Sri Lanka Sri Lanka is a very tiny little country only a couple of kilometers wide, but it is the world’s 25th largest island of 22 million people. For being so small, it also houses 51 different unique/native bird species, is very lush and plush green on the coast with agricultural employment consisting mainly of tree farm harvesting, is one of the few places with an elephant sancuary and where they also freely roam, and has lots of smaller islands.
They travel by railroad, waterways, and tuk-tuk taxis:
According to Wikipedia the government has a a President and other elected officials similar to a parliament and the president wears many hats. “Ranil Wickremesinghe (born March 24, 1949) is a Sri Lankan politician who is the 9th and current President of Sri Lanka. He also holds several ministerial positions, including the Minister of Finance, Minister of Defence, Minister of Technology and Minister of Women, Child Affairs and Social Empowerment.” There seem to be no images of him that are free to use at this time.
According to the Encydlopedia Britannica “Britain established its control over the island in 1815 when it overcame the king of Kandy, forcing him to lower the Lion Flag on March 2, 1815. Independence was restored on February 4, 1948, and the same Lion Flag, based on a painting of the original, was hoisted in celebration. The Union Jack nevertheless also continued to fly until October 29, 1953.”
Sri Lanka is sought after as a tourist destination and trade point as technology progresses to where it is easier to get to. They are still recovering from the COVID era and protests over poverty caused by politicians mismanaging funds that should have been used to bring Sri Lanka into a more modern state. There are constant blackouts and little to no internet infrastructure. They have a constant fuel crisis and the terrain makes domestic goods hard to obtain leading to constant shortages.
Sri Lanka does have beautiful scenery and wildlife to visit, commercial fishing, lots of minerals, many different jewels, and 20% of the island can grow quite plentiful tea and rice. But they still do alot of things the traditional old-fashioned ways they enjoy such as stilt-fishing and tea harvesting by hand.
