Fiji (Concert of Europe)

Fiji (Fijian: Viti) is an insular colony of, located in the region of. It consists of an archipelago of more than 330 islands and more than 500 islets, of which 110 are permanently inhabited: the two major islands, on which most of the population lives, are. The Fiji have been an autonomous kingdom for much of their history, before some clashes with British authorities brought them to become a colony of the United Kingdom in the late 19th century, as the whole of Oceania was being claimed by three European powers: Great Britain, and.

Fiji has one of the most developed economies of the whole, thanks to its abundance of natural resources. Most of the population speaks Fijian, an Austronesian language native to the islands, but English is used by the colonial government and the slowly growing British community. The economy of the islands depends on fishing, agriculture, forestry, commerce, and mining.