year. The other six is Urgell Bishop.
@@Finkiu No, they're both co-princes at the same time
@@Finkiu I think you're confusing with the shared franco-spanish condominium over Pheasant island where sovereignty over the Island is exchanged every six months
2:45
De Gaulle: "We did it!"
Monty: *[simply annoyed]*
So is Germany still "technically" at war with Andorra or did I miss something.....
No, they signed a peace treaty in 1958
@@madmoblin west or east?
@@ATemplarIGuess West Germany
@@madmoblin ah so technically not both until the 80s/90s?
@@ATemplarIGuess The 'German Reich' was formally abolished in 1945, and neither West Germany nor East Germany ever claimed to be legal successors to it. A hoax published in a 1958 American newspaper article (which editors didn't realize had been made up by the author) claimed that West Germany signed a peace treaty with Andorra. Because the newspaper in question was considered highly reputable, journalists working for other papers picked up the story, most notably The New York Times--the most popular newspaper in America. Since the NYT's article, the myth has persisted.
This is the earliest I've been able to watch a History Matters video
Hitler: I fear no man but that thing
*Andorra existing*
Hitler: It scares me
To be fair he got into vichy because paranoïa about allies landing there, why would they want to invade the tiny piece with no coastline nor military next to it?
Also Hitler: Either Andorra goes or I do!
Now History Matters should have a playlist of "Why do these micro states exists?"
Like Belgium and Belarus ?
@@xernobell7845 don't forget Russia, China and India they're microstates too
@@muhammadalfatih2640 They are microstates if you look at the Solar System as a whole.
IT he does
1:55 I thought the blood spilling out of the basket was a nice touch.
"Andorra is a country between Spain and France...."
Ah, that explains the color scheme of the flag!
Actually, I never thought about that.
Good catch
When in doubt: James Bizzonete
Seems silly to me.
@@jamesbissonette8002 THE MASTER HAS REPLIED!!! ALL HAIL LORD BIZ!
Impossible
All hail King James I of Bissonette, ruler of History Matters' Patreon
@@jamesbissonette8002 Sounds like the bissness to me. : )
Last time I was this early Spain and France still ruled Andorra.
The last time I was this late; Spain was in a civil war.
They still do
@@novedad4468 Ikr!
Wait it's a Joke, right? You're so late, that it's Today?
The president of France is still considered a co-prince of Andorra.
Its literally unimaginable to me that someone can be from this place
it's mostly filled with with spanish athletes and celebrities dodging taxes. In fact, las week spain's biggest youtuber (El Rubius) announced he was moving there and there's been a lot of talk about it on tv
@@ちにたてとな "dodging taxes" no, that's not the appropiate statement to describe that situation. It rather would be that they just want to pay less taxes and just like that. Avoid taxes is when you live in a country in which you don't pay partially or to be straight you pay nothing
@@pachekusdimitrescus1 I doubt those celebrity residents live full time in Andorra and the like, so yeah, they are dodging taxes
I'm 1/8th Andorran!😂
@@seethrough_treeshrew they actually live full time in Andorra, like if they went out of their houses.
Little known fact: James Bisonette has a summer home in Andorra.
Even less know fact - there are two dozen ways to spell James Bissonette!
(I think a mini-bison sounds rather cute, tho')
Love these videos - well done for giving us such pithy, witty insights into complex historical issues.
*Anyone:* *Plans to steal a Church-owned state/country*
*Church:* _So have you ever heard of hELL?_
Garibaldi: _nah_
I was already wondering when it was Andorra's turn to be questioned... poor Liechtenstein is sweating already
That's an easy one: Liechtenstein is the last land the former Austrian Family of Liechtenstein was still owning after the HRE disolved and Nationstates becane the norm.
I kid you all not, I was literally thinking the other day: “When’s he going to do Andorra?”
de Gaulle with the “WE did it sign” is peak de Gaulle.
1:55 Had to do a double take seeing the king’s head bleed
I did the same thing
Me, too.
Waiting for that guy commenting "as an andorran,I ask myself this question everday"
as an andorran,I ask myself this question everday
@Randy Rhombus except maybe Rubius
as a pole (not a polish person, just a street pole) i ask myself this question everywhere
The “your mother” sign always gets me 😂
how old are you? or are you stuck in 2018?
@@starleaf-luna What’s it to you? Did my comment from a year ago trigger you so much that you felt the need to put your two cents in?
Rest of the world: "Why can't you die?"
Andorra: "Nanomachines son."
I won't lie, you answer question I didn't even know I wanted to ask. I love it
It’s a nice addition to my title as Emperor of the French.
Good for you.
You still died
Loved the blood flowing from the basket.
Even already knowing the story, it’s always great and entertaining to hear History Matters about it. And *thud*
And how glass breaks down when something happens territorial (Spanish Civil war, collapse of the Soviet Union etc.).
I've been looking forward to this
History Matters: Why does Andorra exist?
Andorra: My bad for breathing bro
" No hell for you" lmao again I love this channel
*insert James Bissonette financial reference here*
After dancing across the screen and the fall sideways death, my third fav HM thing is "(pause).. no."
