Southeast Asian Empire

The Southeast Asian Empire (2020 - present) was a constitutional monarchy centered around Bangkok (real-world Thailand).
==History==
===Burma-Thai War (1959 - 1960)===
On March 2, 1959, a series of invasions made by Thailand would spark the founding. The first invasion made by Thailand was on Burma, to get revenge from the earlier Burmese-Thai conflicts that dissolved the Ayyuthaya Kingdom. Burma tried to defend itself, but was outnumbered. Thailand officially declared war and on the 28 March, and made small advances into Burma. Thai soldiers captured Yangon on 15 April after a week-long battle, and the rest of Burma fell to the Thais. The last burmese forces surrendered on the Indian border on 4 September 1960, due to a large series of guerilla warfare lead by Win Maung, the president of Burma. Thailand stopped their invasions until the 1969 Declaration of Emergency made by prime minister Thanom Kittakon.
===Eastward Expansion (1969 - 1985)===
The 1969 Pattaya Emergency Declarations started in June 1969, when Communist border raids supported by Chinese, Soviet, and Independence Burma movements. On 21 July 1969, Burmese riots forced Thanom Kittakon to declare war on Communist Laos and the Lao Kingdom, since the Kingdom allied itself with North Vietnam. Thailand also declared war on north Vietnam, and pushed into Laos and captured Vientiane on the 30th. On 12 August, anti-communist and pro-thai movements sprang across Laos. These movements agreed to join the Thai Armed Forces in exchange for Laos to become an autonomous government. America also responded by landing 200,000 men to Hanoi and captured the city. After a year of guerilla warfare in Laos and North Vietnam, the Lao Communist and Monarchist Forces (LCMF) surrendered. The vietcong also surrendered on the fall of Hue in 1973. South Vietnam, in fear of being invaded, requests thai autonomy. Thailand accepts and Vietnam becomes an autonomous region of Thailand. Meanwhile, in Cambodia, Pol Pot sprang up invasion plans of Thailand. Cambodia declared war on Thailand in 1977, and actually did well, pushing as far as Vientiane, Saigon, and even Bangkok, However, just 310 days after the invasion plan, Thai military began to push into Cambodia, and a thai-supported coup took place in Phnom Penh, causing the surrender of Pol Pot and his government. On March 1981, the regions of Cambodia and Laos became non-automous after the pro-thai movement in Laos collapsed after a 5-year civil war in Laos against the thais. The Philippines, Malaysia, and Indonesia sign the Treaty of Manila in 1983, in fear of a thai invasion. In 1985, the communist party overthrew the Thai government, immidiately gaining the support of China and the Soviet Union.
===1990 Coup and Malaysian War (1990 - 1991)===
On 21 April 1990, forces under the command of King Bhumbibol launched a coup in the result of the monarchist victory, bringing back the absolute monarchy. Meanwhile, Singapore joined Thailand in favour of being autonomous. Malaysia, angered, used this as a justifacation for war against Thailand and tried to invade Thailand, but Thailand's army pushed into Malaysian territorty. Brunei joins Thailand as autonomous as well, hoping to be the sole autonomy of Borneo after the Thai invasion of Indonesia. In May, Bruneian forces invaded Malaysian borneo and helped Thai Singapore and Thailand invade Malaysia. Malaysia surrenders after the fall of Kuala Lumper in February 1991. 
===Total War (1999 - 2020)===
On 15 January 1999, Bhumbibol Adulyadej's chief minister Sajto Nakhama was assasinated in Jakarta, Indonesia. Thailand responded by declaring war on Indonesia, and the Philippines join on 31 March. On 1 April, thai forces, using their great military skills, invaded and took over Borneo in a month. They also took half of Sumatra in May. In June, they took Sumatra, and major islands, such as New Guinea. On 7 March 2001, the thais captured Jakarta and also half of Java. The thais would not capture the entirety of the island until May of 2014. Meanwhile, Filipino forces landed in Saigon and Borneo. However these are repelled, and the Philippines were under threat of invasion. Thai troops took Manila in 2003, and, in 2004, took the entirety of Luzon. The Philippines surrendered in 2008 after the thais took the entire country. In Indonesia, thai naval campaigns began. Thailand took Bali in 2011, and small islands in a 2012-2014 campaign. In 2014, thai troops finally broke the Indo-Java line, a series of trenches made by the Indonesians. Indonesia fell on 21 January 2015, but a guerilla war under Joko Widodo would not stop the War in Indonesia until June of 2020. In 2017, Thai soldiers were ambushed by the Indonesian Liberation Army (ILA). In 2019, civil unrest in the Philippines and Indonesia began to fade away due to thai supression. In February of 2020, the Filipino Guerilla Army surrendered, and in June 18, the ILA. On 3 August, Thai troops invaded Timor-Leste and the country surrendered after 2 days. In 18 August, the Southeast Asian Union was formed. Prayut Chan-o-cha was made prime minister in December. 
==Economy==
The Union has a GDP of 1.1 Trillion, due to Indonesia and the Philippine's high economy toll. It mostly exports soybeans and cotton. Its most richest region is Indonesia and the poorest is Timor-Leste.