Comment by triyambakam
20 hours ago
The Kingdom of Tonga stood out to me. Are you still there? Why were you there? It's a very interesting place, especially for anyone not from there. I'm only adjacently aware as someone who spent most of my life in a different Polynesian country.
Long story, but HM George V and I were good friends and business partners in some ventures. Most significant of which was the commercialization of the .TO ccTLD, in 1997, the first to compete with .COM. Do a search on my name and Tonga for details.
You sound like a character in a Neal Stephenson novel (in a good way!). I don't suppose the two of you ever had contact?
Was curious too and this came up: https://www.irishtimes.com/news/to-be-or-not-to-be-1.101984