Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (officially Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka) is a country in Southern Asia, with its capital at Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, and is home to roughly 21.9M people.
Its official languages are Sinhala, Tamil; the currency in circulation is Sri Lankan rupee (Rs රු); people from here are called Sri Lankan.
> INTEL_
> NOTABLE_
- »Sri Lanka has been a major exporter of cinnamon and tea for centuries.
- »Sigiriya, a palace and fortress complex, sits atop a 200 m rock column.
> BORDERS_
Sri Lanka has exactly one neighbour: India to the north.
> THE CAPITAL_
Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte is the official capital and holds parliament, though Colombo remains the commercial centre and is what most people mean by the capital.
> SCALE_
65,975 km² (25,473 sq mi), 121st largest of 198 countries and territories on file, almost exactly the size of Latvia.
Population 21,916,000, 61st of 198 on file. That averages 332 per km² (860 per sq mi).
> THE FLAG_
The lion holding a sword represents the Sinhalese; the orange and green stripes were added to represent Tamil and Muslim communities. The four bo leaves at the corners stand for Buddhist virtues.