#brunei

[nobodyperfectdowh]

[have-you-seen-this-animal]

Can you do any type of Civet? There some of my favourite obscure little dudes!

Sure!

[tiaramania]

TIARA ALERT: Anisha Isa Kalebic wore a diamond tiara for her wedding to Prince Mateen of Brunei at Istana Nurul Iman in Bandar Seri Begawan on 14 January 2024.

[omgthatdress]

HM Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien III of Brunei arriving for an audience with HM Queen Elizabeth II in London, 6th November 1957.

Zafeera Brunei

[mapsontheweb]

Median wages of Malaysian states, plus Singapore & Brunei (2023)

[ubaylukis]

Setiap orang itu punya cerita yang tidak mereka cerita.

[miku-earth]

Done for Brunei Miku by AlmizamA

[katieo1022]

Part II

[contagious-watermelon]

Most of these are islands because those are the ones I know of, but I tried to include a few landlocked ones as well

[deadpresidents]

How many absolute monarchs are there in the world?

•King Salman of Saudi Arabia •Pope Francis •Sultan Haitham bin Tariq of Oman •Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei •The King of Swaziland (now Eswatini): King Mswati III of Swaziland (AKA Eswatini) •United Arab Emirates: Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed (Each of the seven Emirates that form the UAE have their own absolute monarch and Sheikh MBZ, as leader of Dubai, is the overall ruler of the nation.)

Did I miss anybody? I think those are the only absolute monarchs still in power today. The rest of the world's royalty are constitutional monarchs, so they reign but do not rule.

(There's an argument for including Kim Jong Un on the list of absolute monarchs despite the fact that he's not a King and North Korea is a Communist country. He's obviously a dictator, but the Kim dynasty has virtually ruled North Korea like a secular monarchy for nearly 75 years with the supreme leaders inheriting their power through hereditary succession. Kim Jong Un took over immediately upon the death of his father, Kim Jong Il, who had assumed power when his father -- North Korea's first paramount leader, Kim Il Sung -- died in 1994. Of course, North Korea isn't officially considered a monarchy, but the manner in which the Kim family has ruled the country and transferred power from father-to-son for three generations and counting resembles the structure of an absolute monarchy more than a "traditional" totalitarian dictatorship.)

[royal-confessions]

“All the money to lavish foreign guests but giving maggot-infested food to your nation’s children who you made to attend a procession, while the bride wears millions of pounds worth of diamond. Shame on Mateen and Anisha and SHAME on the Sultan.” - Submitted by Anonymous

“Behind all that wedding glitz, thousands of bruneians (forcibly) attending Mateens wedding procesion got food poisoning because of the disgusting food they were "gifted" by the royal family. Mind you, some didn't even receive a bottle of water despite having to wait HOURS under the sun and heat. Burgers and chicken full of worms for the "commoners" and a 10 course meal for the royals.” - Submitted by Anonymous

[ottombak]

National animal of Brunei 🇧🇳

[theydontknowthatweknowtheyknow]

[tiaramania]

TIARA ALERT: Anisha Isa Kalebic wore Queen Saleha’s Diamond Tiara for the banquet following her wedding to Prince Mateen of Brunei at Istana Nurul Iman in Bandar Seri Begawan on 15 January 2024.

[eopederson]

Masjid Omar Ali Saifuddien dengan bot konkrit [Omar Ali Saifuddien Mosque with concrete boat], Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei, 1978

[royaltyposts]