Thailand

"In Thailand, it is home of elephants, royalty, the finest chili, and their traditional version of kickboxing: muay thai. If I were for Thailand, maybe it could be one of the first Southeast Asian countries that could fall under the hands of the People's Democratic Union of Asia."

--Su Ji-Hoon, Dark Storm

Thailand (/ˈtaɪlænd/ TY-land), officially the Kingdom of Thailand and formerly known as Siam, is a country at the center of the Indochinese peninsula in Southeast Asia. With a total area of approximately 513,000 km2 (198,000 sq mi), Thailand is the world's 50th-largest country. It is the 20th-most-populous country in the world, with around 69 million people.