Thailand is a kingdom, I got to know that when I visited Thailand for the first time. The king highly respected by all the people. You’ll see pictures of the king and queen all over the country such as in shop, home, along the streets, in the taxi and so on.
The official name of Thailand kingdom is Kingdom of Thailand. In Thai language, it’s called prathet Thai. Around until 1939, the country was known as “siam” and then it was changed to the currents name, prathet Thai, or “Thailand” once. However, it was renamed back to “siam” from 1945 to 1949, then back to “Thailand” on May 11, 1949.
“Thai” means “free” therefore, “Thailand” means “land of the free”
It must show their pride about the fact that Thailand is the only one country that has never been colonized in Southeast Asia while other countries around were colonized by great Britain and France.