Royal Pain
The power of Liechtenstein's royal family and country is built on secrets. Now, the family is all aflutter as Germany is threatening to pull the card that forces the house to tumble. The German government paid millions for a [stolen] CD of a thousand or so of the country's tax cheats taking advantage of Liechtenstein's lax banking rules and penchant for not sharing any information even when it concerns illegal transactions. While the tax cheats are in Germany, the loss of power is likely to be in the Alps.