I think there is a good bet that Paris is farther than Oslo is from
it's most distant dependency in the south Pacific. Try Wallis &
Futuna. It's halfway around the world from Paris, and quite some
distance south to boot. Oslo is a third of the way to the Equator
from the North Polo and Bouvet is maybe a quarter of the way north
from the South Pole, but almost directly south of Oslo, denying it
credit for any mileage along the earth's E-W circumference. Without
looking, it would almsot have to be farther than anything suggested
thus far.

Before anyone writes back with "objection", I know and acknolwedge up
front that Wallis has three tribes and a local tribal government. I
know one or two parties will write shoot back about the definition of
"it's government" will try to "disqualify" my suggestion and goad me
into sematics over it, but it doesn't change the fact that the
sovereign administers it from Paris. Bouvet has a party on the island
and if one wants to "get into it" about the nature of government the
locals have over themselves in Wallis, consider beforehand the
autonomous nature of the party out on Bouvet to regulate their own
local affairs. Diego Garcia, too, has a quite a local government in
pace, which surprises me that anyone suggests it is governed solely
from the homeland - it runs a lpost office, issues stamps, has a
governor, etc., and it's local administration excercises its sovereign
prerogatives; it monitors and administers the US-UK lease and the
Status of Forces Treaty the UK has with the United States.

I don't have recent information, but in the mid 1980s, the British
Foreign Office had a fellow named John Topp, posted as colonial
"Administrator". The administrator governed with "Naval Party NP2002"
on the islands. It comprised of a small administrative team and a
number of Scotland Yard personnel for law enforcement.

LN