Most of this seems a little premature. This article is incomplete in some sections.  The removal of superfluous tourist information is acceptable though, so is splitting off lists.  Perhaps some sections are complete, but 72k is not considered too long by WP:SIZE. Unnecessary splitting can sometimes cause unforseeable problems in the future. Because there already is a History article it makes sense to have a concise and brief history section.  But, I think splitting Economy should be held off for some time to come.

Focus on improving the article, make it not a list of lists but an article.  There are sections like Ecology that don't exsist, and Transportation and Culture which are woefully inadequate.