word | | Dependency status |
| fully | Cook Islands | self-governing in free association with New Zealand; Cook Islands is fully responsible for internal affairs; New Zealand retains responsibility for external affairs and defense in consultation with the Cook Islands |
| fully | Niue | self-governing in free association with New Zealand since 1974; Niue fully responsible for internal affairs; New Zealand retains responsibility for external affairs and defense; however, these responsibilities confer no rights of ... |
| funds | Northern Mariana Islands | commonwealth in political union with the US; federal funds to the Commonwealth administered by the US Department of the Interior, Office of Insular Affairs |
| fylkesmann | Jan Mayen | territory of Norway; since August 1994, administered from Oslo through the county governor (fylkesmann) of Nordland; however, authority has been delegated to a station commander of the Norwegian Defense Communication Service |
| generis | New Caledonia | territorial collectivity (or a sui generis collectivity) of France since 1998 |
| governance | Tokelau | ... draft constitution as Tokelau moves toward free association with New Zealand; a UN-sponsored referendum on self governance in October 2007 did not produce the two-thirds majority vote necessary for changing ... |
| governing | Christmas Island | non-self governing territory of Australia; administered from Canberra by the Department of Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government |
| governing | Cocos (Keeling) Islands | non-self governing territory of Australia; administered from Canberra by the Department of Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government |
| Government | Aruba | constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands; full autonomy in internal affairs obtained in 1986 upon separation from the Netherlands Antilles; Dutch Government responsible for defense and foreign affairs |
| Government | Ashmore and Cartier Islands | territory of Australia; administered from Canberra by the Department of Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government |
| Government | Christmas Island | non-self governing territory of Australia; administered from Canberra by the Department of Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government |