France labeled French Polynesia an “overseas country inside the Republic,” endowing it with some autonomy including authority over health, town planning and the environment, while Paris continues to control its justice, education, security, public order, currency, defense and foreign policy. read more
French Polynesia (/ ˈ f r ɛ n tʃ p ɒ l ɪ ˈ n iː ʒ ə / ( listen); French: Polynésie française [pɔlinezi fʁɑ̃sɛz]; Tahitian: Pōrīnetia Farāni) is an overseas collectivity of the French Republic; collectivité d'outre-mer de la République française pronunciation (help · info) (COM), sometimes unofficially referred to as an overseas country; pays d'outre-mer (POM). read more