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The capital
city is Kuala Lumpur, while Putrajaya is the seat of the federal
government. The population stands at over 25 million. The
country is separated into two regions Peninsular Malaysia
and Malaysian Borneo by the South China Sea. Malaysia borders
Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore, Brunei and the Philippines.
The country is located near the equator and experiences a
tropical climate. Malaysia's head of state is the Yang di-Pertuan
Agong (conventionally referred to as 'the King' or 'the Agong')
and the government is headed by a Prime Minister. The government
is closely modeled after the Westminster Parliamentary System.
Malaysia
as a unified state did not exist until 1963. Previously, a
set of colonies were established by the United Kingdom from
the late-18th century, and the western half of modern Malaysia
was composed of several separate kingdoms.
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