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During the nineteenth century all Polynesian nations were colonised for strategic purposes and remained under direct European rule except for Tonga which became a protectorate and retains its monarchy to this day. What POD would be needed so that most Polynesian nations could have a similar situation instead of being annexed and loosing their monarchies?