Traditionally, this country's first ruler is considered to be Fa Ngum, who established the Lan Xangkingdom. Coups in this country were led by Kong Le and Phoumi Nosavan, who both opposed thegovernments of Souvanna Phouma. A group in this country that opposed the use of phu nyai or "big man"politics was Hak Xat. The former RLG member Thongthip Rathanavilai wrote Man in the Region of Deathabout prison camps in this country. With the aid of the Viet Minh, Prince Souphanuvon
Traditionally, this country's first ruler is considered to be Fa Ngum, who established the Lan Xangkingdom. Coups in this country were led by Kong Le and Phoumi Nosavan, who both opposed thegovernments of Souvanna Phouma. A group in this country that opposed the use of phu nyai or "big man"politics was Hak Xat. The former RLG member Thongthip Rathanavilai wrote Man in the Region of Deathabout prison camps in this country. With the aid of the Viet Minh, Prince Souphanuvong led a group thatoverthrew a US-backed government of this country that was centered in Vientiane. It is not Cambodia, butthe Ho Chi Minh trail ran through this country. For 10 points, in 1975 a namesake Communist Pathet partygained control of what country?
Traditionally, this country's first ruler is considered to be Fa Ngum, who established the Lan Xangkingdom.
Laos [or Lao People's Democratic Republic]