Pancasila – the philosophical and ideological basis of the Indonesian state – comprises five principles which are represented on the country’s coat of arms: Belief in the one and only God symbolised by a black shield and gold star; A just and civilized humanity symbolised by a chain of square and round links; The unity of Indonesia represented by the banyan tree; Democracy guided by inner wisdom arising out of representative deliberations symbolised by the head of the Javanese wild bull and; Social justice for all symbolised by a gold-and-white paddy and cotton.