Ceylon (Without Islam)

'''Ceylon | Democratic Socialist Republic of Ceylon | ශ්‍රී ලංකා ප්‍රජාතාන්ත්‍රික සමාජවාදී ජනරජය | Śrī Laṃkā Prajathanthrika Samajavadi Janarajaya (Sinhalese) | இலங்கை ஜனநாயக சோசலிசக் குடியரசு | Ilaṅkai Caṉanāyaka Cōṣalisak Kuṭiyarasu (Tamil)'''

Capital: Colombo

Largest city: Colombo (555,031)

Official languages: Sinhalese · Tamil

Co-official language: English

Other languages: Indigenous minority languages

Religions: Buddhism (70.2%), Hinduism (17.4%), Catholic Christianity (6.1%), Protestant Christianity (1.3%), Others (0.4%), Non-religious (4.6%)

Demonym: Ceylonese

Government: Constitutional republic | Unitary semi-presidential

President: Mahinda Rajapaksa

Prime Minister: Disanayaka Mudiyanselage Jayaratne

Legislature: Parliament

Independence (from United Kingdom):

-Dominion: 4 February 1948

-Republic: 22 May 1978

Area: 65,610 km2

Population (2012): 20,277,597

Currency: Ceylonese rupee (LKR)

Internet TLD: .lk