the pathed lao or neolao hug sard fought to kick-out the royal govt..they did not got any powers in Vientiane at the time at all.. they had no chance to build any projects. by the way, the plan of the old project still alive till today that because the're many of the ex-royal peoples who still live in Laos come and join in with the current govt.. you're allright guy?
You are silly. Without wars Lao would have more skilled citizens educated from France, Europe and the US, not from Soviet and Vietnam. Laos would have been more independent and not invaded with Viet. Lao forest would not have spared and Laos should be more developed.