Expressing the 'Top-Flex Identity!
Currently, novaTopFlex is focused on international topics, attempting to research for new posts that may become for sale on Patreon in the near future. The current focus is on the Lesser Antilles as well as potentially on select French Overseas Territories located in Oceania and elsewhere.
While the Netherlands represent the “Low Countries” of the European continent, similarly low territories also occur throughout the Caribbean claims of the Netherlands, including the more autonomous territories Aruba 🇦🇼, Curaçao 🇨🇼, and Sint Maarten 🇸🇽 as well as the more dependent territories Bonaire 🇧🇶, Sint Eustatius, and Saba.
With regard to the islands of the Dutch Caribbean, each of the listed island territories can properly be referred to as the “Caribbean Netherlands.” However, multiple distinct definitions of the Caribbean Netherlands have also been identified, including the ABC Islands (Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao—all Papiamento and directly off the coast of South America and the western part of the Guianas) and the Netherlands Antilles (Sint Maarten, Sint Eustatius, Saba). When referring to the islands of the Caribbean Netherlands, the Papiamento Islands are, from west to east, Aruba, Curaçao, and Bonaire. Each of these constituencies of varying status maintains at least some level of sovereignty, with Aruba and Curaçao notable for having more autonomy than most other regions of the Netherlands.
Islands that are privately owned will only be represented by the nation that such respective islands represent. Otherwise, the overall interests of the island nations of the Caribbean shall be represented in the following content.
A number of island nations and dependent territories at varying degrees of autonomy reside in the Caribbean region, primarily in the Antilles, with the split between the Greater and Lesser Antilles around Anguilla. The flags, where possible, shall also be represented within the content of this article.
Montserrat 🇲🇸 is an island nation located in the Lesser Antilles and toward the northern end of the Leeward Islands. Plymouth is the capital de jure of the British Overseas Territory; however, the community has no permanent population followed by the impacts of a significant volcanic eruption 🌋 on the southern side of the island. The northern side of Montserrat has largely remained unaffected, but southern Montserrat, including the capital, had been significantly impacted while the capital had become a ghost town.
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