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Vatican City is a city-state within Italy and the seat of Roman Catholicism

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With its 280,026 people, French Polynesia is the 179th largest country in the world by population. It is the 171st largest country in the world by area with 4,167 square kilometers.

The French annexed various Polynesian island groups during the 19th century. In September 1995, France stirred up widespread protests by resuming nuclear testing on the Mururoa atoll after a three-year moratorium. The tests were halted in January 1996. In recent years, French Polynesia's autonomy has been considerably expanded.

Languages spoken: French (official) 61.1%, Polynesian (official) 31.4%, Asian languages 1.2%, other 0.3%, unspecified 6% (2002 census)

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