But I understand that the Burmese still wanted to keep the name. Myanmar is a product of the generals and their moving the capital city from Rangoon.

The generals are well known to have drug factories in the jungle and produce Ya Ba, a form of Speed, which they export to Thailand. That is why they are so against the democratisation and loss of power over the income. But they now find they are fighting on many fronts, with tribes like the Karen and since this latest coup even their own people.

It's a country I've always held a fascination for since reading George Orwell's Burmese Days in my youth.