_#_Labor force: NA; two-thirds are government employees; 45,000 people are between the ages of 15 and 65
_#_Organized labor: NA
_*Government #_Long-form name: Federated States of Micronesia (no short-form name)
_#_Type: constitutional government in free association with the US; the Compact of Free Association entered into force 3 November 1986
_#_Capital: Kolonia (on the island of Pohnpei); note—a new capital is being built about 10 km southwest in the Palikir valley
_#_Administrative divisions: 4 states; Kosrae, Pohnpei, Chuuk, Yap
_#_Independence: 3 November 1986 (from the US-administered UN Trusteeship; formerly the Kosrae, Pohnpei, Truk, and Yap districts of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands)
_#_Constitution: 10 May 1979
_#_Legal system: based on adapted Trust Territory laws, acts of the legislature, municipal, common, and customary laws
_#_National holiday: Proclamation of the Federated States of Micronesia, 10 May (1979)