Population: 69.9 million (+0.2% vs 2020) GDP per Capita (PPP): $18,100 (+4.7% vs 2020) Debt to GDP: 58% (+8.4% vs 2020) Power per Capita: 2,689 kWh Tranquil history fostered Indochina’s only independent state Thailand’s modern history makes it seem like a guardian angel is averting blows which would fall harshly on another state in the normal course of history. Not only was Thailand never conquered or colonized by the European powers, it did not even suffer a “Sack of Peking” when those powers forced it to sign unequal trade treaties. The perpetrators of Thailand’s first attempted coup against the monarchy in 1912 were eventually pardoned without any executions, and the successful revolt of 1932 left the monarchy intact and influential…