Thai cultural mandates

The cultural mandates or state decrees (; ; literally "state fashion" or "state customs') were a series of 12 edicts issued between 1939 and 1942 by the government of Field Marshal Plaek Pibulsonggram during his first term as prime minister and military dictator of Thailand. The mandates aimed to create a uniform and "civilized" Thai culture at the time when the country was allied with the Axis powers. Many of the practices initiated in the mandates were a result of Thailand entering World War II and remain in effect.
Mandate 1.
The first mandate, "On the name of the country, people and nationality", issued 24 June 1939, cited "public preference" for changing the name of the country. It consisted of one item: "The country, people and nationality are to be called 'Thai'."
One result of this mandate was that organizations with "Siam" in the name were forced to change their names. Well-known examples include the Siam Society, which became the Thailand Research Society, Siam Commercial Bank, renamed Thai Panich Bank, and Siam Cement, which became Thai Cement. After Pibulsonggram was deposed the first time in 1944, Siam Society reverted both its Thai and English names, while the latter two reverted only the English version of their names.
Mandate 2.
"On preventing danger to the nation", issued 3 July 1939, consisted of five items:
Mandate 3.
"On referring to the Thai people", issued 2 August 1939, reinforced Mandate 1 by forcing the public to stop using group names like "northern Thais", "southern Thais", or "Muslim Thais":
Mandate 4.
"On honouring the national flag, national anthem, and royal anthem", issued 8 September 1939, consists of five items:
Mandate 5.
"On using Thai products", issued 1 November 1939, consisted of five items:
Mandate 6.
"On the music and lyrics of the national anthem", issued 10 December 1939, consisted of two items:
Mandate 7.
"Urging the Thai people help build the nation", issued on 21 March 1940, 
Mandate 8.
"On the royal anthem", issued 26 April 1940, shortened the lyrics of the royal anthem, and replaced the word "Siam" with the word "Thai":
Mandate 9.
"On language and writing and the duty of good citizens", issued 24 June 1940, consisted of four items:
Mandate 10.
"On Thai dress", issued 15 January 1941, consisted of two items:
Mandate 11.
"On daily activities", issued 8 September 1941, consisted of five items:
Mandate 12.
The final mandate, "On protecting children, the elderly and the handicapped", issued 28 January 1942, consisted of two items:
21st century cultural mandates.
In 2018 the Thai government created a "soft power" campaign called "Thai Niyom" (Thai-ism) (; ) to reinforce the notion of Thai exceptionalism. It includes "12 Core Values", reminiscent of the earlier Thai cultural mandates. The campaign has been criticized by some academics as "mere state propaganda".