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Indonesia - a vast archipelago comprising more than 17,000 islands - contains a population numbering around 255 million people; a number that makes Indonesia the fourth most populous country in the world. These impressive numbers also imply that significant cultural, ethnic, religious and linguistic diversity can expected to be found within its boundaries, ranging from the daily Hindu rituals practiced on the island of Bali to the prevalence of Islamic sharia law in Aceh (Sumatra) or the semi-nomadic hunter-gatherer lifestyles of the Mentawai people.

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Economical

Indonesia’s strength:

Natural resources

Rapidly growing population (especially middle class)

Political structure is very stable

Growing market, a lot being made and developed

Location, close to China and India with great economies

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Most Indonesians knowsthe Indonesian Language.

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Indonesia has the most islands out of any countries.

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Indonesia has a multitude of different ethnic groups resulting in various languages and customs as it consists of around 17,500 islands:
- Asmats in Papua New Guinea (hunter gatherers in rain forest enviornments)
- Javanese (45% of the country, speaking Ngoko dialect and Krama dialect)
- Sundanese (2nd largest ethnic grp)
- Chinese/Malay/Madureses

Despite the different ethnicities the

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Political

Religions such as Islam plays role in political decisions

Constitutional democratic government

Parliamentary, presidential elections happen once in 5 years

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Indonesia has 6 official religions:  Islam, Protestantism, Catholicism, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Confucianism.

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ECONOMICS
Currently, Indonesia is one of the  world's primary provider for countless essential commodities such as natural gas, crude petroleum, cocoa, palm oil and more.

Indonesia generally earns money through their tourism industry, export/import of commodities and trade partners.

Indonesia has the largest economy in South-East Asia. Since 2016 the GDP has increased by 0.3, and is still continuing to rise.

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Indonesia is one of the most ethnically diverse society. There are 1,300 ethnic groups in Indonesia. The 6 largest ethnic groups are:
1. Javanese
more than 95.2 million people
40% of total population
native to the island of Java
mostly are Muslim, bits of Christian, Buddhist, and Hindu
2. Sundanese
about 36.7 million people
16% of the population
3. Batak
8.5 million
3.8% of the population
4. Sulawesi
7.6 million
3.2% of the population
5. Madurese
around 7.2 million
3.03% of the population
6. Betawi
6.8 million
2.9% of the population

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Indonesia is a country thats held together by their government. The government is expanded into the executive, judicial, and legislative branches. The executive branch consists of the President, Vice-president and cabinet. both the president and the vice president are selected in a voting system in inseparable pairs. The legislative branch is made up of the People's Consultative Assembly or Majelis Permusyawaratan Rakyat (MPR) which can change the constitution and they elect the president, the DPR and the DPD. The DPR has about 560 members which draw up bills, pass laws, and organize financial budgeting. The DPD works with bills, laws and regional matters. The Judicial Branch works on court and Justice with the SUPREME COURT (Mahkamah Agung), Constitutional court, public courts, administrative courts, religious courts and military courts. Another factor of diversity is religion that often affects politics which are Islam, Christianity, Catholicism, Hinduism, Buddhism and Confucianism.