The Wealthy and Beautiful Sultanate of Brunei

[Selurong]

Brunei!



Asides from Singapore, Brunei is another developed nation located in Southeast Asia.

At the peak of the Bruneian Empire, Sultan Bolkiah (reigned 1485–1528) is alleged to have had control over most regions of Borneo, including modern-day Sarawak and Sabah, as well as the Sulu archipelago off the northeast tip of Borneo, Seludong (modern-day Manila), and the islands off the northwest tip of Borneo. The maritime state was visited by Spain's Magellan Expedition in 1521 and fought against Spain in 1578's Castille War.

During the 19th century, the Bruneian Empire began to decline. The Sultanate ceded Sarawak (Kuching) to James Brooke and installed him as the White Rajah, and it ceded Sabah to the British North Borneo Chartered Company. In 1888, Brunei became a British protectorate and was assigned a British resident as colonial manager in 1906. After the Japanese occupation during World War II, in 1959 a new constitution was written. In 1962, a small armed rebellion against the monarchy was ended with the help of the British.[11]

Brunei gained its independence from the United Kingdom on 1 January 1984. Economic growth during the 1990s and 2000s, averaging 56% from 1999 to 2008, transformed Brunei into an industrialised country. It has developed wealth from extensive petroleum and natural gas fields. Brunei has the second-highest Human Development Index among the Southeast Asia nations, after Singapore, and is classified as a "developed country"

[Selurong]

@Zhaoyun

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You don't really need to be Chinese to wealthy in Southeast Asia, as can be seen in Brunei were the native Malays hold the wealth.

And Brunei's GDP per capita is larger than that of Japan or South Korea and larger than Germany, the United Kingdom or the United States'.

It is the world's 4rth richest nation and has a GDP per capita slightly above Kuwait's and the UAE.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...PP)_per_capita

[zhaoyun]

@Zhaoyun



You don't really need to be Chinese to wealthy in Southeast Asia, as can be seen in Brunei were the native Malays hold the wealth.

And Brunei's GDP per capita is larger than that of Japan or South Korea and larger than Germany, the United Kingdom or the United States'.

It is the world's 4rth richest nation and has a GDP per capita slightly above Kuwait's and the UAE.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...PP)_per_capita

Dat Oil Tho

[Shah-Jehan]

The crown princess doe.

[Selurong]

Dat Oil Tho

But they managed that oil resource properly. Bolivia and Libya also have oil but they're dirt poor.

XD

[Selurong]

The crown princess doe.

She's a beaut.