Kampuchea
Kampuchea is the Khmer-language name for the Southeast Asian country commonly known in English as Cambodia. The term also designates historical states, most notably Democratic Kampuchea, the name used by the Khmer Rouge regime that governed from 1975 to 1979.
Kampuchea is bordered by Thailand to the west and northwest, Laos to the north, Vietnam to the
Historically, the name derives from the ancient Khmer Kingdoms and the Khmer Empire centered at Angkor. In
Today Cambodia is a constitutional monarchy with a king and a prime minister as head of government.