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The Sultanate of Brunei (Malay: Kesultanan Brunei) is a country comprising the whole of the island of Borneo, as well as the islands of Palawan, Belitung and numerous smaller islands in the Malay Archipelago. Brunei has two capitals: the royal and judicial capital is Bandar Seri Begawan (which is also the traditional capital of the country), while Banjarmasin is designated as the the legislative and executive capital. Like most other countries in Oceania and the Malay Archipelago, Brunei shares no terrestrial borders with any other nation.

Before The Insurrection, Brunei was a petite country occupying only small portions of land centred around the capital Bandar Seri Begawan. During the early 21s century, Brunei was a developing absolute monarchy with a stable and prosperous economy. This ended with the Third World War. While Brunei remained neutral throughout the larger part of the war, the Invasion of Indonesia carried out by China, Vietnam, Burma, Laos and Malaysia completely destroyed any form of economic stability in the region. When Chinese, Vietnamese and Laotian forces invaded Indonesian Borneo, Malaysia and Brunei were spared thanks to a treaty of non-agression between the Chinese-led Global Union of Proletarian States and the Federal Republic of Malaysia. Since Brunei then only shared borders with Malaysia, the country experienced little of the war until the tides began to turn in the late 2040s. When the treaty of non-agression between the GUPS and the Arab League and it’s allies (including Malaysia) was broken, Malaysia faced swift invasion from GUPS forces. When Brunei denied military access to GUPS forces, which the GUPS had requested shortly after the invasion of Malaysia, the GUPS turned on Brunei as well and invaded it. Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, then on a visit to the UAE, set up a government in exile, signed a military cooperation treaty with the Arab League and declared war on the GUPS. This had little effect however, as the Malay archipelago was now firmly out of AL reach. The GUPS and the International Mutual Military Assistance Treaty Organization (IMMATO) jostled over control for Borneo for over six years, with Brunei shifting hands between Chinese, Australian, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Philippine and New Zealand forces during the war. When the hearts of the three blocks were under siege, a peace conference was held in Lilongwe, Malawi, where the three major powers signed a treaty to cease all hostilities between all powers. The Arab League secured the independence of both Brunei and Malaysia, but demands from Australia, Indonesia, Singapore and Thailand that Malaysia be punished for its role in the war led to the country being stripped of its possessions on Borneo. While the IMMATO forces had wanted Sarawak and Sabah to go to Indonesia, the Arab League and GUPS was staunchly against any of the IMMATO countries gaining land from the war, and so a compromise was made and the territories were instead handed over to the passive Brunei.

With the war ending in 2048, and Brunei unsuspectedly having gained both Sabah and Sarawak, the government implemented a series of infrastructural improvement projects and expanded its industry in an almost rabid manner. With trade having resumed following the end of the war, capital was again flowing into the sultanate, which was used to further bolster the economic power of the country. Within four years, Brunei had not only recovered from the damage dealt by the war, but even vastly surpassed its pre-war GDP levels. With a better economy also came a better military and in 2065, Brunei had the second most potent military in the Malay Archipelago, second only to Indonesia. When the Indonesian War of Dissolution broke out in 2061, with major uprisings in Sulawesi, Indonesian Borneo and Sumatra coupled by an invasion from Aceh, Brunei decided to covertly aid the insurrections on Borneo and did so throughout the war. When the Republic of Indonesia was formally dissolved in 2067, Indonesian Borneo was divided up into several smaller independent, albeit short lived republics. Beginning in 2068, conflict once again broke out in what became known as the Borneo War and by mid-2069, the new republics had already ceased to exist. In December 2069, Brunei decided to intervene and aided by various militias throughout the island, Brunei managed to gain control over the entire island by 2071, with armed conflicts having ceased by 2073. Like with Sabah and Sarawak, Brunei quickly began intense development of the region, constructing schools and factories, improving roads, rebuild communications etc. Tens of thousands of people found employment in various governmental projects and by 2075, over 80% of all infrastructural damages had been repaired. A huge production industry grew forth, focused on textiles, alloys, heavy machinery, vehicles and since 2081, electronics. By 2084, Brunei had found its place among the top-10 largest economies in Asia and the top-20 largest in the world.

Brunei experience two shorter wars after these event. It participated in the Sumatran War in 2076 against Aceh along with Malaysia, Singapore and Java, during which it managed to conquer and annex the previously Acehnese island of Belitung. In 2079, following increasingly hostile tensions with the Philippines due to a dispute over fishing rights, the two countries declared war on each other in what subsequently became known as the Palawan War. Brunei rapidly invaded the island of Palawan along with a few petite island of its coast and held it for the rest of the war. Despite Philippine forces preventing Brunei from gaining any more territory, the war ended with Palawan being ceded to Brunei half a year later in what came to be known as the greatest disgrace in the history of the Philippines. From this point on, Brunei continued to develop economically and socially, achieving the second highest living standards in the Archipelago after Bali in 2082. On the political front, the Sultan declared the country a constitutional monarchy based on Islamic values in 2078, establishing a unicameral legislature in Banjarmasin, which was designated as the second capital. The Sultan also relinquished some of his executive power, handing them over to a government elected every five years and headed by the prime minister of the party with the most seats in the legislature. Brunei has since then been making gradual changes into a democracy, though it is still being criticized by many NGOs for its theocratic laws and the monarch’s powers.

