Swains Islandball is a coral atoll in Oceania, being in a territorial dispute between 
Tokelauball and 
USAball.
History
Whalers from New England discovered the island in the 1830s, 
Franceball established a co pra operation there, the 
Natives fled because of the violence caused by the foreigners.
In 1856, an American named Jennings joined Swains Islandball with his 
Samoan wife, Swains Islandball became a semi-independent settlement of the Jennings family. It was also claimed by USAball in 1860.
In 1907, 
UKball claimed the island, demanding tax payment of US$85 from the Jennings family, they paid, but was refunded by USAball. UKball later conceded that Swains Islandball was a territory of USAball.
In 2005, a cyclone struck Swains Islandball, destroying a village and the Jennings estate, the coast guard airdrops made sure that the 7 people on the island had the necessities they needed.
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| Sovereign Countryballs
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 Fijiball •  Solomon Islandsball •  Vanuatuball •  Micronesiaball •  Kiribatiball •  Marshall Islandsball •  Palauball •  Nauruball • Samoaball •  Tongaball •  Tuvaluball
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| Dependencies
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 Cook Islandsball •  Niueball •  Norfolk Islandball • .png){kind=icon} Coral Sea Islandsball •  New Caledoniaball •  Hawaiiball •  French Polynesiaball •  Wallis and Futunaball •  Easter Islandball •  Clipperton Islandball • Tokelauball •  Pitcairn Islandsball •  Guamball •  American Samoaball •  Northern Mariana Islandsball •  Wake Islandball •  Johnston Atollball •  Midway Atollball •  Kingman Reefball •  Palmyra Atollball •  Jarvis Islandball •  Baker Islandball •  Howland Islandball • Swains Islandball •  Christmas Islandball •  Cocos Islandsball •  Ashmore and Cartier Islandsball •  Heard Island and McDonald Islandsball •  Chatham Islandsball •  Juan Fernandez Islandsball
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| Regions |  Northlandball •  Aucklandball •  Waikatoball •  Bay of Plentyball •  Gisborneball •  Hawke's Bayball •  Taranakiball •  Manawatu-Wanganuiball • .png){kind=icon} Wellingtonball ( Wellingtonball) •  Tasmanball •  Nelsonball •  Marlboroughball •  West Coastball •  Canterburyball •  Otagoball •  Southlandball
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| Associated states | Cook Islandsball • Niueball
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| Dependencies | Tokelauball • Chatham Islandsball •  Ross Dependencyball
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| Former entities |  Maoriball •  United Tribes of New Zealandball • British New Zealandball
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