Empire of Indochina (Nationstates II)

Indochina, officially the Empire of Indochina, is a sovereign monarchy in Southeast Asia bordered by China to the north, India to the northwest and Thailand to the west. It is a country with nearly 300 million inhabitants, making it one of the most populous countries on the continent, and is a member-state of the French Union. The nation is a hereditary executive monarchy under the Vietnamese Nguyen Dynasty, who rule from the capital city of Hanoi, although its most populous city is Saigon. Roman Catholicism is enshrined in the nation's constitution as the official state religion, although it is practiced by less than 10% of its population, with the majority of citizens being either Buddhist, Confucianist or followers of indigenous folk religions.