Tuhia he tohutoro mō tēnei wāhanga - Ko Laos he whenua whenua, he whenua rangatira i te Tonga ki te Rāwhiti o Āhia. E rohe ana a Laos ki Burma (Myanmar) me Haina ki te raki-hauauru, Vietnam ki te rawhiti, Cambodia ki te tonga, me Thailand ki te hauauru. Ko Laos e whai ana i tona hitori ki te Kīngitanga o "Lan Xang" "Te Whenua o te Miriona Elephants", i noho mai i te tekau ma wha ki te tekau ma waru o nga rautau. I muri i tētahi wā hei mana tiaki French, ka whiwhi i te rangatiratanga i te 1949. He pakanga ā-iwi roa
I mutu ā-ture i te wā i tae mai ai te kaupapa kōmunist Pathet Lao ki te mana i te tau 1975, engari i haere tonu te pakanga i waenganui i ngā rōpū whakataetae i roto i ngā tau maha.