Colonized in the early 1800's and made a possession of its present controller in 1853, this country, which consists of its namesake island, the archipelago Iles Loyaute, and several other small islands, was used as a penal colony for much of the late 19th Century.  
Colonized in the early 1800's and made a possession of its present controller in 1853, this country, which consists of its namesake island, the archipelago Iles Loyaute, and several other small islands, was used as a penal colony for much of the late 19th Century.  Beginning in 1985, it was the site of political agitation for independence by the FLNKS, who sought the creation of a new state called Kanaky, but were appeased in 1988 by the Matignon Accords.  FTP, name this Coral Sea nation with its capital at Noumea, an overseas possession of France.
Colonized in the early 1800's and made a possession of its present controller in 1853, this country, which consists of its namesake island, the archipelago Iles Loyaute, and several other small islands, was used as a penal colony for much of the late 19th Century.  
New Caledonia