- Officially the Republic of Maldives, 1,190 beautiful coral islands make up this small country.
- Situated in the middle of the Indian Ocean, the Maldives stretch over 35,000 square miles (90,000 square kilometres).
- 99% of the nation of the Maldives is ocean water – sounds like paradise to us!
- The Maldives originally joined the Commonwealth in 1982, withdrew its membership in 2016 (over its human rights record) and rejoined 1st February 2020 – an hour after the UK left the European Union.