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I am not on Rose Island/Atoll.
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Are you on Swains Island?
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I am on Swains Island! (there's only one inhabited village, Taulaga, so I'm not going to make you bother with that additional level of detail).
Interesting history, that place has - it's privately owned by an American family, and so was annexed to American Samoa, but Tokelau feels it should belong to them - although this feeling is not shared by Tokelau's "parent" nation, New Zealand, which recognizes America's sovereignty of it. I suppose if Tokelau ever becomes independent, this could become more of an issue.
Over to you, IB!
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And it just happened to be the last island (in Wikipedia's list anyway). Now I'm curious as to what's on this island, and why Tokelau ants it. Okay... where am I? 
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There's not much there - just a copra plantation. It seems the reason Tokelau wants it is that culturally, the native inhabitants are Tokelauan.
Are you in the Americas?
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Thanks for the info, CMK. Its history still sounds interesting, I'll probably read up on it more.
No, not in the Americas.
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Are you more than 200 km from any salt water body connected to the world ocean system?
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Are you east of the easternmost point in Iran?
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Are you in Russia, Mongolia, China or India?
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Are you in a country that ends in -stan?
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Are you in Nepal or Bhutan?
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I am in one of those countries.
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