Jack of Harts

The Northern Mariana Islands are best described as a collection of corporate-owned islands prospering under the protection of a major United States base that are mostly American. Partially. They are part of Micronesia, which is a Member State of Pacifica, which is a State Alliance in the United States of America. But do not make the mistake of thinking them just another piece of American real estate on the ocean. Their business is business, and anything that makes business harder is against their moral code. Which has led to a number of unhappy incidents over the centuries, especially when labor unions and businesses disagree over those matters. Many islands have actually banned labor unions at one time or another, or to a lesser or greater degree, but the United States Supreme Court has struck those laws down at every opportunity. They still try to break the unions as much as possible, though the businesses that crossed the line into outright breaking of union members have not enjoyed their treatment when the Department of Labor walked in to do the breaking.