Which country is known as the Land of White Elephants?

Thailand is often called the Land of White Elephants because the Thai royal family possesses several White Elephants, but the official name for the country is the Kingdom of Thailand. It is a unitary state, bordered to the south by Malaysia, to the east by Cambodia and Laos, to the north and northwest by Myanmar, and to the southwest by the Andaman Sea. The nation occupies an estimated landmass of 198,116.7 square miles (513,120 sq. km) and is home to almost 70 million people, making it the 20th most populous country in the world.

White Elephants are not a distinct species of Elephant, but rather Elephant with exceptionally light skin, usually reddish-brown that turns pink when it is wet. The Thai people use the term "Chang- Samkhan" which means "Auspicious Elephant," or " white" meaning purity. The term is often mistakenly attributed as meaning"Albino Elephant".

White Elephants are regarded as holy creatures in Thailand and Myanmar, as they were historically in Cambodia and Laos as well. Today, the White Elephant is a symbol of divine and royal power in the country. The more White Elephants the king possesses, the more powerful and prosperous his reign is considered to be. Ownership of White Elephant symbolizes wealth, success, royalty, political power, wisdom, and prosperity.