Myanmar, officially the Kingdom of the United Provinces of Myanmar and also known as Burma, is the largest country by geographical size in South and South East Asia and the third largest in Asia. It is bordered in the north and east by the People's Republic of China and the Republic of Vietnam, by the Bharati Republic in the west and Majapahit in the South. Myanmar has an uninterrupted coastline of nearly 9250 km along the Bay of Bengal, the Andaman Sea, the Straits of Malacca, the Gulf of Siam and the South China Sea. Myanmar has a coast to both the Indian and Pacific Oceans. The culture is heavily dominated by Theravada Buddhism and assimilated cultures, particularly Chinese, Indian and also Thai.