Sovonthak

Sovonthak (formerly the Vascadam Republic) is a definitely real country made by Geography Now for April Fools day, this Cambodi-Spanish reef nation is in between Indonesia and Thailand!

Country Details


Sovonthak is located in the Andaman Sea right at the entrance of the Malacca Strait between the Kra Isthmus of Thailand and Northern Sumatra of Indonesia. The Country is made up of 8 shallow underwater reef atolls ranging about three meters to six meters deep, these atolls are essentially the 8 regions of the country, plus the capital Santo Chay which sits on the only dry land above sea level on an island, only about a half square kilometer in size in the middle of the eight reefs. Due to the lack of dry land the majority of the populace lives on elevated stilt homes and massively anchored yet technically mobile sea vessels known as hover locks. The most inhabited spot of the entire country though would be Baia Trey reef, with a population of about 8,000 people, keep in mind although they clearly lack dry land if you include the entire surface area of the underwater atolls and ocean territory then Sovonthak has about 600,000 square kilometers of territorial waters and their EEZ. Due to the lack of land there is currently no airport runways, however on Baia Trey atoll they have the only seaplane dock at Baia Trey International Dock that seaplanes can arrive in on the shallow waters mostly from Phuket, Thailand, otherwise the country has 2 main seaports that the majority of cargo and passenger ships arrive in both on Santo Chay the North and South Sampongang Taki Ports which also host the customs office and storage facility. This is the main hub were most transportation to the other atolls usually begins and ends, Santo Chay is also home to the residents of the head of state known as the Patron Chief as well as most offices of administration. The country has a total population of about 40,000 people (85% Sovontakhi (30% Trey, 18% Antak, 15% Chay, 10% MuKubuk, 8% SotSot, 7% Treichleam, 6% Baksai, & 6% Phsaaot), 8% Spanish (Including mixed), & 7% Khmer & Thai). They use the Type S plug outlet (A fictional outlet type made by Paul) & they don't really have any roads except on Santo Chay island which are only single lanes so driving direction is pretty irrelevant, however most people get right side steering wheel cars, & they use the Sovontakhi Piso (A fictional currency made by Paul) as their currency which only comes in coins as paper currency is seen as easily damaged by the water.