What is the benefit of being a territory (US or otherwise) rather than being an independent country?

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What benefit is there for Guam, Puerto Rico, etc to being a US Territory rather than a state or an independent country?

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You get all the military protection of the host country while retaining a mostly independent government. The downside is you don’t get much political representation in the host country.

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