Countries with the Southernmost Northernmost Point

I use the grouping system: 4 5-letter words: Palau, Nauru, Samoa and Tonga, 2 XXX islands: Marshall Islands and Solomen Islands, and the rest are easy

After the three big ones, I first use ending letters, then name lengths: Tonga and Samoa, Fiji and Kiribati, Palau and Nauru, Vanuatu and Tuvalu (which are almost anagrams of each other), Marshall/Solomon Islands, with Micronesia the third big island group.

I do Fiji+Kiribati, Tonga+Samoa, Solomon Islands+Marshall Islands, Nauru+Tuvalu+Vanuatu+Palau, Micronesia.

I do PNG Australia New Zealand (big 3) then I do Fiji Samoa Tonga (3 off to the side) then Tuvalu Vanuatu Nauru (3 that rhyme) followed by Marshall Islands and Solomon Islands (both names have islands) and lastly Kiribati FSM Palau (3 stretching east west) It might sound complicated but for me it works!

I think about location on a map

I don't know how I came to think like this, but I do it in these groups:

Australia, New Zealand

Marshall Islands, Kiribati

Nauru, Palau

Solomon Islands, Vanuatu

Tonga, Tuvalu, Fiji

Samoa

Micronesia

I do it with a song called "Tour the World" by Marbles the brain store. The song basically goes 'Palau, Nauru, Tonga, Samoa, Solomon Islands and Australia, these are the places I wanna meet ya, lets go to Micronesia. These are the pacific islands, Fiji islands, Marshall Islands, Vanuatu and Tuvalu. Don't forget New Zealand. PNG is gorgeous, Kiribati is also known as Kiribus. Song link: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwifga3Trt76AhX56jgGHS71DZIQyCl6BAgYEAM&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DLZFF8EuaGjM&usg=AOvVaw2WSthVD5i07ayOHPjxw5mE

I do:

Big 3 - Australia, NZ, PNG

M - Marshall Islands, Micronesia

S - Solomon Islands, Samoa

Rhymes (if you pronounce them incorrectly) - Vanuatu, Tuvalu, Nauru, Palau

The rest - Kiribati, Tonga, Fiji

My trick is

Islands (Solomon and marshall)

Small countries (Tuvalu, Nauru, palau)

Little known Southern countries (Tonga, samoa)

Then Fiji and Vanuatu

And the big three (Australia, nz, png)

Finally Kiribati and Micronesia

All of our ways to remember Oceania countries will change once Bougainvillea becomes a country

My strategy: knock out the main three, then get those above the equator (plus Nauru). Then get the rest.

The only other region where I use a "strategy" is the Caribbean. First get the Greater Antilles (including the Bahamas), then the Saints, then the X and Xs, and end with the one-words.

The instructions ARE a little confusing

Maybe countries who’s northernmost point is the most southern

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