Samoa

Population: 179,058 (July 2001 est.)

Languages: Samoan (Polynesian), English

Background: New Zealand occupied the German protectorate of Western Samoa at the outbreak of World War I in 1914. It continued to administer the islands as a mandate and then as a trust territory until 1962, when the islands became the first Polynesian nation...

Currency: tala (WST, No information)

Data from CIA World Factbook. Click on CIA link for more. Click on map or flag for larger images.