Brunei
Brunei (officially Nation of Brunei, Abode of Peace) is a country in South-Eastern Asia, with its capital at Bandar Seri Begawan, and is home to roughly 462.7K people.
Malay is the official language; the currency in circulation is Brunei dollar ($) and Singapore dollar ($); people from here are called Bruneian.
- »Oil and gas make it one of the wealthiest countries in Southeast Asia, and citizens pay no income tax.
Brunei has exactly one neighbour: Malaysia to the south.
Bandar Seri Begawan holds Kampong Ayer, a settlement of stilt houses over the river that has been inhabited for over a thousand years and once impressed Magellan's chronicler.
5,743 km² (2,217 sq mi), 166th largest of 198 countries and territories on file, almost exactly the size of Palestine.
Population 462,721, 172nd of 198 on file. That averages 81 per km² (209 per sq mi).
The yellow field is the traditional colour of the Sultan; the crest carries a royal umbrella, wings, hands and a crescent, above a scroll bearing the state motto.