Are they playing Sid Meier’s Civilization in Thailand?

The following news flash crossed my desk today:

“BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) — Military revokes Thai constitution after staging coup.”

It seemed straight out of Civilization … a pithy, one line statement that life would not be the same in Thailand.

Sigh. And we just had Thai food Monday night. Spicy food, spicy government.

Being an ugly American, my second thought was: Will this affect prices on consumer goods?

Old Navy, meet New Dictator.

Here’s a list of stuff that can be made in Thailand

(And yes, I know that’s an image of Ghengis Khan above)