St. Vincent and the Grenadines is a southern Caribbean nation comprising a main island, St. Vincent, and a chain of smaller ones.Its capital isKingstown, also its main port. Saint Vincent has aFrenchandBritishcolonial history and is now part of theOrganisation of Eastern Caribbean States,CARICOM, theCommonwealth of Nations, theBolivarian Alliance for the Americasand the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC).The main mother tongue isVincentian Creoleand the official language is English.