History UsefulNotes / Seychelles

The Seychelles were declared independent in 1976 as a republic within the Commonwealth. However, almost a year later a coup deposed the President and the Prime Minister assumed full power, turning the country into a one-party state and a Soviet satellite until the end of the UsefulNotes/ColdWar. Since then, the country has considerably prospered and now ranks among Africa's most developed and wealthiest countries, with a high HDI and GDP per capita (according to the IMF, it has the highest GDP per capita among all African countries, while the World Bank considers it to be the African country to possess a high-income economy).

The Seychelles were declared independent in 1976 as a republic within the Commonwealth. However, almost a year later a coup deposed the President and the Prime Minister assumed full power, turning the country into a one-party state and a Soviet satellite until the end of the UsefulNotes/ColdWar. Since then, the country has considerably prospered and now ranks among Africa's most developed and wealthiest countries, with a high HDI and GDP per capita (according to the IMF, it has the highest GDP per capita among all African countries, and is the only African country to have a high-income economy according to the World Bank).

The Republic of Seychelles ('''French:''' ''République des Seychelles'', '''Seychellois Creole:''' ''Repiblik Sesel'') is a tiny East UsefulNotes/{{Africa}}n archipelagic country located in the Western Indian Ocean, off the eastern coast of Africa and just to the northeast of UsefulNotes/{{Madagascar}}, near the equator. It is composed of 115 islands, only several dozen of which are inhabited. The largest island, Mahé, contains the capital Victoria. The country is simultaneously the smallest and the least populous of all African countries.

The Seychelles were declared independent in 1976 as a republic within the Commonwealth. However, almost a year later a coup deposed the President and the Prime Minister assumed full power, turning the country into a one-party state and a Soviet satellite until the end of the UsefulNotes/ColdWar. Since then, the country has considerably prospered and now ranks among Africa's most developed and wealthiest countries, with a high HDI and GDP per capita (according to the IMF, it has the highest GDP per capita among all African countries, and the second-highest after Réunion when dependecies are taken into account).

The main attractions of the country are the SceneryPorn and the biodiversity, including several unique, endemic species of flora and fauna. The country has a highly developed tourism scene, with many islands being turned into private resorts. However, while visiting, you should be wary of the rather high crime rate in the country.

Like Mauritius and Réunion, the archipelago was uninhabited before the early modern period, i.e. the 16th-19th century. Because of the very late settlement (the 1700s), however, Seychelles is more successful to keep most of its primitive flora and fauna than the twin islands (and their unfortunate dodos).

The Seychelles were declared independent in 1976 as a republic within the Commonwealth. However, almost a year later a coup deposed the President and the Prime Minister assumed full power, turning the country into a one-party state and a Soviet satellite until the end of the UsefulNotes/ColdWar. As of 2013, it has the highest [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Development_Index Human Development Index]] in Africa.

The Republic of Seychelles ('''French:''' ''République des Seychelles'', '''Seychellois Creole:''' ''Repiblik Sesel'') is a tiny East UsefulNotes/{{Africa}}n country located in the Western Indian Ocean, off the eastern coast of Africa and just to the northeast of UsefulNotes/{{Madagascar}}. It is simultaneously the smallest and the least populous of all African countries.

Like Mauritius and Réunion, the archipelago was practically uninhabited before the Early Modern Period, i.e. the 16th-19th century (and yet the nearby Madagascar and the Comorian archipelago already had advanced civilizations at that time, in the case of Madagascar, from ''another part of the world''. Humans are such curious beings...). Because of the very late settlement (the 1700s), however, Seychelles is more successful to keep most of its primitive flora and fauna than the twin islands (and their unfortunate dodos).

The Seychelles were declared independent in 1976 as a republic within the Commonwealth. However, almost a year later a coup deposed the President and the Prime Minister assumed full power, turning the country into a one-party state and a Soviet satellite until the end of the UefulNotes/ColdWar. As of 2013, it has the highest [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Development_Index Human Development Index]] in Africa.

The main attractions of the country are the SceneryPorn and the biodiversity (several unique, endemic species of flora and fauna). However, while visiting, you should be wary of the rather high crime rate in the country.

The Republic of Seychelles ('''French:''' ''République des Seychelles'', '''Seychellois Creole:''' ''Repiblik Sesel'') is a tiny East African country located in the Western Indian Ocean, off the eastern coast of Africa and just to the northeast of Madagascar. It is simultaneously the smallest and the least populous of all African countries.

The Seychelles were declared independent in 1976 as a republic within the Commonwealth. However, almost a year later a coup deposed the President and the Prime Minister assumed full power, turning the country into a one-party state and a Soviet satellite until TheGreatPoliticsMessUp. As of 2013, it has the highest [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Development_Index Human Development Index]] in Africa.

