Montenegro

Montenegro is a former Yugoslav republic located on the Adriatic coast. The name, meaning "black mountain," is Italian or something, reflecting the fact that the Serbian equivalent, Crna Gora, looks really stupid on paper. Of course, modern Montenegro was originally part of someplace called Duklja (What? [Exactly.]), so I guess everything's relative. Montenegro has gone through a number of political changes throughout its history, having been a metropolitanate, a principality, a kingdom, a socialist republic, a federal republic, and I think a kingdom again over the course of the past couple centuries. Jesus guys, will you make up your minds? In fact, I'm calling bullshit on metropolitanate. That word is marked as being misspelled every time I type it. And I'm an excellent speller. Pretty sure it's not even a real thing. Since the breakup of Yugoslavia, Montenegro has been having a relatively nice time, experiencing a high enough level of development that, if they're lucky, France might start letting them sit at the cool kids' table pretty soon.

From 1860 to 1910, Montenegro was ruled by King Nicholas I who, judging by this picture, also doubled as the country's entire military.