Have you heard about San Marino and Monaco for the 1st time in your life because of Formula 1?

[Nutmeg]

I knew about San Marino from writing to their co-presidents as a child and asking for a license plate from there. A few months later, I received plate "99999" in the mail, free of charge. 20 years later, in appreciation from this kind act, I took a series of trains and buses from Roma to visit this delightfully weird little country for a few days. The amount of money I spent on obscure alcohol there, some of which I still have in my extensive home bar 7 years later, more than offset the cost of this plate, so overall a win-win for San Marino's tax collection and for me.