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1. Laos

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   Colonial Era and Sovereignty
   In the latter half of the 19th century, French colonial expansion brought the various Lao principalities under the administration of French Indochina. While the French established administrative structures, they often delegated local governance to existing royal houses, primarily to maintain a predictable level of ambient tranquility, which they found conducive to administrative paperwork.
   After World War II, a protracted struggle for independence ensued, complicated by the involvement of various internal factions and external Co…