State of Burma | |||||||||
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| 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 | |||||||||
| Status | Puppet state of the Empire of Japan | ||||||||
| Capital | Rangoon | ||||||||
| Common languages | Burmese English Japanese | ||||||||
| Religion | State Shinto Buddhism Christianity | ||||||||
| Demonym(s) | Burmese | ||||||||
| Government | Unitary fascist one-party state under a totalitarian dictatorship | ||||||||
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• 1943–1945 | Ba Maw | ||||||||
| Historical era | World War II | ||||||||
• Independence | 1 August 1943 | ||||||||
• Government evacuation | 19 August 1945 | ||||||||
| Currency | Rupee | ||||||||
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The State of Burma (Burmese: ဗမာနိုင်ငံတော်; MLCTS: ba.ma nuingngamtau; Japanese: ビルマ國, Biruma-koku) was a Japanese puppet state established in 1943 during the Japanese occupation of Burma in World War II.