In the late 1950s, a military coup under Field Marshal Sarit Thanarat revived the monarchy's historically influential role in politics. Following a bloodless revolution in 1932, it became a constitutional monarchy and changed its official name to Thailand, which was an ally of Japan in World War II. In World War I, Siam sided with the allies, a political decision to amend the unequal treaties. The Siamese system of government was centralised and transformed into a modern unitary absolute monarchy in the reign of Chulalongkorn. Throughout the era of Western imperialism in Asia, Siam remained the only nation in the region to avoid being colonised by foreign powers, although it was often forced to cede both territory and trade concessions in unequal treaties. He was succeeded in 1782 by Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke, the first monarch of the current Chakri dynasty. Taksin quickly reunified the fragmented territory and established the short-lived Thonburi Kingdom. Ayutthaya reached its peak during cosmopolitan Narai's reign, gradually declining thereafter until being ultimately destroyed in the 1767 BurmeseРІР‚вЂњSiamese War. Documented European contact began in 1511 with a Portuguese diplomatic mission to Ayutthaya, which became a regional power by the end of the 15th century. Various Indianised kingdoms such as the Mon kingdoms, Khmer Empire and Malay states ruled the region, competing with Thai states such as the Kingdoms of Ngoenyang, Sukhothai, Lan Na and Ayutthaya, which rivalled each other. Tai peoples migrated from southwestern China to mainland Southeast Asia from the 11th century the oldest known mention of their presence in the region by the exonym Siamese dates to the 12th century. Bangkok is the nation's capital and largest city.

Nominally, Thailand is a constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy however, in recent history, its government has experienced multiple coups and periods of military dictatorships. Thailand also shares maritime borders with Vietnam in the Gulf of Thailand to the southeast, and Indonesia and India ( Andaman and Nicobar Islands) on the Andaman Sea to the southwest. It is bordered to the north by Myanmar and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the west by the Andaman Sea and Myanmar. It is located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning 513,120 square kilometres (198,120Р’В sqР’В mi), with a population of almost 70 million people. Thailand ( Thai: Р°С‘вЂєР°С‘Р€Р°С‘В°Р°в„–Р‚Р°С‘вЂ”Р°С‘РЃР°в„–вЂћР°С‘вЂ”Р°С‘Сћ), historically known as Siam, officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia. You may need rendering support to display the Thai text in this article correctly.

Where do psp iso files go