Some anecdotal info on Burma: Large number of Nepali live in Mogok ( probably over 25 thousand), which produces the best rubies and sapphires. Most Nepalis living in Mogok are involved in trading or mining of these gems. The above photo looks like a hut near one of the Nepali owned mines as Nepalis in Mogok are not involved in farming. Since the British era, and until the recent past, Burma had Gorkha Battalion. In Burmese military force, a number of Nepalis reached the rank or major and lieutenant colonel and one reached the level of colonel. To maintain that military relationship with the ruling military government, Nepali also call themselves Gurhka in Burma. This gives Nepali community a favorable treatment from the military government. Gaje Ghale received his Victoria Cross in Burma. Large number of British Gurhka soldiers lost their life in the second world war in fighting with the Japanese. There is a large military cemetery near the capital Yangon. In one big section, probably 100s of Gurkha soldiers are buried; Thapa, Karki, Magar, Ghale, age 19, 20, 21. There are about 200,000 Nepalis living in Burma. This is the only reason Nepal maintains an embassy in Burma. The embassy hardly does any activates other than issuing visa to Burmese pilgrims visiting Lumbini. Most Nepali ambassadors to Burma have been either retired chief of police or chief of army. There they get to mingle with the local generals and learn the game of golf, which is very popular and cheap in Burma