I'm hopelessly behind on my travels. Time to catch up.

Made it to a country that could have been called Malaysia. Back in 1962, a bill to rename it was already in Congress, but while the bureaucratic machinery was grinding away, the Malayan Federation got their act together and claimed the name for themselves. Name squatting at the state level.

So they ended up calling themselves the Philippines instead (even though originally the name referred to just a couple of islands).

One more unusual thing—the country is ultra-religious and divorce is practically impossible here (there's only one other country in the world like this—Vatican City, but it's not as big an issue there). There are a couple of legal loopholes in the law, but they're incredibly hard to use. As a result, people usually just abandon their families. Or you can simply kill your partner without major consequences (worst case, you get banned from coming within 25km of the house, it's called distierro) if you happen to catch them in the act of cheating. The key is to act in the moment though—otherwise you'll face the full weight of the law. Thankfully, people don't actually do this en masse.

(the only exception in the law is for Muslims, who can divorce without restrictions)