Thanks to Severance I know they got black watermelons.

It’s also called Burma, the political situation there isn’t exactly stable, and I’ve known one (but only one) Burmese guy in the US before. That’s… probably it

idk, it’s far in the east, between india and china. is it mostly muslim or was that bangladesh? also somebody apparently set up a factory for cheap clothing there, to rip off the poor population and take advantage of their labor force. idk, i don’t know much honestly.

All I know is, assuming it’s correct, that there are 2 groups fighting an ongoing civil war (one in power and the other displeased) and that it doesn’t seem either are gonna stop anytime soon. Don’t really know much more than that surface level happening.

Edit:

Also, that it used to be called Burma. No idea why the name changed, but that’s not my business.

I’ll do a fair run without googling:

It’s located in the Far East

It has issues with some ethnicity that the government tries to genocide and/or push outside the country (for religious reasons?..)

It has a star on its flag and three stripes (you have it on the picture, but I remember it regardless; not the colors though)

That’s about it, to be honest. Not the most represented country, and I’d love to know more.

That’s not Youranmar! That’s Myanmar!

I know it’s often a map in military shooter video games.

They have a different style of applying makeup.

https://www.google.com/search?q=myanmar+makeup&tbm=isch

top gear special

yea that’s pretty much it

1. Coup. Myanmar is currently under a military junta after the democratically elected leader was arrested by the military.

2. Civil war. As far as I remember, there was a lot of different factions fighting against the military regime.

3. It used to be called Burma.

4. The Democracy before wasn’t exactly democratic. The military has 25% of the legislature which (i think) has somehow to do with blocking a supermajority required for constitutional changes (right?)

That’s about all I know.

The dancing in front of the coup video came from there.

I’ve been there in the good between times in 2018 solo backpacking after quitting my job and buying a ticket to Vietnam with intention of finding a better country to live in. Loved it. The government only let tourists go to certain places so i couldn’t rent a motorcycle and go wherever like my usual travel style. The one i could was electric in bagan. Came from Chang Mai to mandalay, to bagan, then to inle lake then Yangon IIRC. The people, food , wats, and country was incredible. Given that i didn’t get off the tourist trail much I wish i had spent a lot more than ~2 weeks there. I think about these guys maybe late teens or early 20s i hung out with on a roof one day in mandalay and wonder what happened to them with this war. I support the toppling of the junta and watched intently via reddit Myanmar subs when it was starting and until i switched to Lemmy. On a lighter note I miss those handmade cigarettes.

• Civil War (sadly)
• The nobel peace price winner who played a vital role transformating the country to a democracy, before the civil war happend. (Have to look up the name)
• The Royhinga genocide
• Lots of minorities and factions
• And the Top Gear special

I know that it exists and is right next to china. Thats it

My time in Northern Thailand made me want to explore over the border. It seems the closer we got to the more remote border regions the more beautiful the landscape became. Some of the Burmese food around Chiang Mai was amongst the best I’ve ever had. Kao Soi in particular, although maybe this is more Burmese influenced than actually Burmese?!