If you were to try to find Singapore on a world map, you'd find it to be nothing more than a tiny dot south of Malaysia. It's a small island nation in the South China Sea, south of the Asian continent, yet it's considered one of the wealthy Asian tigers with a strong economic influence in the global trade arena.

Singapore, a small city-state, has built a strong economy over the past three decades since its independence from Malaysia in 1965. It is one of the largest global trading centers and one of the strongest Asian economies.