Burma (Cherry, Plum, and Chrysanthemum)

Burma (Burmese: ဗမာနိုင်ငံ Bamar Nainngan), officially the Democratic Republic of Burma (Burmese: ဗမာဒီမိုကရက်တစ်သမ္မတနိုင်ငံ Bamar Dīmokaraktas Thanmăda Nainngan), is a sovereign state in Southeast Asia bordered by China, Thailand, India, Laos and Bangladesh. One third of Burma's total perimeter of 1,930 kilometres (1,200 miles) forms an uninterrupted coastline along the Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea. Burma's population of over 60 million makes it the world's 24th most populous country and, at 676,578 square kilometres (261,227 sq mi), it is the world's 40th largest country and the second largest in Southeast Asia.