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Phase 4:

The lack of cooperation between factions of Lao Issara and political crisis caused Lao Issara to dissolve itself. Nevertheless, strong independence movements persisted in the impoverished kingdom.

Viet Minh supplied armed needs to North Korea, but promised that the country will recognize Israel in condition that French Indochina will become a communist confederation ruled by Ho Chi Minh but anything is possible as the Kingdom of Laos, which is neutral, is currently ruled under self-autonomy as part of the French Union.

Laos asked South Korea and Kuomintang-ruled China for help and in exchange, the royal government wants to fix the political turmoil under the pretext that it should expulse the Pathet Lao communists in fear of Soviet threat and rightists will play a limited role in politics only.

Under regional pressure, Laos, like its neighbours, is forced to implement armed attacks to prevent mainland China from communist invasion by Soviet-backed Chinese Red Army led by Mao Zedong. It ended up being successful and the new, fully unified Republic of China continued to be peacefully ruled by Kuomintang and will later become one of US' main allies. Laos also allowed China to finally recognize Tibet as an independant nation ruled under the politically neutral theocratic absolute monarchy.

Economy is still at low income level and society is mindly divided when reacting to the King's actions, but continued to trust him anyway.

Laos has planned to make peace treaty with China, South Korea, Japan and a number of US-backed Asian neighbours that it will become one of the founders of the future Association of Southeast Asia Nations, which comprises of all countries of the region with the exception of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, still under communist control.

ASEAN's first mission is to assist at the impending Korean War to help reunify the peninsula under South Korean government.