Population 32.7 million (2020) (+2.3% vs 2019) GDP per Capita: $ 10,270 (-11.1% vs 2019) Debt to GDP: 62.2% (+8.8% vs 2019) As in many Islamic nations, Malaysia is dominated by a political party based around race and religion, and the United Malays National Organization (Umno) speaks mostly for the 61% of the country that are Muslim. After 60 years of Umno rule, a coalition government took control, in 2018 called the Pakatan Harapan (PH), on the back of Umno corruption scandals. However two years later the new government’s over-vigorous lockdowns led to the old Umno government being placed in charge once more – not so much through fresh elections, but mostly through party desertions and a change of heart…