_#_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