Founded between 1978 and 1981 in the aftermath of the 3rd Indochina War, the country emerged from the shared exhaustion of Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, and parts of Thailand. Which had been destabilized by the Khmer Rouge under Pol Pot, pressure from China and the Cold War. Fearing war and foreign domination, regional leaders set aside recent hate and formed a national-democratic union to restore order, rebuild their economies, and secure independence through unity. The new state emphasized strong central institutions, constitutional rule, and non-alignment, presenting itself as a stabilizing force in Southeast Asia after decades of violence. (I accidentally made it bitmap ;-; now I can't change any mistakes I made)
