Yep, CNMI was part of the US Trust Territory formed after WWII...actually the capitol was here (and one area is still called "Capitol Hill").

No, all the territories don't have the same status...Guam, 120 miles south of here, has a different arrangement...not sure if there are any other countries that are a commonwealth. Am. Samoa is not, I know.
>>>What country is CNMI?
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>>>Vlad
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>>Marshall Islands.
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>Nope. Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, a U.S. territory. It and the now independent Marshall Islands were parts of the old U.S. Trust Territory of the Pacific. She may correct me if I'm wrong.
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>I have often wondered which of our territories, other than Puerto Rico, are "commonwealths" and whether all of those territories actually have the same status.