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1. East Timor

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   East Timor, officially the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, is an island nation located in Maritime Southeast Asia. It comprises the eastern half of the island of Timor, the nearby islands of Atauro and Jaco, and Oecusse, an exclave on the northwestern side of Timor island, surrounded by Indonesian West Timor. The nation achieved full independence in 2002 after a lengthy and complex history involving Portuguese colonization and a subsequent, often fraught, integration with Indonesia. East Timor i…