Throughout the reign of Tupou IV the island nation of Tonga was involved in many schemes to try to spark innovation in the country. Including attempts to sell passports, create a royal airline, build a casino, store nuclear waste, find natural gas, and invest in the stock market. This reality’s POD is December 1997 when Tonga finds a 30 billion barrel oil field within its claimed territorial waters and the eastern part of the Minerva reefs. Tonga becomes a rich country overnight with global consequences.
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