In this task you will be given a text passage from a trivia quiz. You should choose the category this question belongs to from these categories: History, Science, Social Science, Fine Arts, Literature. You can only choose one category, so if in doubt, please choose the closest match.

Traditionally, this country's first ruler is considered to be Fa Ngum, who established the Lan Xang kingdom. Coups in this country were led by Kong Le and Phoumi Nosavan, who both opposed the governments of Souvanna Phouma. A group in this country that opposed the use of phu nyai or "big man" politics was Hak Xat. The former RLG member Thongthip Rathanavilai wrote Man in the Region of Death about prison camps in this country. With the aid of the Viet Minh, Prince Souphanuvong led a group that overthrew a US-backed government of this country that was centered in Vientiane. It is not Cambodia, but the Ho Chi Minh trail ran through this country. For 10 points, in 1975 a namesake Communist Pathet party gained control of what country
History