Seems to be accepted wisdom that Canada is a 'new country'. It was also accepted wisdom that the earth was flat and that the Radiohead albums since OK Computer haven't sucked.
Wrong, wrong, wrong.
Oldest constitutions
- San Marino, 1600, Constitution of San Marino, constitutional republic
- United States of America, 1789, United States Constitution, constitutional republic
- Poland, 1791, Constitution of May 3, 1791, constitutional republic
- Liechtenstein, 1806, parliamentary representative democratic monarchy
- Norway, 1814, constitutional monarchy
- Belgium, 1831, constitutional monarchy
- Costa Rica, 1838, democratic republic
- The Netherlands, 1848, parliamentary democracy
- Denmark, 1849, constitutional monarchy
- Switzerland, 1849, federal parliamentary democratic republic
- Argentina, 1853, federal presidential representative democratic republic
- Canada, 1867, British North America Act[1]
- Luxembourg, 1868, parliamentary representative democratic monarchy
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