What kind of govt does Singapore have? Are they first world, developing nation, third world?
It’s in asia somewhere, i’m pretty sure :)
I get better answers on FR than I do on wikipedia.
What do they have, muslim troubles?
There are probably more muslims in Indonesia than in all the middle east.
Unfortunately, it is a multicultural republic.
First world, in every way. And they have a reputation for quietly disposing of any Muslim extremists who dare to arise.
Singapore is well developed, strong in high-tech and commerce, but also highly controlled. But it’s a tiny nation off the tip of Malaysia but closely adjacent to Indonesia, which is Muslim. So, conflict is inevitable.
You can drive (as I did) from Singapore to Malaysia, which is a contrast of development and cleanliness like Israel and Egypt.
In Singapore you have the Chinese from the the Tonkean and Fukien provinces of China who emigrated generations ago along with some people from India. Many of the original Maylays intermarried with them.
But when you cross the border into Malaysia, it seemed to me, in the 80’s, it was all Malay and all Muslim.
Remember, the Japanese conquered Singapore by biking in.
These jihadist don’t need fancy transport.
Singapore is a crony capitalist plastic paradise. You won’t find a more first world country - easy when your about the size of a large US city. Their idea of socialism is to subsidize corporations to hire people and tax cars 500% and use the money to finance public transportation for the “workers”.
A $20K car in the US is $40K and you have to finance a $100K Certificate in your note that allows you to drive the car for 10 years (then its shipped out of the country).. so a $20K car is $140K with a 10 year car payment.
They pride themselves on cleanliness - Chewing gum and eating on the subway are illegal, but Lots of roaches, ants and bad air days if you look close.
The government keeps a tight leash on things. Probably 30% of population is muslim (mainly indonesians and indians but some from the ME - business owners/capitalist), but I wouldn’t be surprised if they kicked your whole family out of the country if a member went full jihadi.
Mandatory military service and they love “stuff” so not much of a chance of them surrendering to terrorism Obama style.
Are you kidding? It’s about as “first world” as it gets.