The Federated States of Micronesia, or simply Micronesia, is an island country in Micronesia, a region of Oceania. The federation encompasses the majority of the Caroline Islands and consists of four
Manila Galleon in the Marianas and Carolinas, c. 1590 Boxer Codex
Sea Hawk helicopter (US Navy) flies over the waters of Chuuk, Micronesia.
The FSS Tosiwo Nakayama, a Guardian-class patrol boat of the Federated States of Micronesia
A view of Kolonia Town from Sokehs Ridge in Pohnpei
Compact of Free Association
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The Compacts of Free Association are international agreements establishing and governing the relationships of free association between the United States and the three Pacific Island sovereign states o
Federated States of Micronesia
…10, 1979, the islands ratified a constitutional government and then became a sovereign state after attaining independence on November 3, 1986—under a Compact of Free Association with the United States. Other neighboring island entities (also former members of the TTPI) also formed constitutional governments, becoming the Republic…
Representatives of the Compact states meeting in Kolonia, Micronesia, in August 2019. Left to right: U.S. secretary of state Mike Pompeo, Micronesian president David Panuelo, Marshallese president Hilda Heine, and Palauan vice president Raynold Oilouch
The USCGC Oliver Berry and the RMIS Lomor on a joint patrol