The church states are a country in the Italian Peninsula which are one of the biggest states in the Peninsula. The Official languages of the country are Italian and Latin, though German (Swiss German) is the official language of the Swiss Guard, the Armed Forces of the Vatican, which are a full modernized army. After the Reforms of 1947 when the communist party was elected for governing the country, the Pope was deposed of all its political powers though it keeped a great symbolical aspect. Its National anthem is Gran Marcia Triomfale a march composed in 1857 by Charles Gounod.