The Land
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The geography of Indonesia is quite magnificent, supported by tropical climate and weather. With an archipelago form, Indonesia maintains Territorial Waters and Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). The relief of Indonesia is filled with volcanoes, rivers and lakes.

As one of the world’s most remarkable geographical boundaries in its distribution of animals, Indonesia has a lot of variety of different species of animals. Komodo reptile (Varanus Komodoensis) has been designated as Indonesia’s National Animal, the red fresh water Siluk/Arwana (Scleropage formosus) as the Fascinating Animal and the flying Elang Jawa (Javan Hawk Eagle, Spizaetus bartelsi) as the Rare (Endangered) Species. November 5th has been designated as the National Flora and Fauna Day.

Indonesia is also rich in tropical plants including the ever famous Rafflesia Arnoldi, the largest flower in the world, and Amorphophallus Tatinum, the largest inflorescence of its kind.

The People
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Indonesia has about 500 tribes and correspondingly, it has about 500 languages and dialects spoken in the archipelago. The population in Indonesia has now reach the fourth most populated country in the world after China, India, and the United States of America. The people of Indonesia are a mix between the native people and the newcomers that came during the Neolitic Period (3000-2000 BC) from the Asian mainland to the south through a large-scale migration.
The citizenship of Indonesia is governed by the Nationality Act to distinguish the qualification of a person of being an Indonesian since the beginning of independence on August 17, 1945.