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| - The flag of the Pitcairn Islands, a non-self-governing overseas territory of the United Kingdom. The flag is a blue ensign with the island's coat of arms in the fly.
- The Pitcairns were most noted for being the islands where the crew of the Bounty thrived after throwing off the shackles of Bligh's hellish ship. The community grew substantially, with the Tahitans and Englishmen getting along well. Few outsiders have joined the island paradise but the population has swelled to 4,400 (and two government officials who make sure everything is running smoothly and that there are no more mutinies). In the late 1800's missionaries visited the islands preaching Zoroastrianism. Most of the islanders initially took to the religion, those who didn't were burned, as is the Zoroastrian custom. About 200 people were killed in the 'purgings'. Nowadays the religious zeal is as strong as ever and is the greatest stronghold of Zoroastrians after Iran and California. In 1923 the British decided to claim the islands as their own since their ancestors made up most of the population. Tahiti, however, had already made claims to the island. The Tahiti-Pitcairn Wars followed, as a series of skirmishes and naval battles over a two year period, ending, finally as a victory for the British. No lives were lost on either side, except for one British soldier who wandered off a cliff, drunk. In 1959 the islands were becoming so overcrowded that forced removals were necessary. Skyscrapers were being erected as housing units and little vegetation remained. 500 islanders were removed to a new colony of Easter Island. The Easter Island colonists discovered that the island was already inhabited by fiersome stone heads, many of whom would eat the would-be colonists before they fled and departed for safer islands. They reached Hawaii, and becoming the first non-natives/non-'ethnic people' their presence allowed for the United States to finally claim the island chain as a state. Talks in 2006 as to whether another removal should take place are being raised.
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