Lived and worked in Indonesia, and am married to an Indonesian. "Huge swaths of the population" living in villages is not true, the majority of the population

Lived and worked in Indonesia, and am married to an Indonesian. "Huge swaths of the population" living in villages is not true, the majority of the population works and lives in the major cities. I saw very diverse mix of Indonesians originally from those small villages working in the big cities in a variety of jobs in a variety of sectors and positions. Every year after Ramadan when the mass migration happened back to their home towns it was great hearing where co-workers were all going to. I even joined one year and went to a smaller town/village with family and friends, and it never struck me as poverty - but rather a farming town like we get in the middle of America. I'm sure you are right though about the situation of some people living in remote villages, or islands today, and I also saw poor (many) but what I don't agree with is your wording that make it sound like more than half the country or something is in that situation.