For the sake of the Schengen agreement and the opening of the world, the younger generations are losing the sense of how strongly the passport once defined the country. But this public document, the ticket to the world across the national border, has a historically extraordinary power and is more than just a necessary evil, more than just another document that appropriates part of the traveler's pocket. Even today, it has an extraordinary weight and reflects the country's power in the world, so check what passports look like around the world and which countries you can travel to without a visa.
The passport used to be the only window to the world and it still is today, even though the Internet opens it up to everyone, as it erases borders like powder erases wrinkles on the face. It is a booklet that reflects geopolitics, international relations and defines the status of the country, thus carrying a weight that far exceeds its actual weight. It allows Slovenians visa-free entry to as many as 155 countries, which, together with the Czech Republic and Slovakia, ranks it among the strongest in the world.