Oh boy. I could tell you the whole story. It has tons of twists and turns. But the short version is, we are ruled by a military backed kleptocratic bourgeoisie. It was all part of a decades long ploy to funnel private property and wealth into the pockets of a few generals and politicians. It worked. Now they own everything and are the richest people in the country. Their riches are in dollars now, so they only pay lip service to stopping over the frontier contraband of currency paper that is used in the criminal counterfeit industry.