it gets stewy with the official name the official name as per the illegitimate gov't the official name as per the gov't in exile the official name as per the us uk australian and canadian state depts the official name per the un the name the people living there call themselves whether living on the coast or the interior there's a lot of turmoil in the official name one thing burma always had going for it was in common usage it was by far more preferred than myanmar in english that has been slowly changing over the years where it's no longer the case a lot was also expected from the current elections most consider them tainted elections but the fact they were held at all would it be enough to sway the us or uk etc to recognize the junta takeover so far no but that also could change anyway it's these types of things that keep good and honest editors on different sides of the fence on this issue and makes the name hard to pin down