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SEYCHELLES

After being wrested from the French, these widely scattered islands in the Indian Ocean existed under British control from 1794 to 1976, when independence was declared. Although the political equilibrium was initially somewhat challenged with a coup shortly after independence, the Seychelles have been reasonably stable for decades. Tourism has become the economic bulwark of the country.