Could Myanmar join India?

[Pre-Christian Persecuted People]

Myanmar is predominantly Buddhist, India is secular with preferences given to minorities. It will not be possible unless India ceases to remain secular and socialist.

Burma was part of the whole British empire before it was cut off to govern separately.

[Valentine Z]

On second thought, we could totally unite the whole of Asia under one banner.

Let's call it Southeast Asia, or ASEAN. ASEAN + India.

[New Northwesteros]

On second thought, we could totally unite the whole of Asia under one banner.

Let's call it Southeast Asia, or ASEAN. ASEAN + India.

Or, you know, just Asia.

[Heloin]

Myanmar is predominantly Buddhist, India is secular with preferences given to minorities. It will not be possible unless India ceases to remain secular and socialist.

The India understander has logged into the group chat.

[Sordhau]

Myanmar is predominantly Buddhist, India is secular with preferences given to minorities. It will not be possible unless India ceases to remain secular and socialist.

Burma was part of the whole British empire before it was cut off to govern separately.

India is barely secular, definitely does not favor minorities, and certainly isn't Socialist. Never mind that there is zero support for the purely hypothetical union of India and Myanmar in either country. Like what kind of nonsense is this lmfao.

[Frisemark]

This is like asking "could Ukraine join Russia"

Yes, it could. If millions of people die.

[Infected Mushroom]

Better to join the People’s Republic of China.

Well if we're entering going full throttle into the land of dumb suggestions then Burma should unite with Laos and Cambodia.

Generally having larger states is better.

[Cetacea]

Let’s throw Thailand and Vietnam in to for good measure

Greater Southeast Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere?

we could call it Ass-end

[Heloin]

Well if we're entering going full throttle into the land of dumb suggestions then Burma should unite with Laos and Cambodia.

Generally having larger states is better.

Which is why the longest lasted states have been small isolated city states.

[Frisemark]

Well if we're entering going full throttle into the land of dumb suggestions then Burma should unite with Laos and Cambodia.

Generally having larger states is better.

I agree. The Americas should unite effective immediately. It would be simply better, as we all know.

[USS Monitor]

Why would they want to?

[Risottia]

You know what? Let's throw Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan and Pakistan into the mix to make the Indian Raj,

I'm told the Windsors have some royals they can spare. A foreign-born sovereign would solve all potential strife for the Head of State.

[Suriyanakhon]

Better to join the People’s Republic of China.

Well if we're entering going full throttle into the land of dumb suggestions then Burma should unite with Laos and Cambodia.

Why would you do this to sweet, innocent Laos?

[Infected Mushroom]

Generally having larger states is better.

I agree. The Americas should unite effective immediately. It would be simply better, as we all know.

They would be unstoppable. The USA’s technology and military plus all of the resources and manpower of Canada and Latin America. Many cities in the south could reach LA/Toronto/Houston levels of power.

[Hukhalia]

On second thought, we could totally unite the whole of Asia under one banner.

Let's call it Southeast Asia, or ASEAN. ASEAN + India.

we could even call it the pan-asiatic states

[Chan Island]

I imagine India would have a few objections to taking in a country currently undergoing a civil war right now.

[Forbidden Territories]

What for? Like what are the benefits of this happening?

There is a greater probability of Sri Lanka merging considering it's current situation than Myanmar.

[Diarcesia]

Frankly Myanmar joining the United Kingdom is more plausible.

[Deutsches Freistaat]

The idea does not make sense. Myanmar has more in common with Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam or Laos than India.

The British basically had them as part of British Raj to simplify control of the region, have 1 big subject instead of multiple smaller ones.

And also, why would the Burmese people be willing to be put under the rule of another country when they are independent?

Here is a way to put it, the people of Alaska would not rejoin Russia, so why would Myanmar rejoin India?

[Tokora]

Why would they merge in the first place?

Why would they want to?

Security against China?

You were so preoccupied with whether they could, you didn't stop to think if they should.

I'm sure it won't possibly backfire if we think if we should after we do it.

It will not be possible unless India ceases to remain secular and socialist.

Wasn't Myanmar also socialist?

This is like asking "could Ukraine join Russia"

Yes, it could. If millions of people die.

I don't think India would invade a country like Russia would.

[Meadowfields]

Myanmar is predominantly Buddhist, India is secular with preferences given to minorities. It will not be possible unless India ceases to remain secular and socialist.

Burma was part of the whole British empire before it was cut off to govern separately.

India is less socialist than the United States lol. It is in no way socialist, much less secular.

[Fachumonn]

On second thought, we could totally unite the whole of Asia under one banner.

Let's call it Southeast Asia, or ASEAN. ASEAN + India.

Such a thing would cause a catastrophe inverse of what happened after WW2 in India and Pakistan, I suggest you research about that and what happens when you have a mix of heavily one-sided religious countries together with an already non-acceptant anti-muslim "president" in India.

[Meadowfields]

That would make for some pretty ugly border gore.

Just collared it in on mapchart.net I have seen worse and besides it's not that bad.

Yeah, I did it too, just look at the old German states and you'll see some border gore.
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[Kamisato Ayaka Nation]

Why would they merge in the first place?

Why would they want to?

Security against China?

Even if both countries are threatened by China knocking on their doorsteps I doubt merger is the first solution to combat that seeing both nations have pretty much different goals and ideas altogether. Myanmar has more immediate issues needing a solution like trying to (re)build the whole nation; I don't think China is something worthy to merge with India.

Such a thing would cause a catastrophe inverse of what happened after WW2 in India and Pakistan, I suggest you research about that and what happens when you have a mix of heavily one-sided religious countries together with an already non-acceptant anti-muslim "president" in India.

Pretty sure they weren't being serious.

[Lemsrow]

If we are gonna unite India with ASEAN, don’t forget, little Bangladesh is squished, so it’s just completely absurd that Burma would unite with India, I’m not native to Burma, but maybe if they get their things together would they even remotely consider it.

You know what? Let's throw Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan and Pakistan into the mix to make the Indian Raj,

I'm told the Windsors have some royals they can spare. A foreign-born sovereign would solve all potential strife for the Head of State.

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