Sovereign States
Further information: Sovereign stateA sovereign state is a political association with effective sovereignty over a population for whom it makes decisions in the national interest. According to the Montevideo convention, a state must have a permanent population, a defined territory, a government, and the capacity to enter into relations with other states. The following states are all members of the United Nations. All are members of the Pacific Islands Forum, although Fiji is suspended.
| Flag | Map | English short and formal names |
Domestic short and formal names | Capital |
Population |
Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia Commonwealth of Australia |
English: Australia — Commonwealth of Australia | Canberra English: Canberra |
22,015,576 | 7741220 !7,741,220 km2 (2,988,902 sq mi) | ||
| Fiji Republic of Fiji |
English: Fiji —Republic of Fiji Fijian: Viti — Matanitu ko Viti |
Suva English: Suva Fijian: Suva |
890,057 | 0018275 !18,274 km2 (7,056 sq mi) | ||
| Kiribati Republic of Kiribati |
English: Kiribati — Republic of Kiribati Gilbertese: Kiribati — Ribaberiki Kiribati |
Tarawa English: Tarawa Read more about this topic: Oceanian Countries Famous quotes containing the words sovereign and/or states:“Let the trumpet of the day of judgment sound when it will, I shall appear with this book in my hand before the Sovereign Judge, and cry with a loud voice, This is my work, there were my thoughts, and thus was I. I have freely told both the good and the bad, have hid nothing wicked, added nothing good.” “Since the Civil War its six states have produced fewer political ideas, as political ideas run in the Republic, than any average county in Kansas or Nebraska.” |