
Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign country as well as a city-state. It is nicknamed as 'The Lion City', 'The Garden City' or 'The Little Red Dot'. It is an island state at the southern end of the Malay Peninsula in Southeast Asia, between the Straits of Malacca and the South China Sea. About 5.70 million people live in Singapore. Singapore has one of the highest standards of living in the world, with very good education, healthcare, housing, and very low corruption.