Thanks for the info. That doesn't make them states, though.

>Mike,
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>FWIW there are 62 valid US Postal "states" these 12 don't have stars on the flag:
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>AS	AMERICAN SAMOA
>AA	ARMED FORCES AMERICAS
>AE	ARMED FORCES EUROPE, MIDDLE EAST, CANADA
>AP	ARMED FORCES PACIFIC
>DC	DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
>FM	FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA
>GU	GUAM
>MH	MARSHALL ISLANDS
>MP	NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS
>PW	PALAU
>PR	PUERTO RICO
>VI	VIRGIN ISLANDS
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>>It's really neither. It's not a country and it's not a state. It does not fit into your model of countries and provinces/states. I guess it's closer to a state but you wouldn't want to do a SQL Select and come up with 51 U.S. states, would you? (Not to mention Washington, DC, which also doesn't fit).