State of Burma

The State of Burma (Burmese: ဗမာနိုင်ငံတော်; MLCTS: ba.ma nuingngamtau; Japanese: ビルマ国, Biruma-koku) was a Japanese puppet state created by Japan in 1943 during the Japanese occupation of Burma in World War II.

State of Burma
ဗမာနိုင်ငံတော် (Burmese)
ビルマ国 (Japanese)
1943–1945
Motto: တသွေး၊ တသံ၊ တမိန့်
t sway, t san, t min
"One Blood, One Voice, One Order"
Anthem: "တို့ဗမာသီချင်း"
Dobama Thachin
"Our Burma Song"
Green: Under government authority
Light silver: Remainder of British Burma
Light green: Annexed by Thailand
StatusPuppet state of the Empire of Japan
CapitalRangoon
Common languagesBurmese
English
Japanese
Religion
State Shinto
Buddhism
Christianity
GovernmentTotalitarian dictatorship
Head of State & Prime Minister 
 1943–1945
Ba Maw
Historical eraWorld War II
 Independence
1 August 1943
 Government evacuation
19 August 1945
CurrencyRupee
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Japanese Military Administration
British Burma
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