Asian countries

Asia is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the Eastern landmass of Eurasia, Asia is generally divided from Europe by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting the Black and Aegean Seas. It was split into South Asia, Southeast Asia, and East Asia.

Described below are some example countries falling even partially under any of the various common definitions of Asia, geographical or political.

Cambodia
Cambodia (Khmer: ព្រះរាជាណាចក្រកម្ពុជា, "Kampuchea"), formally known as the Kingdom of Cambodia and formerly known as the Khmer Empire, was a country within the Southeast region of Asia located at the southern portion of the Indochina Peninsula, bordering Thailand from the northwest, Laos to the northeast, Vietnam to the east, and the Gulf of Thailand to the southwest. Some of its cuisines included amok and pong tea khon (sometimes known as balut), which were fish covered in coconut milk and other flavorings and wrapped with banana leaves, and a boiled fertilized duck's egg, respectively.

Around the time of the Cold War, the Chinese backed several Communist groups. During the late 1970s, the country was subject to a hostile takeover of an off-shoot of the North Vietnamese Army called the Khmer Rouge, led by Pol Pot, which led to a three-year genocidal campaign to ensure a Marxian communist agrarian society. By the time the Khmer Rouge were driven out by 1979, a third of the population had been exterminated, with the name "Killing Fields" being adopted to various mass murder sites. One of the survivors and victims of the regime was Monsoon.

At some point later, Cambodia also ended up gaining some organized crime syndicates on its doorstep. Monsoon would later act as a member of one of these gangs before joining Desperado Enforcement LLC.

Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, was an archipelago-based country located in Southeast Asia and Oceania.

In 1976, an insurgency occurred within Aceh, regarding the Free Aceh movement, and took 29 years before it ended in large part due to the 2002 tsunami. Raging Raven was a victim to the insurgency, which led to her becoming a Beast of War.

Aceh
Aceh was a region in Indonesia, as well as the place where the spread of Islam in the country originated. In 1976, the region tried to declare itself independent from Indonesia, leading to a massive insurgency that lasted to 2005, in large part because of the 2002 tsunami. Raging Raven was born in this region, and was traumatized by the conflict.

Vietnam
Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, is a country within Southeast Asia, and a former French colony. Its name was adopted in 1945 and it translated to "South Viet." It bordered Cambodia to the southwest, China to the north, Laos to the northwest, and the China Sea to the east. The Zanzibar Land mercenary and Whisper survivor Night Fright originated in Vietnam.

In the 1950s, Vietnam, shortly after declaring independence from France, split into two countries, the Communistic/Nationalistic North Vietnam, and the Capitalistic South Vietnam. This eventually led to a war where the North Vietnamese tried to forcibly reunite South Vietnam to it. America sent some soldiers over to aid them until the Gulf of Tonkin incident in 1965, which increased American involvement in Vietnam, called the Vietnam War. Eventually, the Tet Offensive was launched and America left South Vietnam, although it was forcibly reintegrated by the North.

Big Boss participated in Vietnam as part of the CIA, alongside Python. He would later participate in the Vietnam War as a mercenary alongside the American forces.

Kazuhira Miller's half brother participated in Vietnam and was killed during the conflict.