In 1975 the communist Pathet Lao took control of the government, ending a six-century-old monarchy. Initial closer ties to Vietnam and socialization were replaced with a gradual return to private enterprise and an easing of foreign investment laws.
Demographic Data
Capital: Vientiane
Government type: Totalitarian Democracy
Government stability: 80.8%
Government efficiency: 42.9%
Population's support to government: 80.6%
Area: 230,800 square kilometers
Habitable land: 65.0%
Farmable land: 4.0%
Total population: 4,837 thousands
Population's growth: 2.8%
Country's development level: 4,000
Economic Data
GNP: 4,000,000,000
Industralisation: 21.7%
International funding: 6,000,000
Political Data
Secret services efficiency: 1,011
Military Data
Technological generation: 1
Number of rebels: 532
Rebels development: 3,600
Rebels technological access: 2,799