Palau

FORUM MEMBERSHIP: 1995
INDEPENDENCE DAY: 1 October 1994
CAPITAL: Melekeok, Babeldoab
AREA: 460 sq km
EEZ: 600,900 sq km
POPULATION: 18,000 (2015)
LANGUAGE: English, Palauan
CURRENCY: United States Dollar
ECONOMY: Tourism, services, subsistence agriculture, fisheries
STATUS: Constitutional government in free association with the US
HEAD OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT: President H.E. Surangel Whipps, Jr
WEBSITE: www.palaugov.org