Laos (This is the Dream)

Laos, officially the Republic of the Lao Nation (: ສາທາລະນະຂອງສປປລາວປະເທດຊາດ; Sathalana Khong Sapalav Pathedsad; : République de la Nation Lao), is a landlocked country in Southeast Asia, bordered by Vietnam, Cambodia, Burma, and South China. It has a parliamentary system of government under a republican consitution. Laos has a population estimated to be around 7.9 million as of July 2015.