Laos

The Lao People's Democratic Republic is a landlocked country in southeast Asia, bordered by Myanmar (commonly known in the west as Burma) and China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the south, and Thailand to the west. The term Lao is most frequently used to refer to the dominant language and people of Laos. It is also a romanised form of the word Laos in the Lao language, the Thai language, and probably other Tai languages. It is sometimes used in English to refer to the country as well, but romanisation standards hold that "Laos" is the preferred spelling.