Singapore

"Singapore? That's not only an ordinary city... it's a city-state. I always thought it was a city-state, and we were right. I was right too. Well, that was cool, right?"

--Su Ji-Hoon, Singapore

Singapore (/ˈsɪŋəpɔːr/, /ˈsɪŋɡə-/), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign city-state and island country in Southeast Asia. It lies one degree (137 kilometres or 85 miles) north of the equator, at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, with Indonesia's Riau Islands to the south and Peninsular Malaysia to the north. Singapore's territory consists of one main island along with 62 other islets. Since independence, extensive land reclamation has increased its total size by 23% (130 square kilometres or 50 square miles).