Following a five-year struggle, communist Khmer Rouge forces captured Phnom Penh in 1975 and ordered the evacuation of all cities and towns; over one million displaced people died from execution or enforced hardships. A 1978 Vietnamese invasion drove the Khmer Rouge into the countryside and touched off 13 years of fighting. UN-sponsored elections in 1993 have helped restore some semblance of normalcy to the country, as has the rapid diminishment of the Khmer Rouge in recent years.
Demographic Data
Capital: Phnom Penh
Government type: Democracy
Government stability: 67.6%
Government efficiency: 35.5%
Population's support to government: 68.1%
Area: 176,520 square kilometers
Habitable land: 96.0%
Farmable land: 16.0%
Total population: 10,561 thousands
Population's growth: 2.8%
Country's development level: 3,250
Economic Data
GNP: 6,400,000,000
Industralisation: 20.7%
International funding: 16,000,000
Political Data
Secret services efficiency: 1,566
Military Data
Technological generation: 1
Number of rebels: 1,689
Rebels development: 2,925
Rebels technological access: 2,274