Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago — for those of you who are geographically challenged as I am — are a pair of islands in the Caribbean, of which Trinidad is substantially bigger, and Tobago doesn’t have a lot going for it. Even with only 54,000 inhabitants (out of a countrywide 1.3 million), there’s still a group of people within Tobago who want to split off into their own nation. See, Trinidad has natural gas, petrochemicals and steel. Tobago is tiny and has tourism. That’s it. It’s gorgeous and an astonishing place, but that’s not enough for countryhood. Besides, breaking up Trinidad and Tobago? That’s like splitting up peanut butter and jelly! It just ain’t happening!