Description
The Sultanate of Brunei (Malay: Kesultanan Brunei) is a country comprising the whole of the island of Borneo, as well as the islands of Palawan, Belitung and numerous smaller islands in the Malay Archipelago. Brunei has two capitals: the royal and judicial capital is Bandar Seri Begawan (which is also the traditional capital of the country), while Banjarmasin is designated as the the legislative and executive capital. Like most other countries in Oceania and the Malay Archipelago, Brunei shares no terrestrial borders with any other nation.

Before The Insurrection, Brunei was a petite country occupying only small portions of land centred around the capital Bandar Seri Begawan. During the early 21s century, Brunei was a developing absolute monarchy with a stable and prosperous economy. This ended with the Third World War. While Brunei remained neutral throughout the larger part of the war, the Invasion of Indonesia carried out by China, Vietnam, Burma, Laos and Malaysia completely destroyed any form of economic stability in the region. When Chinese, Vietnamese and Laotian forces invaded Indonesian Borneo, Malaysia and Brunei were spared thanks to a treaty of non-agression between the Chinese-led Global Union of Proletarian States and the Federal Republic of Malaysia. Since Brunei then only shared borders with Malaysia, the country experienced little of the war until the tides began to turn in the late 2040s. When the treaty of non-agression between the GUPS and the Arab League and it’s allies (including Malaysia) was broken, Malaysia faced swift invasion from GUPS forces. When Brunei denied military access to GUPS forces, which the GUPS had requested shortly after the invasion of Malaysia, the GUPS turned on Brunei as well and invaded it. Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, then on a visit to the UAE, set up a government in exile, signed a military cooperation treaty with the Arab League and declared war on the GUPS. This had little effect however, as the Malay archipelago was now firmly out of AL reach. The GUPS and the International Mutual Military Assistance Treaty Organization (IMMATO) jostled over control for Borneo for over six years, with Brunei shifting hands between Chinese, Australian, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Philippine and New Zealand forces during the war. When the hearts of the three blocks were under siege, a peace conference was held in Lilongwe, Malawi, where the three major powers signed a treaty to cease all hostilities between all powers. The Arab League secured the independence of both Brunei and Malaysia, but demands from Australia, Indonesia, Singapore and Thailand that Malaysia be punished for its role in the war led to the country being stripped of its possessions on Borneo. While the IMMATO forces had wanted Sarawak and Sabah to go to Indonesia, the Arab League and GUPS was staunchly against any of the IMMATO countries gaining land from the war, and so a compromise was made and the territories were instead handed over to the passive Brunei.

With the war ending in 2048, and Brunei unsuspectedly having gained both Sabah and Sarawak, the government implemented a series of infrastructural improvement projects and expanded its industry in an almost rabid manner. With trade having resumed following the end of the war, capital was again flowing into the sultanate, which was used to further bolster the economic power of the country. Within four years, Brunei had not only recovered from the damage dealt by the war, but even vastly surpassed its pre-war GDP levels. With a better economy also came a better military and in 2065, Brunei had the second most potent military in the Malay Archipelago, second only to Indonesia. When the Indonesian War of Dissolution broke out in 2061, with major uprisings in Sulawesi, Indonesian Borneo and Sumatra coupled by an invasion from Aceh, Brunei decided to covertly aid the insurrections on Borneo and did so throughout the war. When the Republic of Indonesia was formally dissolved in 2067, Indonesian Borneo was divided up into several smaller independent, albeit short lived republics. Beginning in 2068, conflict once again broke out in what became known as the Borneo War and by mid-2069, the new republics had already ceased to exist. In December 2069, Brunei decided to intervene and aided by various militias throughout the island, Brunei managed to gain control over the entire island by 2071, with armed conflicts having ceased by 2073. Like with Sabah and Sarawak, Brunei quickly began intense development of the region, constructing schools and factories, improving roads, rebuild communications etc. Tens of thousands of people found employment in various governmental projects and by 2075, over 80% of all infrastructural damages had been repaired. A huge production industry grew forth, focused on textiles, alloys, heavy machinery, vehicles and since 2081, electronics. By 2084, Brunei had found its place among the top-10 largest economies in Asia and the top-20 largest in the world.

Brunei experience two shorter wars after these event. It participated in the Sumatran War in 2076 against Aceh along with Malaysia, Singapore and Java, during which it managed to conquer and annex the previously Acehnese island of Belitung. In 2079, following increasingly hostile tensions with the Philippines due to a dispute over fishing rights, the two countries declared war on each other in what subsequently became known as the Palawan War. Brunei rapidly invaded the island of Palawan along with a few petite island of its coast and held it for the rest of the war. Despite Philippine forces preventing Brunei from gaining any more territory, the war ended with Palawan being ceded to Brunei half a year later in what came to be known as the greatest disgrace in the history of the Philippines. From this point on, Brunei continued to develop economically and socially, achieving the second highest living standards in the Archipelago after Bali in 2082. On the political front, the Sultan declared the country a constitutional monarchy based on Islamic values in 2078, establishing a unicameral legislature in Banjarmasin, which was designated as the second capital. The Sultan also relinquished some of his executive power, handing them over to a government elected every five years and headed by the prime minister of the party with the most seats in the legislature. Brunei has since then been making gradual changes into a democracy, though it is still being criticized by many NGOs for its theocratic laws and the monarch’s powers.