Thanks! I have been wondering this for a while but was too lazy to investigate. Great three minutes
Anything: * exist *
History matters: *¿WHY DO YOU EXIST?*
I love to see how this video went out when all of Spain is talking about Andorra
Enfin los youtubers
"As An AnDoRrAn I AsK MySeLf ThIs EvErY dAy"
Today Andorra exists mostly as a tax heaven for spanish youtubers
Exactly! I've been scrolling down the comments looking for this haha
Andorra: Hi
History Matters: And i took that personally.
When someone tries to take a piece of Andorra
Priest: Pulls out a cross, NOT ONE STEP BACK
Me who has never heard of Andorra until this video: yes why does Andorra exist
As a person from canada, i ask myself this question everyday.
It is also part of an important mountain pass between the countries
DeGaulle rushing ahead and holding the "We did it!" flag in the middle of Paris @ 2:46. Monty & Eisenhower looking on like "Muh huh..."
Excellent attention to true historical detail
I have seen photos with Andorra and looks lovely. I wish that one day I will visit Andorra. Thanks for this video.
Ah, Andorra, home of our favorite explorer, Andora the Explora
bruh
Andorra is such a beautiful country. Highly suggest visiting if you have the chance
Literally a question one would ask at 2:15 in the morning...
I like how all roasts and insults is “your mother”
here's a niche follow-up: do one on Couto Misto, the Andorra-like state that survived until the nineteenth century between Spain and Portugal
Fun fact: Andorra has the oldest international border in the world having been unchanged for hundreds of years.
And i thought Portugal had the oldest
I literally work half the year looking at Andorra and knew none of this. Thank you.
Andorran gang over here!
How are things in Andorra? 🙂
@@1988thefreeman If you go out in the street during Marshall law everybody will know who it was even if you were to hide your face.
So I would say pretty good.
As in an actual Andorran native? I've been there so many times and haven't met a single person born there ha
@@Yassified3425 Is the bicycle manufacturing company still in business?
@@ivario They are, but as for every company this year isn't looking that good.
Fun fact- the bishopric of urgell also had oversight of the small principality of bissonette
Love this channel, always short and sweet :)
I bet there are/will be two comments like this: 1. “as an Andorran I ask myself this everyday” 2. “Because James bissonette needs a place to keep his spare change”
you're absolutely correct
Andorra, Romania, Chad and Moldova need to unite into the tricolour federation.
With their combined powers, of red, yellow and blue they will become unstoppable.😋
Romania and Moldova probably will unite at some point. Moldova is just a part of Romania that got stolen by the Soviets.
Those are all wack-ass countries
Who'd be Earth, who'd be Wind, who'd be Water and who'd be Fire in this defensive pact?
Chad? Really? 🧐
@@luisreyes1963 Yes, Chad, a country between Sahara desert and Central Africa that also happens to have a blue-yellow-red flag
Can't help but notice that these tiny European nations like Luxembourg and Andorra are tax havens.
Monaco too
Even larger countries like Ireland or small parts of UK are. It's really annoying to me since first all those regions are already rich and because they waste more than half the money they still from the tax system of other nations
The worst in the world are the British Virgin Islands though (Caribbean).
Spectacular: From the Star Wars reference to the summary of Andorra's history. Stupendous!
Three of my friends got stuck on the cable car going up to a mountain top there when it broke down. I was sat in a bar with our dog watching and laughing my head off! It's a beautiful place well worth visiting.
This is youuur daily dose of fun facts: Andorra, the biggest country in the world without an airport.
With all the mountains and stuff, it's a good thing.
I'll always remember reading an almanac given to me by an aunt that listed one of Andorra's leading economic activities as -- smuggling. 😄
or being a tax haven
Andorra has got to be in one of the worse positions ever.
*positions
At least it isn't in between France and Germany! or Germany and Russia! So it's pretty good!
Not for Belgium and Poland though
Nope, it's quite good for skiing, I've once been there for that.
The opposite, actually. Any microstate by default exists either on a small, remote island, or if its neighbors allow it to exist, which is why Europe has so many. Compare Hong Kong or Kuwait. Other than that, countries like Andorra or Liechtenstein are wealthier than they would be otherwise, as they can use the industrial base, intellectual capital and defense budget of their bigger neighbors.
@@conejitorosada2326 How about the region that WAS Czechoslovakia (before it split)? They were literally on the way to everywhere in central Europe.
Forgot to mention another important fact, it's thousands of feet up in the Pyrenees mountains and it was never worth the effort.
James Bizannete, Marvin Katsau, Rob Waterhouse... Those names will haunt me for the rest of my days.
As a non-Andorran I wonder why Mr Bisonette isint in a video yet
Country: exists
History Matters: Yes but WHY?
Andorra is a unique country with an amazing history.
You didn't mention geography. Andorra is very hard to get to; until the mid-20th century, there was only one way in for vehicular traffic (IIRR, on the French side); even now, I think there are only two, one to each side.
What a timing to upload a video about andorra. Mis dieces
2:32 So WW1 is still ongoing?! Bring it on boys!
Andorra made peace in 1958, single handedly ending WW1