State · 1987 – present
Fiji
A state of 1987 – present — 39 years, still standing in the Americas and Oceania. It replaced Dominion of Fiji and Colony of Fiji. The atlas records 12 things within it — regime change 3 · famine and plague 1 · people 8. Its line of rulers holds 8 people.
- Still standing: the span runs to the year of the build, 2026.
For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.
- Stood
- 39 years
- and still standing
- Rulers
- 8
- the President of Fiji
- Most ground
- 21,800 km²
- in 1988
- Within it
- 12
- recorded rows
- Symbols
- 2
- on record, with years
Where it sits in time
Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold, what it replaced or followed and what replaced or followed it in grey.
Before and after
The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.
Before it
- Dominion of Fiji · replaces · 1970 – 1987
- Colony of Fiji · replaces
Rulers
The line of President of Fiji - the office this state names as its head of state.
1 terms are shared from [object Object].
| Ruler | Reign | Length | How it ended · source | To the ruler before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penaia Ganilau | 1987 – 1993 | 6 years | died in office of natural causesWikidata's manner of death | |
| Kamisese Mara · from the line of Dominion of Fiji | 1993 – 2000 | 7 years | left office aliveread off the dates alone | |
| Frank Bainimarama | 2000 – 2000 | under a year | ending not on record | |
| Josefa Iloilo | 2000 – 2006 | 6 years | left office aliveread off the dates alone | |
| Frank Bainimarama | 2006 – 2007 | 1 year | resigned or stood down, the article saysread from the ruler's own article | |
| Josefa Iloilo | 2007 – 2009 | 2 years | left office aliveread off the dates alone | |
| Epeli Nailatikau | 2009 – 2015 | 6 years | deposed, the article saysread from the ruler's own article | |
| Jioji Konrote | 2015 – 2021 | 6 years | ending not on record | |
| Wiliame Katonivere | 2021 – 2024 | 3 years | resigned or stood down, the article saysread from the ruler's own article | |
| Naiqama Lalabalavu | 2024 – in office | in office since 2024 | deposed, the article saysread from the ruler's own article |
8 rulers, 8 with terms dated as terms, covering 1987 – 2024. Only 37 years of the line are dated - too short for a median. 5 of 9 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. The violent-handover count is withheld: power changed hands so often that any rising falls beside one (exposure 1.00, limit 0.6). A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.
Heads of government
The line of Prime Minister of Fiji, drawn and never measured: a cabinet is not a reign.
| Kamisese Mara | 1970 – 1987 |
| Timoci Bavadra | 1987 – 1987 |
| Kamisese Mara | 1987 – 1992 |
| Sitiveni Rabuka | 1992 – 1999 |
| Kamisese Mara | 1993 – 1994 |
| Mahendra Chaudhry | 1999 – 2000 |
| Tevita Momoedonu | 2001 – 2001 |
| Laisenia Qarase | 2001 – 2006 |
| Jona Senilagakali | 2006 – 2007 |
| Frank Bainimarama | 2007 – 2022 |
| Sitiveni Rabuka | 2022 – … |
Ground held, by year
km² inside its borders as the borders dataset draws them, measured on an equal-area grid; a step series, held between the years the dataset maps.
21,800 km² in 1992, 21,800 km² in 2022; at its largest 21,800 km² in 1992. Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0.
Flags and arms, in order
Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.
coat of arms, from 1908Coat of arms of Fiji · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Simi Tukidia 
flag, from 1970Flag of Fiji · Public domain
What happened within it, by century
Every row the atlas hosts under this state, by the century it began in: wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey. A tall bar is a century the record is full for, which is partly a fact about Wikipedia.
1900 – 19999 rows · 1 risings, regime changes and massacres
- Frank Bainimarama · ruler · 1954 – present
- Jioji Konrote · ruler · 1947 – present
- Josefa Iloilo · ruler · 1920 – 2011
- Epeli Nailatikau · ruler · 1941 – present
- Wiliame Katonivere · ruler · 1964 – present
- Kamisese Mara · ruler · 1920 – 2004
- Naiqama Lalabalavu · ruler · 1953 – present
- Penaia Ganilau · ruler · 1918 – 1993
and 1 more in the atlas.
2000 – 20993 rows · 2 risings, regime changes and massacres
- COVID-19 pandemic in Fiji · plague · 2020
- 2006 Fijian coup d'état · adverse regime change · 2006
- 2000 Fijian coup d'état · adverse regime change · 2000
Among all states
Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.
- How long it stood39 years
stood longer than 30% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
- The most ground it held21,800 km²
held more ground at its peak than 22% of 1,465 states with a border in Cliopatria.
- Wars recorded per centurynone
had more wars on record per century than 44% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.
- Rulers on record8
has more rulers on record than 76% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.
What led to it, and what came of it
The investigation's own picture: 4 causes the record names and 0 results, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.
Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 1977 – 2036, with everything that stood beside it.
- On the map in 1988, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
- Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.
Wikidata Q712 (CC0) · borders Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0 · coast and rivers Natural Earth · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.