Federated States of Micronesia
What the source says
Referenced, awaiting primary-source reviewAdopted on 30 November 1978. The blue field represents the Pacific Ocean. The stars represent the four federated states: Chuuk, Pohnpei, Kosrae and Yap, arranged like the points of the compass. It is based on the flag of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands; a four-star variation of the former trust territory flag was adopted on 30 November 1978.
Referenced, not verified: a secondary work states this, and the document that constitutes the flag has not been read for this entry. What the marks mean.
Colors and meaning
Symbolism and history(r1)
Four white five-pointed stars, one for each of the federation's constituent states (Chuuk, Pohnpei, Kosrae and Yap), are arranged like the points of a compass on a plain light blue field, a four-star variation of the former Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands flag adopted in 1978.
Most similar flags
The 6 closest of the 194 other national flags, ranked by a similarity index computed from the flag images themselves. The number is that index, 0–100 — not a claim that the two flags are “X% identical”.
- Djibouti61
a similar overall colour and layout.
- Somalia45
a similar overall colour and layout.
- Finland44
a similar overall colour and layout.
- Saint Lucia44
a similar overall colour and layout.
- Tuvalu43
a similar overall colour and layout.
- Iceland42
a similar overall colour and layout.
Computed at build time: each flag is rasterised to 64x48, and the score is 0.55 × colour overlap + 0.45 × structure. A different weighting would rank these differently. How the index works.
References — not verification
(r1) Referenced to Flag of the Federated States of Micronesia (Wikipedia (English)) on 2026-07-17. States the adoption year, which colors the flag has, what the colors mean and the symbolism and history on this page. The passage it states them in is quoted at the top of this entry.
Further reading: Flag of the Federated States of Micronesia on Wikipedia