* '''Highest point:''' Morne Seychellois (905 m/2,969 ft) (175th)

* '''Highest point:''' Morne Seychellois (905 m/2,969 ft) (160th)

* '''ISO-3166-1 Code:''' SC

Like Mauritius and Réunion, the archipelago was practically uninhabited before the Early Modern Period, i.e. the 16th-19th century (and yet the nearby Madagascar and the Comorian archipelago already had advanced civilizations at that time, in the case of Madagascar, from ''another part of the world''. Humans are such curious beings...). Because of the very late settlement (the 1700s), however, Seychelles is more successful to keep most of its primitive flora and fauna than the twin islands (and their unfortunate [[DumbDodoBird dodos]]).

* '''Currency''': Seychellois rupee (SR) (SR)

->The flag combines the red/white/green colors of the socialist People's Party, which ran the islands from 1977 to 1991, with the blue/white of the Democratic Party, which briefly ran Seychelles in 1976, and the green/yellow of the liberal National Party, and their diagonal orientation symbolizes the islands' progressive outlook. The individual colors also have their own symbolism -- blue for the sky and the Indian Ocean; yellow for the sun; red for the people; white for justice; and green for the land.

The Seychelles archipelago is a tiny East African country located in the Western Indian Ocean, off the eastern coast of Africa and just to the northeast of Madagascar. It is simultaneously the smallest and the least populous of all African countries.

Like Mauritius and Réunion, the archipelago is practically uninhibited before the Early Modern Period, i.e. the 16th-19th century (and yet the nearby Madagascar and the Comorian archipelago already had advanced civilizations at that time, in the case of Madagascar, from ''another part of the world''. Humans are such curious beings...). Because of the very late settlement (the 1700s), however, Seychelles is more successful to keep most of its primitive flora and fauna than the twin islands (and their unfortunate [[DumbDodoBird dodos]]).

The Seychelles archipelago is a tiny country located in the Western Indian Ocean, off the eastern coast of Africa and just to the northeast of Madagascar. It is simultaneously the smallest and the least populous of all African countries.

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The Seychelles archipelago is the least populated nation in Africa. For a while it was a French colony along with UsefulNotes/{{Mauritius}} (they were administrated as one entity), but when the British took the islands in the [[UsefulNotes/TheNapoleonicWars Treaty of Paris]], they turned the archipelago and Mauritius into separate colonies.

The Seychelles archipelago is the least populated nation in Africa. For a while it was a French colony along with UsefulNotes/{{Mauritius}} (they were administrated as one entity), but when the British took the islands in the [[NapoleonicWars Treaty of Paris]], they turned the archipelago and Mauritius into separate colonies.

The Seychelles were declared independent in 1976 as a republic within the Commonwealth. However, almost a year later a coup deposed the President and the Prime Minister assumed full power, turning the country into a one-party state and a Soviet satellite until TheGreatPoliticsMessUp.

The main attractions of the country are the SceneryPorn and the biodiversity (several unique, endemic species of flora and fauna). However, while visiting, you should be wary of the rather high crime rate in the country. It's also Africa's most developed country so that's a positive thing about the country.

The main attractions of the country are the SceneryPorn and the biodiversity (several unique, endemic species of flora and fauna). However, while visiting, you should be wary of the rather high crime rate in the country. It's also Africa most developed country so that's a positive thing about the country.

The main attractions of the country are the SceneryPorn and the biodiversity (several unique, endemic species of flora and fauna). However, while visiting, you should be wary of the rather high crime rate in the country.

The Seychelles archipiellago is the least populated nation in Africa. For a while it was a French colony along with UsefulNotes/{{Mauritius}} (they were administrated as one entity), but when the British took the islands in the [[NapoleonicWars Treaty of Paris]], they turned the archipiellago and Mauritius as separate colonies.

The country was declared independent in 1976 as a republic within the Commonwealth. However, almost a year later a coup deposed the President and the Prime Minister assumed full power, turning the country into a one-party state and a Soviet satellite until TheGreatPoliticsMessUp.

The main attractions of the country are the SceneryPorn and the biodiversity. However, you should be careful with the crimes, which are high in the country.

->The flag combines the red/white/green colors of the socialist People's Party, which ran the islands from 1977 to 1991, with the blue/white of the Democratic Party, which briefly ran Seychelles in 1976, and the green/yellow of the liberal National Party. Blue symbolizes the sky and the Indian Ocean; yellow symbolizes the sun; red symbolizes the people; white symbolizes justice; and green symbolizes the land. The diagonal orientation of the stripes symbolize the islands' progressive outlook.

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