Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko Laos he whenua whenua kei te Tonga ki te Rāwhiti o Ahia, e rohe ana ki Burma me te People's Republic of China ki te raki-hauauru, Vietnam ki te rawhiti, Cambodia ki te tonga me Thailand ki te hauauru. Ko Laos e whai ana i tana hitori ki te Kīngitanga o Lan Xang, "Te Whenua o te Miriona Elephants", i noho mai i te rautau 14 ki te rautau 18. Whai muri i te wā hei kaitiaki French, ka whiwhi a Laos i te rangatiratanga i te tau 1953. He roa
I mutu te pakanga ā-iwi i te wā i tae mai ai te kaupapa Communist Pathet Lao ki te mana i te tau 1975.