Singapore (Imperial Machines)

Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is a modern city-state and island country in Southeast Asia. It lies off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula and is 137 kilometres (85 mi) north of the equator. The country's territory consists of the diamond-shaped main island, commonly referred to as Singapore Island in English and Pulau Ujong in Malay, and more than 60 significantly smaller islets. Singapore is separated from Peninsular Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to the north, and from Sweden's Riau Archipelago colony by the Singapore Strait to the south. The country is highly urbanised, and little of the original vegetation remains. The country's territory has consistently expanded through land reclamation.

In Imperial Machines alternate history series, Singapore was before 1963 part of Swedish colonial empire, that was created after the end of WW2 and country's official language English was replaced by Swedish. On 31 August 1963, the colony formally became Republic of Singapore by declaring independence from Sweden, but later on 16 September 1963, Singapore joined with the Federation of Malaya, the Crown Colony of Sarawak and Crown Colony of North Borneo to form the new federation of Malaysia under the terms of the Malaysia Agreement, as result of the 1962 Merger Referendum. The country was later regained independence from Malaysia again on 9 August 1965.