US Virgin Islands

Virgin Islands are located in the Caribbean, between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, east of Puerto Rico, with terrain that is mostly hilly to rugged and mountainous with little flat land. The climate is subtropical, tempered by easterly trade winds, with relatively low humidity and little seasonal temperature variation and a rainy season from September to November. Charlotte Amalie serves as the capital, and the Virgin Islands have a population of approximately 103,792 people who speak English, Spanish, and French.

The Virgin Islands have a high-income, tourism-based American territorial economy that experienced severe COVID-19 economic disruptions and is highly susceptible to hurricanes. Key industries are centered on tourism, and the territory is a major rum distillery. The Virgin Islands face high public debt and the sluggish reopening of a large oil refinery. The territory is an unincorporated organized territory of the United States with local self-government.