Yao becomes the vassals of the royal house of Luangprabang in the northwest. Meo becomes aligned with the noble of Xiengkhoung in the northeast. Kha were slaves.
Laos is socialist in the sense, depends on who you ask, if someone tells this is a socialist, just walk away, either ignorant or don't care. Laos is a state plan, own and operates, Laos also has a private enterprise, which owns by citizens and foreigner, oh don't forget free market. State plans, means the state official has all the shots, rules, and regulation, that tell you what to produce, how to produce, and where to produce, which is very, very dangerous in term of political, and cultural. Laos is a state capitalist. Thailand on the other hand is a capitalist nation and has three basis apparatus in focus. The political focus is the throne, where the king and queen sit. The religion's focus is the altar. The economic focus in the market. The king is the head of the state, the market is a private enterprise, some state own, the government is governed by unitary. Thailand is a dictatorship, constitutionality monarchy.