The Bahamas is called officially the Commonwealth of The Bahamas.
 In terms of gross domestic product per capita, The Bahamas is one of the richest independent countries in the Americas (following the United States and Canada), with an economy based on tourism and offshore finance
== Naming and etymology ==The name Bahamas is derived from the Lucayan name Bahama ('large upper middle island'), used by the indigenous Tano people for the island of Grand Bahama

