Kiribas wæsƿæs [[Bryttisc lundbūnes|Bryttisc landrīce]] oð 1979 þan weardonƿeardon þās īega sundorrīce. Hiera hēafodstōl and se stede mid þæm mǣstan þicnesse of wūnendumƿūnendum is [[Sūþ Tarawa|Sūþ Taraƿa]], se consists of mangig īgoþum, gecnyttede mid brycgum and þās gecnyttede igoþ sind [[Tarawa|Taraƿa]] þære hringīege healfdæl.
Kiribas is a member þære [[Þēodacynewīse|ÞēodacynewīsanÞēodacyneƿīsan]] and þæs [[Geānlǣhtedan Þēoda Gyld]]es siððan 1999.
==Nama==
In hiera agansprǣce sind þās īegland 'Kiribati' ac man secgð 'Kiribas', and hiera naman ceas þæt rīce æt his syndringe of BretwarumBretƿarum. Se nama is of þæm NīwengliscanNīƿengliscan naman ''Gilberts'' forþæm þe Kiribas mǣsta īeghēap sind þā [[Gilbertīega]], þā sind genemned æfter Thomas Gilbert sciphlāford and Bryttisc afandere. He sighted many of the islands in 1788 hwīlumhƿīlum he wrōhtedeƿrōhtede landscite þæs Yttera begang faroþ of [[Jacksonhȳð]]e to [[Canton]].<ref name=LifeMagazine1944-05-22>
{{cite news |url = http://books.google.ca/books?id=bk8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA91 |title = The Gilberts & Marshalls: A distinguished historian recalls the past of two recently captured pacific groups |journal= Life |date = 1944-05-22 |author = Samuel Eliot Morison |accessdate = 2009-10-14 }}</ref>
Man wrīteðƿrīteð ''Kiribati'' in þǣm Gilbertiscum gereord forþǣm þe se ǣrresta Godspellboda se geaf bōcstæf þǣm gereorde ðe he meaht onwendanonƿendan þone [[Godspell]] in Gilbertisce næfð 's' on his typewriter and brōc ''ti'' for his stefn.