Part of the country series of articles.
TRAVEL ADVISORY: EXERCISE HEIGHTENED CAUTIONPARSTATE advises that security varies between islands in Philindo, and there remains a high risk of seperatist and communist partisan activity in some regions. Consider travel plans carefully and coordinate with Commonwealth consular services prior to travel.
| Philindo Maritime Republics | |
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| Confederal Archipelagic Republic | |
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| Capital | Philindo Federal City |
| Languages | Filipino, Indonesian, English, and many regional languages |
| Population | 384,500,000 |
The Philindo Maritime Republics is a confederal archipelagic state in Southeast Asia and one of the most populous countries in the world. It is a former Dutch colony with a long and complicated relationship with the Netherlands, despite their continued commercial closeness. Perhaps because of its geography, it has an unusually weak federal government and has devolved most real authority to its constituent republics, which vary considerably in political character and in wealth. It also has a large and experienced military, largely because of the separatist and communist insurgencies it has fought for most of its independent existence. It maintains regular elections at both federal and republican level, despite the substantial political influence of its armed forces.
Philindo has substantial manufacturing and shipbuilding industries, and has become one of the world’s principal centres of robotics. It exports electronics, palm oil, rubber and industrial robots (much of which is produced by NRFP, one of the three largest robotics firms in the world). It is also famous for its enormous internal trade, which is conducted almost entirely by sea and reaches even its smallest republics, and for its navy, which is among the largest in Asia and is primarily occupied with piracy and smuggling.