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Timor Leste, or East Timor, is a nation in the islands of Southeast Asia. It was originally colonized by Portugal in the 16th century, who decolonized it later, but shortly thereafter it was invaded and occupied by Indonesia. In 1999 Indonesia relinquished their claim on the region and Timor Leste became a sovereign nation.

A small country of just over 1 million people, Timor Leste is a republic with a president, a prime minister, and a parliament. The primary language of the country is Portuguese, owing to the long colonial history under that country. The population is overwhelmingly Catholic, with over 95% of the people following Catholicism.

Timor Leste is a fairly poor country economically, with most of their exporting being coffee and offshore drilled petroleum. Approximately half of the country engages in subsistence level farming, and economic investment to raise the standard of living in this country has been slow.