Sarawak (fictional)

Sarawak, officially the Kingdom of Sarawak and Brunei, is a sovereign country in Southeast Asia, bordered only by Indonesia to the north, and located west of the Philippines. It occupies an area of 130,215 km² and is divided into constituent countries Miri, Kuching and Brunei. Its capital and largest city is located in Bandar Kuching.

It was a former colony of the Dutch Empire until 1879 when it was taken by the British Empire where it remained a colony until 1968.

Language
Its official language is Malay, with English as the lingua franca and Arabic as a liturgical language, but Dutch, Tamil (as well as Hindi and Punjabi), Cantonese, Kadazan-Dusun and Iban are counted as majorities. Sarawak Malay dialect is used for inter-ethnic communication. The country also has Javanese, Frisian, Ambonese, Murut, Tutong and Indonesian minorities.

Official state documents are written in Malay, in both Rumi and Jawi script.

Politics
The country is ruled by Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, who is commonly referred to as the King of Sarawak. The Sarawakian Prime Minister is Abdul Taib Mahmud, who was sworn into office on February 1, 2015. Currently, the Parliament has 234 seats, 143 of which are owned by the Liberal Islamic Party.

Trivia

 * The IOC code is SWK and the CCTLD is .sw.
 * The country's national anthem has different lyrics for all of its languages, including minorities such as Iban.
 * Sarawak has no copyright laws, like Armenia.
 * The country's most subscribed YouTuber is JotaroLazer with over 1 million subscribers as of 2020.