Brunei is a country.
Brunei ( [ bruːˈnaɪ ] , ) , officially the Nation of Brunei , the Abode of Peace ( Negara Brunei Darussalam , Jawi : ) , is a sovereign state located on the north coast of the island of Borneo in Southeast Asia . Economic growth during the 1990s and 2000s , with the GDP increasing 56 % from 1999 to 2008 , transformed Brunei into an industrialised country . A federated state ( which may be referred to as a state , a province , a canton , a Land , etc. ) is a territorial and constitutional community forming part of a federation .