Known as "ground zero" for climate change, Bangladesh faces extreme vulnerability to rising sea levels, floods, and droughts. It is home to the Sundarbans , the world's largest mangrove forest. 3. Demographics and Society COUNTRY PAPER: BANGLADESH

The country is largely a fertile deltaic plain formed by the Ganges and Brahmaputra rivers.

Originally part of British India, it became "East Pakistan" in 1947. Following independence, it established a unitary parliamentary republic based on the Westminster system.