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Republic of Indonesia Timeline: Victory To The Rising Sun
Republik Indonesia (Indonesian) OTL equivalent: Indonesia with Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Papua New Guinea | ||||||
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| Anthem: Indonesia Raya "Great Indonesia" |
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| Capital | Jakarta | |||||
| Official languages | Indonesian | |||||
| Demonym | Indonesian | |||||
| Government | Unitary presidential republic | |||||
| - | President | WIP | ||||
| - | Vice President | WIP | ||||
| Legislature | People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) | |||||
| Independence from the Netherlands and Japan | ||||||
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| - | 2022 estimate | 284,708,800 | ||||
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, parts of Borneo, and New Guinea. Indonesia is the world's largest archipelagic state and the 14th-largest country by area, at 1,904,569 square kilometres (735,358 square miles). With over 275 million people, Indonesia is the world's fourth-most populous country and the most populous Muslim-majority country. Java, the world's most populous island, is home to more than half of the country's population.
Indonesia is a presidential republic with an elected legislature. It has 37 provinces, of which eight have special status. The country's capital, Jakarta, is the world's second-most populous urban area. Indonesia shares land borders with Australia and Brunei, as well as maritime borders with Singapore, Vietnam, Thailand, the northern part of Philippines and India. Despite its large population and densely populated regions, Indonesia has vast areas of wilderness that support one of the world's highest levels of biodiversity.
The Indonesian archipelago has been a valuable region for trade since at least the 7th century when Srivijaya and later Majapahit traded with entities from mainland China and the Indian subcontinent. Local rulers gradually absorbed foreign influences from the early centuries, and Hindu and Buddhist kingdoms flourished. Sunni traders and Sufi scholars brought Islam, while Christianity was spread by Europeans. Although the Portuguese, the French and British also ruled at some point, the Dutch were the foremost colonial power for much of their 350-year presence in the archipelago. The concept of "Indonesia" as a nation-state emerged in the early 20th century, culminating later in the proclamation of Indonesian Independence in 1945.
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