Thailand
Thailand (officially Kingdom of Thailand) is a country in South-Eastern Asia, with its capital at Bangkok, and is home to roughly 71.7M people.
Thai is the official language; the currency in circulation is Thai baht (฿); people from here are called Thai.
> INTEL_
> NOTABLE_
- »Thailand is the only Southeast Asian country never colonised by a European power.
- »Its full ceremonial capital name is among the longest place names in the world.
> BORDERS_
Thailand touches four neighbours: Cambodia to the southeast, Laos to the northeast, Malaysia to the southeast and Myanmar to the northwest. Directions run from one centre to the other.
> THE CAPITAL_
Bangkok's full ceremonial name runs to well over a hundred letters and is recognised as the longest place name in the world. Thais normally call it Krung Thep.
> SCALE_
514,601 km² (198,688 sq mi), 49th largest of 198 countries and territories on file, almost exactly the size of Spain.
Population 71,668,011, 20th of 198 on file. That averages 139 per km² (361 per sq mi).
> THE FLAG_
The Trairanga's red-white-blue stands for nation, religion and monarchy. The blue central band was added in 1917, partly to align with the Allies of the First World War.