Republican Party 8, Democratic Party 7

note: Guam elects one delegate to the US House of Representatives;
election last held 7 November 2000 (next to be held NA November
2002); results - Robert UNDERWOOD was reelected as delegate; percent
of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - Democratic Party 1

Judicial branch: Federal District Court (judge is appointed by the
president); Territorial Superior Court (judges appointed for
eight-year terms by the governor)

Political parties and leaders: Democratic Party (party of the
Governor) [leader NA]; Republican Party (controls the legislature)
[leader NA]

Political pressure groups and leaders: NA

International organization participation: ESCAP (associate),
Interpol (subbureau), IOC, SPC

Diplomatic representation in the US: none (territory of the US)

Diplomatic representation from the US: none (territory of the US)

Flag description: territorial flag is dark blue with a narrow red
border on all four sides; centered is a red-bordered, pointed,
vertical ellipse containing a beach scene, outrigger canoe with
sail, and a palm tree with the word GUAM superimposed in bold red
letters; US flag is the national flag

Guam Economy

Economy - overview: The economy depends on US military spending,
tourism, and the export of fish and handicrafts. Total US grants,
wage payments, and procurement outlays amounted to $1 billion in
1998. Over the past 20 years, the tourist industry has grown
rapidly, creating a construction boom for new hotels and the
expansion of older ones. More than 1 million tourists visit Guam
each year. The industry has recently suffered setbacks because of
the continuing Japanese slowdown; the Japanese normally make up
almost 90% of the tourists. Most food and industrial goods are
imported. Guam faces the problem of building up the civilian
economic sector to offset the impact of military downsizing.

GDP: purchasing power parity - $3.2 billion (2000 est.)

GDP - real growth rate: NA%

GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity - $21,000 (2000 est.)

GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: NA%

industry: 15% (1993)

services: NA%

Population below poverty line: NA%

Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: NA%

highest 10%: NA%

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 0% (1999 est.)

Labor force: 60,000 (2000 est.)

Labor force - by occupation: federal and territorial government 26%,
private 74% (trade 24%,