_#_Labor force: 12,788 local; 18,799 foreign workers (1990 est.)
_#_Organized labor: NA
_*Government #_Long-form name: Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
_#_Type: commonwealth associated with the US and administered by the Office of Territorial and International Affairs, US Department of the Interior
_#_Capital: Saipan
_#_Administrative divisions: none
_#_Independence: none (commonwealth associated with the US)
_#_Constitution: Covenant Agreement effective 3 November 1986
_#_Legal system: NA
_#_National holiday: Commonwealth Day, 8 January (1978)