Thailand

From Gothpoodle

• Population: 67 million
• Aspects: Controlled, Fourth Wave

Thailand was once one of the Asian “tigers,” a nation poised to enjoy dramatic economic growth and industrialization. Unfortunately, in the mid-2050s a deep economic recession brought about internal turmoil and set the country back years in its development. In 2060 the National Infosocialist Party won elections to become the largest party in the House of Representatives. The military attempted a coup in support of the losing conservative faction, plunging the country into civil war. By 2065 the infosocialists had won, with the support of ideological allies in Malaysia, Vietnam and Indonesia. The king fled into exile, and the new government restructured itself as a nanosocialist dictatorship.

Defeat in the Pacific War led to the fall of the nanosocialist regime and the return of the constitutional monarchy. Free elections were held in 2092 for the first time since the civil war. Today, Thailand is in a precarious position, a Pacific Rim Alliance member surrounded by hostile nanosocialist states. National and allied military forces are on constant alert against TSA intervention. Meanwhile, diplomatic and espionage activity are constant and intense. Today Bangkok is a common setting for espionage fiction, just as Moscow and Berlin were during the 20th century.