Eccentric shook his head and said, "The Golden Triangle is a no man's land, but it's also every man's land. Here, all three countries want it, but they are afraid of each other and are unable to make a move. This is a balanced triangle of strength, and it's very difficult to break it. No one will watch as another party takes over this place…
"In addition, the armed forces of the Golden Triangle are very strong, even stronger than the military of the three poor countries! Furthermore, the terrain here is narrow and complicated, making it inconvenient for transportation. When the military from another country comes here, they have to do jungle warfare.
"It's not that I'm looking down on the three countries' troops. Laos is too poor and their military is very poorly funded. Myanmar isn't much better. Besides, there's some chaos in northern Myanmar that the government can't completely control. Thailand is better, but not much better.