Editing City-state (section)

===Singapore===
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Singapore is an island city-state in [[Southeast Asia]] bordering Malaysia to the north and Indonesia to the south. 6 million people live and work within {{convert|728.3|km2}},<ref>{{cite web |title=Environment |website=Base |url=https://www.singstat.gov.sg/find-data/search-by-theme/society/environment/latest-data |access-date=21 February 2021 |archive-date=19 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190719053602/https://www.singstat.gov.sg/find-data/search-by-theme/society/environment/latest-data |url-status=live }}</ref> making Singapore the [[List of countries by population density|2nd-most-densely populated country in the world]] after Monaco. Singapore was part of the Federation of [[Malaysia]] for two years before it was [[Singapore in Malaysia#Expulsion|expelled from the federation]] in 1965, becoming an independent [[republic]], a city and a [[sovereignty|sovereign]] country. ''[[The Economist]]'' refers to the nation as the "world's only fully functioning city-state".<ref name="econ-CS"/> In particular, it has its own [[Singapore dollar|currency]], a large commercial [[Changi Airport|airport]], one of the busiest trans-shipment [[Port of Singapore|maritime ports in the world]], and fully fledged [[Singapore Armed Forces|armed forces]] to safeguard the nation's sovereignty against potential regional aggressors.<ref name="econ-CS">{{cite news |url=https://www.economist.com/sites/default/files/20150718_singapore.pdf|title=The Singapore exception |date=18 July 2015|first=Simon|last=Long |newspaper=The Economist |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231125020203/https://www.economist.com/sites/default/files/20150718_singapore.pdf |archive-date=25 November 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Oliver |first1=Robert T. |title=Leadership in Asia : persuasive communication in the making of nations |date=1989 |publisher=University of Delaware Press |location=Newark |isbn=087413353X |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z3BUEhOo8ycC&pg=PA200 |pages=200}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Singapore 2065 : leading insights on economy and environment from 50 Singapore icons and beyond |publisher=World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd. |location=Singapore |isbn=978-9814663397|last1=Quah |first1=Euston |date=30 July 2015 }}</ref> Singapore is also referred to as the only island city-state in the world by WorldAtlas.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-08-15 |title=Cities That Are Also Sovereign States |url=https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/cities-that-are-also-sovereign-states.html |access-date=2024-11-12 |website=WorldAtlas |language=en-US |quote=Singapore is the only island city-state in the world and is home to some of the richest people in the world.}}</ref>