Republic of Singapore is an island country and a sovereign city state in Asia . The country consists of the main island of Singapore, Pulau Ujong and more than 60 small islands. The whole island is urbanized. Little of the original vegetation can be found there. The island has had couple different owners thought its past, the British gained sovereignty in 1919, after that the island was occupied by the Japanese during World war II, its quite a young country as in gained Independence only in the 1963.