Crossword-Solution: PALAU 5 letters, 84 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 7

Box 6028, Koror, Republic of Palau 96940); telephone 160-680-920 or 990 _#_Flag: light blue with a large yellow disk (representing the moon) shifted slightly to the hoist side _*_Economy _#_Overview: The economy consists primarily of subsistence agriculture and fishing.

Tourism provides some foreign exchange, although the remote location of Palau and a shortage of suitable facilities has hindered development.

Palau concluded a Compact of Free Association with the US that was approved by the US Congress but to date the Compact process has not been completed in Palau, which continues to be administered by the US as the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.

Box 6028, Koror, PW 96940 telephone: (680) 488-2920; (680) 488-2911 Flag: light blue with a large yellow disk (representing the moon) shifted slightly to the hoist side *Pacific Islands, Trust Territory of the (Palau), Economy Overview: The economy consists primarily of subsistence agriculture and fishing.

The compact of "free association" with the United States, entered into after the end of the UN trusteeship on 1 October 1994, provides Palau with $500 million in US aid over 15 years in return for furnishing some military facilities.