If it looks like a piece is going to fall in the United States, either continental or one of our territories, like American Samoa, we are the interface between state and local officials.
Like Samoa, both Fiji and Tonga have lost former heads of state in recent years: Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, a former president of Fiji, died in 2004 and King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV of Tonga died in 2006.