Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$66.72 million
Military - note:
defense is the responsibility of New Zealand
Transnational Issues Tokelau
Disputes - international: Tokelau included American Samoa's Swains Island (Olohega) in its 2006 draft constitution
This page was last updated on 8 February, 2007
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@Tonga
Introduction Tonga
Background:
Tonga - unique among Pacific nations - never completely lost its
indigenous governance. The archipelagos of "The Friendly Islands"
were united into a Polynesian kingdom in 1845. Tonga became a
constitutional monarchy in 1875 and a British protectorate in 1900;
it withdrew from the protectorate and joined the Commonwealth of
Nations in 1970. Tonga remains the only monarchy in the Pacific.
Geography Tonga