位於太平洋的美拉尼西亞島群，由超過990個島嶼組成，大多為火山島，首都所在地瓜達康納爾島曾是第二次世界大戰在太平洋的轉折點。每個省份由不同部族治理，國內多有衝突，曾爆發數萬人死亡的索羅門內戰。

一直以來澳洲都不希望索羅門群島太親中，經過中澳多年角力，索羅門群島政府最終仍在2019年宣佈與台灣斷交。然而，國內最多人口的省份─馬萊塔不滿中央政府與台灣斷交的決定，打算舉行獨立公投，2020年獲得美國鉅款援助。

Year Founded: 1978

A part of Melanesia in the Pacific Ocean, the state consists of more than 990 islands, most of which are volcanic islands. Guadalcanal Island, where the capital sits, is a turning point of the development of the Pacific Theater of World War II. 

Each province is ruled by different indigenous groups and clashes have since broken out multiple times. A Solomon civil war once took the lives of thousands of people. For a long time, Australia did not want to see the Solomon Islands leaning too close to China. After years of power struggle between China and Australia, the Solomon Islands government eventually announced severance of diplomatic relations with Taiwan in 2019. However, Malaita, the most populous province, disapproved of the central government’s decision to sever diplomatic relations with Taiwan and planned to hold a referendum for independence. In 2020, it received a huge sum of aid from the United States.