tonga

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Tonga is the last remaining Polynesian kingdom. The king of Tonga, travel to Tonga, Tonga's islands.

It is a hundred and seventy islands, about forty of them inhabited, and it was never formally colonised — which is why the monarchy survived when the other Pacific kingdoms did not. It sits right on the date line and advertises itself as the place where time begins. Rugby is close to a national religion.