The Royal Thai Military (กองทัพไทย) is the name of the military of Thailand. It has four main branches, the Royal Thai Army, Royal Thai Navy (includes Royal Thai Marine Corps), Royal Thai Air Force, in addition to Paramilitary Forces. The minimum age to join the military is 18 and you must be at least 21 to be forcibly recruited, but when this happens, you may have been signed up at the age of 18. In total as of 2004, there are 17,944,151 men in Thailand age 15-49, 10,735,354 of whom could potentially fight in a war. As of 2004, 531,511 males reach military age annually. In 2000, Thailand spent $1.775 billion (in United States dollars) on its military, constituting, in 2003, 1.8% of GDP. The Royal Thai Army is the army of Thailand. ... Thai Navy ensign Thai Navy jack The Royal Thai Navy is the navy of Thailand and was established in the late 1800s. ... The Royal Thai Air Force is the airforce of Thailand. ... A paramilitary organization is a group of civilians trained and organized in a military fashion. ... The United States dollar is the official currency of the United States. ...
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Thailand is a constitutional monarchy with two legislative houses; its chief of state is the king, and the head of government is the prime minister.
Constitutional monarchy in southern Southeast Asia, bordered by Burma to the west and northwest, Laos to the north and east, Cambodia to the southeast, and the Gulf of Siam (an arm of the Pacific Ocean) and Malaysia to the south.
The Kingdom of Thailand is a country in Southeast Asia, bordering Laos and Cambodia to the east, the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia to the south, and the Andaman Sea and Myanmar to the west.
The Kingdom of Thailand, covering an area of 514,000 square kilometers, lies in the heart of Southeast Asia, roughly equidistant between India and China.
Thailand has been highly successful in maintaining its independence and national security in a part of the world where dissension, struggles for power, territorial takeovers, armed insurgency, and war have been common.
Accordingly, Thailand established diplomatic relations with China in 1975, a step that harmonized with the new policy of accommodation between the United States and China.
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