Thailand is called "the country of white elephants" because its outline is like an elephant and it produces elephants. Kingdom of Thailand, referred to as Thailand. It is a constitutional monarchy country located in Southeast Asia. Located in the middle of Indochina Peninsula, it borders Myanmar in the north, Laos in the west, Cambodia in the southeast and Malaysia in the south.

Thailand is a member and founding member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, and also a member of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, Asia-Europe Meeting and World Trade Organization. In 1990s, it became one of the "four tigers in Asia", but it suffered great setbacks in the economic crisis of 1998. Thailand is one of the emerging industrial countries and emerging market economies in the world, the only net exporter of grain in Asia, one of the top five exporters of agricultural products in the world, the automobile manufacturing center in Southeast Asia and the largest automobile market in ASEAN.