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Aha! I didn't bother looking that far. Thanks, Nick!

Not exactly. It is entirely surrounded by the Malaysian state of Sarawak (along with the South China Sea), and is a few miles across Sarawak from the nearest border with Sabah.

From the 14th to the 16th centuries Brunei (technically it is known as Brunei Darussalam) was the seat of a powerful sultanate extending over Sabah, Sarawak and the lower Philippines. By the 19th century, the Brunei Darussalam Empire had been whittled away by wars, piracy and the colonial expansion of European powers.
Brunei entered into a series of treaties and agreements with the United Kingdom in the nineteenth century and ceded Sarawak to James Brooke of Britain in 1841. It officially became a British protectorate in 1888, and regained full independence in 1984.

There's more information on Brunei's official government website here.

[This message has been edited by nsxtasy (edited 07 December 2002).]

<blockquote data-quote="nsxtasy" data-source="post: 63391" data-attributes="member: 3758">Aha!&nbsp; I didn&#039;t bother looking that far.&nbsp; Thanks, Nick!&nbsp;Not exactly.&nbsp; It is entirely surrounded by the Malaysian state of Sarawak (along with the South China Sea), and is a few miles across Sarawak from the nearest border with Sabah.&nbsp;From the 14th to the 16th centuries Brunei (technically it is known as Brunei Darussalam) was the seat of a powerful sultanate extending over Sabah, Sarawak and the lower Philippines.&nbsp; By the 19th century, the Brunei Darussalam Empire had been whittled away by wars, piracy and the colonial expansion of European powers.Brunei entered into a series of treaties and agreements with the United Kingdom in the nineteenth century and ceded Sarawak to James Brooke of Britain in 1841.&nbsp; It officially became a British protectorate in 1888, and regained full independence in 1984.There&#039;s more information on Brunei&#039;s official government website <a href="http://www.brunei.gov.bn/index.htm" target="_blank">here</a>.[This message has been edited by nsxtasy (edited 07 December 2002).]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="nsxtasy, post: 63391, member: 3758"] Aha! I didn't bother looking that far. Thanks, Nick! Not exactly. It is entirely surrounded by the Malaysian state of Sarawak (along with the South China Sea), and is a few miles across Sarawak from the nearest border with Sabah. From the 14th to the 16th centuries Brunei (technically it is known as Brunei Darussalam) was the seat of a powerful sultanate extending over Sabah, Sarawak and the lower Philippines. By the 19th century, the Brunei Darussalam Empire had been whittled away by wars, piracy and the colonial expansion of European powers. Brunei entered into a series of treaties and agreements with the United Kingdom in the nineteenth century and ceded Sarawak to James Brooke of Britain in 1841. It officially became a British protectorate in 1888, and regained full independence in 1984. There's more information on Brunei's official government website [url="http://www.brunei.gov.bn/index.htm"]here[/url]. [This message has been edited by nsxtasy (edited 07 December 2002).] [/QUOTE]

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