Federated States of Micronesia. The Federated States of Micronesia ( ; abbreviated FSM), or simply Micronesia, is an island country in Micronesia, a subregion of Oceania. The federation consists of four states???from west to east: Yap, Chuuk, Pohnpei, and Kosrae???that span across the western Pacific just north of the equator, for a longitudinal distance of almost 2,700 km (1,700 mi). Together, the states comprise around 607 islands and a combined land area of approximately 702 km2 or 271 sq mi. The entire island nation lies across the northern Pacific accordingly: northeast of Indonesia and Papua New Guinea; south of Guam and the Marianas; west of Nauru and the Marshall Islands; east of Palau and the Philippines; about 2,900 km (1,800 mi) north of eastern Australia, 3,400 km (2,100 mi) southeast of Japan; and some 4,000 km (2,485 mi) southwest of Honolulu of the Hawaiian Islands. The country's total land area is relatively...
