Territories of the United States (Liberty Nests in the Orient)

In addition to 48 states in the mainland and the states of Hawaii and Alaska, the United States maintains several overseas possessions located in the Caribbean, the Pacific, and the Philippines. Eight territories are self-governing while the rest are mostly uninhabited isolated atolls.

These areas are mainly administered by the U.S. Department of the Interior, with wildlife and weather mainly focused by the National Oceanic Atmosphere Administration (NOAA) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services.