Tonga

Tonga  is a Polynesian Sovereign State and Archipelago comprising 177 islands with a total surface area of about 750 square kilometres (290 sq mi) scattered over 700,000 square kilometres (270,000 sq mi) of the southern Pacific Ocean, of which 52 islands are inhabited by its 103,000 people 

Tonga gained its independence from Britain in 1970 but the monarchy stretches back 1,000 years