|RConstitution:|N Republic within the Commonwealth of Nations.
|RNational holiday:|N November 3.
|RNature and climate:|N Consists of the biggest island within the Windward Islands in the Caribbean Sea. The island is mountainous, highest peak 1447 m.a.s.l. and have active volcanoes.
Tropical hurricanes passes the island from time to time.
Average temperature 27°C all through the year and percipitation varies between 1000 mm and 4000 mm.
|RPeople:|N Mainly negroes and mulattoes with small European and Asian minorities. Only about 500 descendants of the original Caribbean population still lives at the island.
|REconomy:|N Main industries are agriculture, cattle raising and tourism. Main crops are bananas and coconuts.
Manufacturing of simple household goods.
|RHistory:|N Discovered by Columbus in 1493. British colony from 1805. Between 1958 and 1962 member of the Federation of West Indies.
Domestic self governing from 1967 and independent republic since 1978.