For personal use, the sultan possesses a
Boeing 747-400 furnished with gold plated furniture, six smaller planes and two helicopters.
He also operates a $1 billion
theme park called
Jerudong Park, which in the past used to be free of charge.
Despite his personal extravagance, he has attempted to share the country's oil wealth. In a country mockingly dubbed the "Shellfare State" (in reference to the significant influence of the
Shell Oil Company)
[citation needed], Bruneians have free education and medical services. There is no personal or corporation
tax in Brunei.
He once bought and donated a state-of-the-art team bus to
Newcastle United but took it back when
Kevin Keegan quit as manager.
His
official residence is the
Istana Nurul Iman
