_#_Organized labor: none

_*Government #_Long-form name: Republic of the Marshall Islands

_#_Type: constitutional government in free association with the US; the Compact of Free Association entered into force 21 October 1986

_#_Capital: Majuro

_#_Administrative divisions: none

_#_Independence: 21 October 1986 (from the US-administered UN trusteeship; formerly the Marshall Islands District of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands)

_#_Constitution: 1 May 1979

_#_Legal system: based on adapted Trust Territory laws, acts of the legislature, municipal, common, and customary laws

_#_National holiday: Proclamation of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, 1 May (1979)

_#_Executive branch: president, Cabinet