History UsefulNotes / Oceania

!!Territories:

* Tokelau

!!!Countries:
!!!!Australasia

!!!!Melanesia

!!!!Micronesia

!!!!Polynesia

!!!Oceania contains many small territories of Western powers, such as:
* American Samoa
* Cook Islands (NZ territory)
* French Polynesia
* UsefulNotes/{{Guam}} ([[UsefulNotes/UnitedStates US]] territory)
* UsefulNotes/{{Hawaii}} (US state)
* New Caledonia ([[UsefulNotes/{{France}} French]] territory)
* Niue (NZ territory)
* Norfolk Island (Australian territory)
* UsefulNotes/PitcairnIslands ([[UsefulNotes/UnitedKingdom British]] territory)
* Tokelau (NZ territory)

->'''Largest City''': Perth

Do not confuse with Oceania from ''[[Literature/NineteenEightyFour 1984]]''.

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* UsefulNotes/{{{Hawaii}} (US state)

Oceania is [[strike:Australasia]] Australia and the Pacific Islands. It's a political continent, because it can only reach the geographical definition of "continent" stretching its meaning until it reaches [[GeniusBonus its plastic zone (or even fracture)]], because it's not a huge landmass but a collection of islands and atolls. On the other hand, Australia is considered a continent in its own right. To confuse the terminology further, Oceania is often considered part the [[UsefulNotes/{{Asia}} Asian]] ''region'' (but not the continent).

!!!Other entities
Like the Caribbean, Oceania still contains many small territories ruled by Western powers, such as:

* Cook Islands (NZ Territory)

* UsefulNotes/{{Guam}}
* New Caledonia (UsefulNotes/{{France}} French Territory)
* Niue (NZ Territory)
* UsefulNotes/PitcairnIslands
* Tokelau (NZ Territory)

Oceania is [[strike:Australasia]] Australia and the Pacific Islands. It's a political continent, because it can only reach the geographical definition of "continent" stretching its meaning until it reaches [[GeniusBonus its plastic zone (or even fracture)]], because it's not a huge landmass but a collection of islands and atolls. On the other hand, Australia is considered a continent in its own right.

Regarding tropes, there are few of them here. Why? The islands have achieved independence only in the 70's and 80's (like Africa, they suffered from the same colonial syndrome). With the exception of the biggest three[[hottip:*: Australia, New Zealand, and Papua New Guinea]], every single country here has less than a million people, and most have less than 200,000.

!!!Other entities:

Big Brother is... Sorry, not ''that'' [[NineteenEightyFour Oceania]].

Regarding tropes, there are few of them here. Why? The islands have achieved independence only in the 70's and 80's (like Africa, they suffered from the same colonial syndrome). With the exception of the biggest three[[hottip:*: Australia, New Zealand, and Papua New Guinea]], every single country here has less than a million people, and most have less than 200,000.

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Oceania is [[strike:Australasia]] Australia and the Pacific Islands. It's a political continent, because it can only reach the geographical definition of "continent" stretching its meaning until it reaches [[GeniusBonus its plastic zone (or even fracture)]], because it's not a huge landmass but a collection of islands and atolls. On the other hand, Australia is considered a continent in it's own right.

* UsefulNotes/PapuaNewGuinea (Sometimes considered part of another region, such as Indonesia)

'''Countries:'''

* UsefulNotes/FederatedStatesOfMicronesia
* UsefulNotes/{{Fiji}}
* UsefulNotes/{{Kiribati}}
* UsefulNotes/MarshallIslands
* UsefulNotes/{{Nauru}}

* UsefulNotes/{{Palau}}
* UsefulNotes/PapuaNewGuinea
* UsefulNotes/{{Samoa}}

* UsefulNotes/{{Tonga}}
* UsefulNotes/{{Tuvalu}}

'''Other entities:'''

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Oceania is [[strike:Australasia]] Australia and the Pacific Islands. It's a political continent, because it can only reach the geographical definition of "continent" stretching its meaning until it reaches [[GeniusBonus its plastic zone (or even fracture)]], because it's not a huge landmass but a collection of islands and atolls. Most likely, it's the equivalent of AndZoidberg regarding nations... [[DontExplainTheJoke those that didn't made the cut in other continents ended up here]].

The islands are divided in three zones: Melanesia being the islands north and northwest of Australia (Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Norfolk Island, New Caledonia, etc.); Micronesia, the [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin micro-islands]] north of Melanesia (Federal States of Micronesia, Palau, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Wake Island, etc.) and Polynesia, with [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin a lot of islands]] (New Zealand, Tonga, Tuvalu, Samoa, Cook Islands, Easter Island, Hawaii, French Polynesia, etc.).

You might also hear the term Australasia, this being Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea (the whole island) and some neighbor islands, including some of Indonesia. Of course, you rarely hear about this zone if you hear about the other three regions aforementioned.

Regarding tropes, there are few of them here. Why? Maybe because the islands have achieved independence only in the 70's and 80's (like Africa, they suffered from the same colonial syndrome). But considering these are UsefulNotes, along with the fact that all the other countries have their own page (or will have it, [[ShamelessSelfPromoter if we keep being diligent enough]]), we can't let them down.

* UsefulNotes/{{Pitcairn}}

* UsefulNotes/FSMicronesia

* UsefulNotes/{{Guam}}

* UsefulNotes/{{Pitcairn}}

Oceania is [[strike:Australasia]] Australia and the Pacific Islands. It's a continent, stretching the meaning of "continent" until it reaches [[GeniusBonus its plastic zone (or even fracture)]], because it's not a huge landmass but a collection of islands and atolls. Most likely, it's the equivalent of AndZoidberg regarding nations... [[DontExplainTheJoke those that didn't made the cut in other continents ended up here]].

Regarding tropes, there are few of them here. Why? Maybe because the islands have achieved independence only in the 70s and 80s (like Africa, they suffer from the same colonial syndrome). But considering these are UsefulNotes, along with the fact that all the other countries have their own page (or will have it, [[ShamelessSelfPromoter if we keep being diligent enough]]), we can't let them down.

Oceania is Australasia and the Pacific Islands.