The military takeover the Myanmar government in 1962 had very bad effects on the country as whole and its development. The rule of the military made multiple problems that made the country stagnate and be left behind by most of the countries in the region. The conflicts inside between different ethnic groups became more violent and brutal. The military had the power and the country was under a dictatorship. The than bad economy just got even worse, which caused even bigger poverty and bad living conditions for the people in this Southeast Asian country.