Talk:Federated States of Micronesia

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I would like to know what the exchange rate of euro to Micronesian boulders is?

Can you email me with answer to simon.finnegan_AT_firstdata.com.au —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 203.166.29.67 (talk • contribs) .

Anon, the FSM uses the US Dollar per the Compact of Free Association (see Art. 5, Sec. 251 (this link is the 1986 Compact; i'm pretty sure the 2003 text is the same). - Thanks, Hoshie | 12:28, 18 December 2005 (UTC)

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[edit] Non-sensical statement

I removed the following, which needs factual correction:

The flag of Micronesia is blue because it is an island surrounded by water and has four stars representing each member of the population.

-- Beland 13:08, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

While it may be hard to verify that i believe that it is true. Blue representing the ocean and the four stars representing each of the four states somewhat similar to the 50 stars on the US's Flag —Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.252.253.227 (talk • contribs)
You are probably right - see Flag of the Federated States of Micronesia - but as Beland says, the original wording was not --Henrygb 09:44, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Standards?

Needs a symbol/ flag icon like this one: Flag of Palau Palau

GeoFan49 20:18, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Proposed WikiProject

There is now a proposed WikiProject dealing with the area of Micronesia at Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals#Micronesia. Any interested parties should add their names there, so we can see if there is enough interest in this project to try to officially start it. Thank you. Badbilltucker 21:19, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Motto

I removed the motto Peace Unity Liberty. I could find no reference for it: it isn't mentioned in the constitution, doesn't appear on coins or the coat of arms, and a Google search only gives Wikipedia mirrors. Pruneautalk 23:25, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

Indeed it does appear on the coat of arms, on the scroll under the tree. Chris 04:38, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Largest city, Ronkiti

Someone needs to make a page for it.--Salaka 17:34, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Politics

Regarding the statement, "In international politics, the Federated States of Micronesia, since associated with the United States, are traditionally known as keen supporters of the State of Israel, voting almost consistently in its favor at the United Nations General Assembly." I removed the uncited and dubious statement. If returned, it should be rephrased for NPOV and used as an example (assuming it's true and has a citation) in a broader discussion of FM's international relations and foreign affairs. 65.33.142.40 17:36, 5 May 2007 (UTC) -Changed the statement to reflect the citation. The cite says FM supports US voting in the UN 100% of the time which includes all issues, not just issues related to Israel. In fact, Israel does not always vote on the side of the US according to the cite.Markbyrn 19:16, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Lovely pic

May I congratulate the beautiful picture of the stone money. It looks awesome, whoever put it there and whoever photographed it, its redundant to say well done.Tourskin 03:57, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Micronesian Scouting

Can someone render "Be Prepared", the Scout Motto, into Ulithian, Woleaian, Yapese, Pohnpeian, Kosraean, and/or Chuukese? Thanks! Chris 04:36, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Official Language

I don't see why every municipal and state language should be listed as the official languages. Only English is official at the national level. The list looks like a list of islands far enough away from each other to be a separate language. If this principle is to apply to the United States, Spanish, Chamorro, Hawaiian, Samoan and a bunch of native/Indian languages would be included, and for India--I can't imagine the length. HkCaGu (talk) 05:38, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Location Map

The location map is thoroughly inadequate to actually "see" where the country is. Does anyone have a higher resolution copy of the same image? Thanks. -- Jophus00 (talk) 01:59, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] U.S. Citizenship

So, I'm curious, and think it would be relevant to the article to describe how the independence of previous U.S. territories (such as the FSM, Palau, the RMI, the Philippines, Cuba) affects the citizenship of it's residents. Did these people not have U.S. citizenship before the independence? If they did, how did they lose it? Doesn't the U.S. Constitution prevent that? Should Former U.S. Territories get their own article? At the moment, the closest thing is this section of the Historic regions of the United States article. - Eric (talk) 07:39, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

To my knowledge, no groups have lost U.S. citizenship. Palau, FSM, and RMI were only trust territory and never belonged to the United States (it was a "U.N. trust"). They never had U.S. citizenship. As for real territories, their people are not U.S. citizens unless granted by the U.S. government. To my knowledge, all former territories now independent of the U.S. were never granted citizenship.