POPULATION:	130,000
LITERACY RATE:	42%
SELF DEFENSE FORCES:	US Armed Forces
LANGUAGES:	Portuguese (official)
ETHNIC GROUPS:	Crioulu, Portugese
BORDERING COUNTRIES:	none

SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE- This is it, the tropical paradise that dreams are made of, isolated, inhabited by friendly hospitable people whos lifestyles and cultures have changed little in the last 600 years since its discovery and settlement by the Portugese.  It exports a small variety of natural resources, but is for the most part self sufficient.  A true lost island. 

Officially the islands joined under US protectorship at the same time  as Equatorial Guineau.  There was a condition however, no new construction would take place on the islands, this included military bases, corporations and anything else.  Tourism and travel would not be increased, nor would any military presence set foot on the islands without strict invitation.  While this may seem strange the US agreed to these terms, as it still meant, and was expected that the waters surrounding the islands could be actively patrolled and enforced.

For anyone truly wishing to get away from it all and live, if even for a while in absolute peace surrounded by infathomable beauty, these are the islands to travel to.