| Name: | Tuvalu (Constitutional Monarchy of Tuvalu) |
| Local name (Tuvalu): | Tuvalu (Fakavae Aliki-Malo i Tuvalu) |
| Former name: | Ellice Islands – until 1976 |
| Status: | sovereign state |
| Surface: | 26 sq. km |
| Population (2003): | 11.3 ths. |
| Capital: | Funafuti |
| Official language: | Tuvalu, English |