Tirohia te wāhanga i raro nei, kātahi ka whakautu i te pātai i muri mai i te reo kotahi me te wāhanga:  Passage: Ko te moutere o Maldives kei runga i te Chagos-Laccadive Ridge, he maunga nui o raro i te Moana Inia, e hanga ana hoki i tetahi ecoregion whenua, me te Chagos Archipelago me Lakshadweep. Ma te teitei toharite o te taumata whenua 1.5 mita (4 ft 11 in) i runga ake i te taumata moana, koinei te whenua iti rawa o te ao, ahakoa ko tona waahi taiao teitei ko tetahi o nga mea iti rawa o te ao, 5.1 mita (17 ft). Na te nui o nga raru i puta mai i te piki haere o te taumata moana, i oati te kawanatanga i te tau 2009 ki te hanga i nga Maldives hei whenua-kore-kore-kore i te tau 2019. I whakauruhia te Ihirama ki te moutere o Maldivian i te rautau 12th i whakakotahihia hei Sultanate, i te whakawhanake i nga hononga hokohoko me te ahurea kaha ki Ahia me Awherika. Mai i te waenganui o te rau tau 16, ka piki haere te mana o te rohe o nga mana koroni o Europi, me te Maldives hei kaitiaki o Ingarangi i te tau 1887. I whakawhiwhia te rangatiratanga mai i te United Kingdom i te tau 1965 ka whakapumautia he kawanatanga perehitini i te tau 1968 me te Majlis o te Iwi i pootihia. Ko ngā tekau tau e whai ake nei kua tohua e te koretake o te tōrangapū, ngā kaha ki te whakatikatika i te manapori, me ngā wero taiao i puta mai i te huringa o te āhuarangi. Ko te Maldives he mema taketake o te South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC). He mema ano hoki no te United Nations, te Organization of Islamic Cooperation, me te Non-Aligned Movement. Ko te Peeke o te Ao e whakarōpū ana i nga Maldives hei whai i te ohanga o runga ake o te moni whiwhi. Ko te hī ika te mahi ōhanga nui rawa, ā, koia tonu te rāngai nui rawa atu, ka whai ake ko te ahumahi tūruhi e tipu haere ana. Ko Maldives e kiia ana he "teitei" i runga i te Tohu Whakawhanake Tangata, me te moni whiwhi mo ia tangata he nui ake i etahi atu whenua o SAARC. Ko te Maldives he kawanatanga o te Commonwealth mai i te Hurae 1982 tae noa ki tana wehenga mai i te Commonwealth i te Oketopa 2016 hei whakahe mo nga whakahe a te ao mo ona rekoata e pa ana ki te pirau me nga tika tangata.  Pātai: He aha tētahi o ngā huarahi i whiwhi ai te Maldives i te rangatiratanga mai i te United Kingdom?
i whakatūria te kāwanatanga perehitini i te tau 1968