Oceania

Oceania Includes:

1. AUSTRALIA


2.  PAPUA NEW GUINEA

The Capital is Port Moresby. Papua New Guinea is an oceanian country that occupies the eastern half of the islands of New Guinea. Mining is the main source of countries fastest growing economy. But still many in the country live in poverty. The cultural diversity of Papua New Guinea is extraordinary. Many ethnic and cultural groups which cause cultural differences. But it's not a hindrance understanding and accepting one another.

3. NEW ZEALAND

New Zealand is an oceanian country in the southwestern pacific ocean. The capital is Wellington but the most popular and largest city is Auckland. New Zealand is a small country. With a population of four million people, the country remain uncrowded and still accepting immigrants from all over the world.

4. SOLOMON ISLANDS

 An Oceanian country with a high large number of islands. Honiara is the capital and it's located in the island of Guadalcanal. Today, Solomon Island is constitutional with the Queen of Solomon Islands, currently Queen Elizabeth II, as its Head of State. The official language is English and the countries motto is "To Lead is To Serve".

5. FIJI

Fiji is known as "the home of happiness"! Beacause of its 333 tropical islands Fiji is also the heart of South Pacific. Fiji is very famous to a holidays. The place is just perfect for a vacation for families and friends. And this place is perfect for a dream wedding and a honeymoon. Countries capital is Suva and is an island country in Melanesia in the South Pacific Ocean and northeast of New Zealand's North Island.

6. VANUATU

Capital is Port Villa. Vanuatu is located in the west of Fiji. This island were home to Melanesians for over thousand of years ago. Vanuatu includes 13 larger islands and about 70 smaller ones. Most are mountains. And are subject to devastating cyclones. Islands are extremely gorgeous and beautiful.

7. SAMOA

Samoa is an independent nation comprising the western most group of the Samoan Islands, in Polynesia. Many of its islands have reef-bordered beaches and rugged, reinforested interiors with gorges and waterfalls. The islands include Upolu, home to the most of Samoa's population, and Savai'i, one of the largest islands in the South Pacific. The others range from islets with small villages to uninhabited wildlife sanctuaries.

8. NEW CALEDONIA (FRANCE)

New Caledonia is a dependent overseas teritory of France lying in the western Pacific Ocean, in the Coral Sea, to the east of Australia and west of Vanuatu. The territory consists of the main island of Grand Terre, the archipelago of the Loyalty Islands (Iles Loyaute), the Isle of Pines (Ile Des Pins) and numerous small, sparsely populated islands and atolls. New Caledonia offers beaches, mountaintop fondue in chalets, camping, hiking, amazing snorkelling and diving, and fabulous French food.

9. FRENCH POLYNESIA (FRANCE)

French Polynesia is a set of islands that is an overseas country attached to France. Located in the South Pacific Ocean, it is halfway between California and Australia.

10. GUAM (US)

Guam is also called "Guahan" is an island in the western North Pacific Ocean, about three-quarters of the way from Hawaii to the Philippines. It is the largest and southernmost island in the Mariana Islands archipelago. Guam is a territory of the UnitedStates of America. It is considered to occupy a militarily strategic location, south of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

11. KIRIBATI

Kiribati is most emphatically not another Tahiti, Hawaii, etc. where you can go to relax and have nothing to worry about. It has few visitors, and they have to be prepared to "rough it." That said, there aren't many countries where the people are more friendly. 

12. TONGA

Tonga the "Friendly Islands", is an archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean. The country is divided into four island groups, or regions: Tongatapu, 'Eua, Vava'u, Ha'apai, and Niuas. Tongatapu is the home of the Capital.

13. FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA

The Federated States of Micronesia is a country in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. It is composed of four major island groups totalling 607 islands that lie just north of the equator about three-quarters of the way from Hawaii to Indonesia, to the north of Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands and to the south of the Marshall Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands and Guam.

14. MARSHALL ISLANDS

The Marshall Islands are a group of atolls and reefs in the Pacific Ocean, about half-way between Hawaii and Australia. 

15. AMERICAN SAMOA (US)

American Samoa is a group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean that lie about halfway between Hawaii and New Zealand and about 100km east of the island country of Samoa, which is part of the same archipelago, ethnicity and culture.

16. NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS

The Northern Mariana Islands, officially the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, is one of five inhabited American insular areas. It is one of two territories with "Commonwealth" status; the other is Puerto Rico.

17. PALAU

Palau is an archipelago of more than 500 islands, part of the Micronesia region in the western Pacific Ocean, well known for its scuba-diving and snorkeling sites. Northerly island Koror is home to the former capital, the majority of the population and the islands’ main commercial center. Neighboring Babeldaob has the modern capital, Ngerulmud, mountains and sandy beaches on its east coast.

18. COOK ISLANDS (NZ)

The Cook Islands, the South Pacific archipelago nation, lies southwest of Tahiti. Of its 15 islands, the largest is Rarotonga, site of the capital city, Avarua, known for its white-coral churches. At Avarua’s Saturday market, with offerings from black pearls to sarongs, traditional Polynesian drummers and dancers perform. The country’s blue lagoons and extensive reefs make it a popular scuba-diving destination.

19. WALLIS AND FUTUNA (FRANCE)

Wallis and Futuna is an overseas community of France consisting of two small island groupings in Polynesia, near Fiji and Samoa. 

20. TUVALU

Tuvalu is a group of low-lying islands and atolls in the South Pacific that form the fourth smallest country in the world.

21. NAURU

Nauru is a small island in the South Pacific Ocean, south of the Marshall Islands and is the world's smallest independent republic.

22. NORFOLK ISLAND (AUSTRALIA)

Norfolk Island is an island in the South Pacific Ocean and an Australian territory for histroical reasons even though it is much closer to New Zealand. It is 1600km (1000 mi) east of Sydney and Brisbane but only 1000km (620 mi) northwest of Auckland. 

23. NIUE (NZ)

Niue is a small island in Oceania located approximately halfway between Tonga and the Cook Islands. 

24. TOKELAU (NZ)

Tokelau is in Polynesia, a group of three atolls about half way between Hawaii to New Zealand. 

25. PITCAIRN ISLANDS (UK)

The Pitcairn Islands are a loosely grouped handful of tiny islands in the remote South Pacific, farther from any continent than any other inhabited island. The islands are the last British colony in the South Pacific and the most isolated British dependency, apart from Tristan da Cunha. The rugged main island was settled by the infamous mutineers of the HMS Bounty and their Polynesian companions, and most of Pitcairn's mere four dozen current inhabitants are their descendants. They are one of the least-populated entities given an ISO country code (PN).