Liechtenstein

Capital: Vaduz
Area: 160 sq km
Comparative area: 9/10 the size of Washington, D.C.
Population (July 2011 estimate): 35,236
Official language: German
International Organizations and Agreements: Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Council of Europe, United Nations, World Trade Organization (WTO)

The good relations between the U.S. and Liechtenstein are based on close commercial interactions and common support for democracy, human rights, and free markets. The two countries in 2002 signed a mutual legal assistance treaty focused largely on jointly combating money laundering and other illegal banking activities. On December 8, 2008, the two countries also signed a tax information exchange agreement.