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Brunei

Brunei is a sultanate on the north coast of Borneo, split into two parts by Malaysia's Limbang district. It chose not to join Malaysia in 1963, became independent from Britain in 1984, and has run on oil and gas since a strike at Seria in 1929.

Wooden houses on stilts above the water at Kampong Ayer, with a mosque dome rising behind them

Kampong Ayer, Bandar Seri Begawan

Photo: Pangalau, CC BY-SA 4.0

Yellow stands for the Sultan; the white and black bands for his chief ministers. The red crest holds a royal parasol, wings, raised hands and a crescent above a scroll reading Brunei Darussalam.

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