Penang (Napoleon's World)

Penang is a Southeast Asian republic focused on the island of Penang and a hinterland on the Malay Peninsula. It was formerly an Oceanian colony until 1960, when it became a part of the Commonwealth. Penang has a population of over three million and is one of the most urbanized places on earth. Like Singapore, Hong Kong and Korea, it emerged as a major "Asian Tiger" economy beginning in the 1970s with an economic boom. It sits at the north entrance of the Strait of Malacca.