I had an interesting conversation the other day and the topic was Indonesia. And during that conversation I mistakenly placed the city of Kuala Lumpur within the borders of Indonesia. Wrong! But not by much, as it actually belongs in Malaysia and that is close by.
Why talk about Indonesia? Probably because it has all the ingredients to make it a world class problem for all. And as I was looking up the location of Kuala Lumpur, I ran across this interesting website…
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/id.html
(Imagine that! The CIA shares some information…)
As you look at all of the data from this site, you can find the hints of a major story about to happen.
The population (238,452,952) is 88% Muslim.
The population lives on 6,000 islands.
Not quite 10% of the land is arable.
The majority of the population is young…almost 30% are under 14, while only 5% are over 65.
27% live below the poverty level.
The military budget exceeds 1 billion dollars.
There are lots of data here, so you can make your own story if you wish.
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