“Striving towards Self Reliance and Maintaining Sustainability”
Introduction
The Constitution of the FSM – ratified in 1978 at the dawn of the Federation’s young nationhood –
states: “We affirm our common wish to live together in peace and harmony, to preserve the heritage of
the past, and to protect the promise of the future...to become the proud guardian of our own islands,
now and forever.”
This nation of 607 islands, atolls and islets,…