European country vs State of the Vatican City

European country and State of the Vatican City both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
European country	Yes	No	No	No
State of the Vatican City	Yes	No	No	No

European country (noun)	State of the Vatican City (noun)
any one of the countries occupying the European continent	the smallest sovereign state in the world; the see of the Pope (as the Bishop of Rome); home of the Pope and the central administration of the Roman Catholic Church; achieved independence from Italy in 1929