2006-11-03 03:46:34 · 5 answers · asked by Leslie P 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Geography
It's a republic (form of government) that is an island (geographic formation). It has no special meaning, aside from being a country that is completely surrounded by water and has an elected government.
2006-11-03 03:49:18 · answer #1 · answered by DavidK93 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
An island country is a country which has no territory on a continent. An island republic is an island country which is a self-governing republic. Island republics include:
Antigua and Barbuda
Bahamas
Bahrain
Barbados
Brunei
Cape Verde
Comoros
Cuba
Cyprus
Dominica
Dominican Republic
East Timor
Federated States of Micronesia
Fiji
Grenada
Haiti
Iceland
Indonesia
Ireland
Jamaica
Japan
Kiribati
Madagascar
Maldives
Malta
Marshall Islands
Mauritius
Nauru
New Zealand
Palau
Papua New Guinea
Philippines
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa
São Tomé and PrÃncipe
Seychelles
Singapore
Solomon Islands
Sri Lanka
Taiwan (claimed by China)
Tonga (monarchy)
Trinidad and Tobago
Turks and Caicos
Tuvalu
United Kingdom (constitutional monarchy)
Vanuatu
2006-11-03 04:50:47 · answer #2 · answered by Deep Thought 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
It's an island that is also a republic.
2006-11-03 03:48:31 · answer #3 · answered by pablo h 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
A nation that is isolated from the general world view.
The US, for example, is technically not an island in the geographical sense, but, driven totally by self-interest, it acts like one politically.
2006-11-03 04:27:49 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ti wane
2006-11-03 04:30:07 · answer #5 · answered by answer man 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