There are an additional 140 outer islands, of which only ten or so are inhabited. They simply want to direct for themselves their way of life. The people of Rumung, for example, tore down the only bridge that connected them with the rest of Yap, then refused to allow electric lines. The Amish of the Pacific. The rest of the main-islanders have been less overt.
Children bow when walking in front of adults.
Given names are determined not from the parents, but from the land of the village. There are over 50 villages on Yap and each has a place in a complicated caste system. Some villages are high-caste, some are low. This continues to shape the government, in which the American-style executive, legislative and judicial branches, are checked by a traditional branch. Yap is indeed a different kind of place.