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The Oceanic Commonwealth of States, short-named Oceanic, is a U.S. state located in the Caribbean, Pacific, and northwest extremities of the country's West Coast. Containing the states (OC) of Puerto Rico, Hawai'i, Alaska, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa, Oceanic is a very geographically spread out state, being the only U.S. state to have territory in all four hemispheres.

Oceanic is the least populated U.S. state, with a population just above 5,500,000 (1986). Its largest city is Honlulu, Hawai'i, which contains just over 6% of the state's population. Oceanic has no formal state capitol, and its Governor is known to relocate in a new federally-recognized county of Oceanic every few months, due to the large geographic and cultural dispersion.

Under Oceanic law, the U.S. state is referred to as a Commonwealth, while its direct subsidiaries (e.g. Hawai'i, Puerto Rico, etc.) are referred to as states.

Capital
Under Oceanic Executive Order 050, the Oceanic Commonwealth of States has 7 capitals:


 * Juneau, Alaska
 * Honolulu, Hawai'i
 * San Juan, Puerto Rico
 * Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands
 * Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands
 * Hagåtña, Guam
 * Pago Pago, American Samoa

The Governor of Oceanic is required by the same law to spend at least 6 months of their term at each capital.

Commonwealth Government
The Commonwealth (State) Government of the Oceanic Commonwealth of States is composed of the Governor of Oceanic, who is elected by popular vote quadrennially, the Lieutenant Governor of Oceanic, who is nominated by the Governor and confirmed by popular referendum, and the members of the Cabinet of Oceanic, who are appointed and serve at the pleasure of the Governor.

The Oceanic Constitution enables citizens to pass laws and take executive action through petitions, which require 5 signatures to move to a popular referendum.

Federal Representatives
As of 1986, Oceanic has 6 members in the House of Representatives and 3 members of the U.S. Senate.

Senate
See main article: List of United States senators from Oceanic