The Maldives is an island country of the shore of Asia. The country was formed after the British lost hold of it as a coloney. It's main form of economy is tourism, as the beaches in Maldives are some of the most gorgeous on planet earth.

The Maldives is a very interesting country because of the fact that the total square millage is about 90000 killomiters. But the total land mass is just under 300 square killomiters. For reference Austin Texas is about 800 square kilomiters, and only a fifth of that land is inhabited by humans. The rest of the land is just water

Some interesting facts about the Maldives are that insted of having the weekends be saterday and sunday the weekends in The Maldives the weekends are Friday and Saterday. Another cool fact about the maldives is that it is slowly shrinking. Most of the islands that make up the Maldievs are only just two meeters tall so because of rising sea leavles the island are slowly starting to disapier.

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