>never any serious storm or tsunami ever because Philipine and Malay cover them all
>can grow every food tree
>plenty of unique herbs and spices
>plenty of edible animals
>no large predators like bear or lions
>ocean on one side and mountains right on the other side
you can fit any race in here and they will mutiply like rabbits. the Viets get to 100 millions and they are not even that bright.