Marshall Islands

Aolepān Aorōkin M̧ajeļ Marshall Islands
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The Marshall Islands is a nation in Oceania. After almost four decades under United States administration as the easternmost part of the United Nations Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, the Marshall Islands attained independence in 1986 under a Compact of Free Association. Compensation claims continue as a result of US nuclear testing on some of the atolls between 1947 and 1962. The Marshall Islands hosts the US Army Kwajalein Atoll (USAKA) Reagan Missile Test Site, a key installation in the US missile defense network.

Compact of Free Association

• Compact of Free Association

Marshallese Polities

• Republic of the Marshall Islands (From 1986)
• United States: Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (1947-1987)
• Empire of Japan: Mandate of the South Seas Islands (1920-1947)

Neighbouring Nations

• Kiribati
• Micronesia (Compact of Free Association)
• Nauru
• United States

References

• The World Factbook (CIA)
  
• Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments (CIA)
  
• World Statesmen.org