Coordinates: 17°S 168°E Official languages Bislama French English Ethnic groups 98.5% Ni-Vanuatu 1.5% others Government Unitary parliamentary republic President Tallis Obed Moses Prime Minister Charlot Salwai Legislature Parliament Independence 30 July 1980 Area 12,189 km2 (4,706 sq mi) Population 286,429 Currency Vanuatu Vatu Motto "Long God yumi stanap" (Bislama) "In God we stand”
TONGA Capital Nukuʻalofa Official languages Tongan English
Ethnic groups 96.6% Tongan
1.7% Euronesians 1.0% European 1.0% East Asian Religion Christianity Free Wesleyan Church of Tonga Demonym Tongan Government Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy Monarch Tupou VI Prime Minister ʻAkilisi Pōhiva Assembly Speaker Lord Tu'ivakano Legislature Legislative Assembly Independence 4 June 1970 Area 748 km2 (289 sq mi) (186th) Population 103,036 Motto "Ko e ʻOtua mo Tonga ko hoku tofiʻa" "God and Tonga are my Inheritance" PHILIPPINES Capital Manila Largest city Quezon City Official languages Filipino English Recognized regional languages 19 languages
Optional languagesb Spanish
Arabic Ethnic groups 33.8% Visayan 27.7% Tagalog 9.8% Ilocano 6.8% Bicolano 5.1% Moro 3.1% Kapampangan 1.7% Igorot 1.4% Pangasinense 1.2% Chinese 1.1% Zamboangueño 6.8% others Religion 92% Christianity 5.57% Islam 2.43% others[4] Demonym Filipino (masculine) Filipina (feminine) Pinoy (colloquial masculine) Pinay (colloquial feminine) Philippine (English) Government Unitary presidentialconstitutional republic President Rodrigo Duterte Vice President Leni Robredo Senate President Aquilino Pimentel III House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno Legislature Congress Upper house Senate Lower house House of Representatives Independence from Spain June 12, 1898 declared
Current constitution February 2, 1987
Area 300,000 km2(120,000 sq mi)
Population 100,981,437 Motto "Maka-Diyos, Maka-Tao, Makakalikasan at Makabansa"