that more than 10,000 Agalegans today live in Mauritius itself. Geography North Island is long and wide while South Island is long and wide. The total area of both islands is . The soil is likely coral. The culmination is at the top of the hill Emmer on the island in the north. The climate is hot and humid and the average annual temperature is , ranging from a minimum of and a maximum of . April is the hottest month of the year. The tropical climate is conducive to the development of mangrove and coconut trees that cover the two islets. Economy Agaléga is managed by a company of the State of Mauritius, the Outer Island Development Company (OIDC), a company which develops remote islands. The company delegates a resident manager, a kind of steward, who is the supreme authority on the two islets. The economy of the archipelago is based primarily on the exportation of coconut oil. Loss of sovereignty Sovereignty is linked to the notion of nationhood, independence, territorial borders, internal decision-taking, national pride and patriotism. It is also intimately linked and derived, in this case, from the Constitution of Mauritius which lists Agalega as being a constituent part of the sovereignty of the Republic of Mauritius. In the absence of any freedom of information (FOIA) laws in Mauritius, it is difficult to factually confirm but the construction of an Indian military base in Agalega for the Indian Navy and for military aircraft of the Indian Air Force appears to have been completed and is a fait accompli. CSIS in May 2022 released images of aeroplane hangars on Agaléga for India's P-8I Poseidon aircraft which were nearing completion in November 2022. The extent of the loss of sovereignty with the Indian "occupation" of Agalega with regard to the nationhood of Mauritius (running down the population of creoles on the island by not allowing births is drawing parallels with the British Colonials in the Chagos Archipelago), its independence (with regard to Mauritius' inability hence to avoid being drawn into a global nuclear war and becoming an unwilling nuclear holocaust victim) is difficult to assess given the secrecy of the military agreement with India but this has affected national pride and the patriotism of Mauritian citizens as perceiving this militarisation of Agalega as being modern day Indian neo-colonialism. In the same year that Mauritius signed its agreement with India,