Tuvalu, formerly known the Ellice Islands is a Polynesian island nation located in the Pacific Ocean midway between Hawaii and Australia. Its nearest neighbours are the Kiribati, Samoa and Fiji. Comprised of 4 reef islands and 5 true atolls and with a total land area of just 26 square kilometers (10 sq mi), it is the second-least populated independent country in the world, Vatican City being the smallest.

The first inhabitants of Tuvalu were Polynesian people, the islands came under Britain's sphere of influence in the late 19th century. The Ellice Islands were administered by Britain as part of a protectorate from 1892 to 1916 and as part of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony from 1916 to 1974. In 1974 the Ellice Islanders voted for separate British dependency status as Tuvalu, separating from the Gilbert Islands which became Kiribati upon independence. Tuvalu became fully independent in 1978.

Due to their low elevation, the islands that make up this nation are threatened by any future sea level rise. The population may evacuate during the next decades to New Zealand, Niue or the Fijian island of Kioa.

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