The constitutional monarchy was installed in 1932; King BumibolAdulyadej acceded to the throne in 1946 and since then the monarchy has maintained power through developing military, bureaucratic and business allies and creating an impression of the king as a godlike the person.
Since the establishment of Bangkok as a kingdom, none of the monarchs of Siam had been named properly according to the royal tradition. The Thai government allied itself with Japan during World War II, once invasion by Japanese forces became imminent. Thailand subsequently shared in the Japanese hyperinflation toward the end of World War II. The inflation continued for several years after the war