changes, including relocations and marriages, to Township Administration Offices... Households are also required to present a copy of their list to authorities upon request. (DFAT Country Report, 2019, p. 53) In allocating the responsibility for collection to lower levels of the government, the opportunity for abuse and the use of coercion and intimidation methods arises. Furthermore, due to the fact that there is no regulated method of enforcing the recording and updating of household lists, they can easily be used in a discriminatory fashion, such as in northern Rakhine State (which I discuss in detail below), or in ways that serve the ambitions of individual authority figures or military affiliates. In an age where the veil of democracy, coupled with the global forces of modernization, limit the military’s ability to use blatant brute force, self-surveillance and self-censorship are vital to Tatmadaw control and power. Present-Day Tatmadaw Control Maneuvers The ethnic group called the Karen (also known as Kayin) has a long history of dealing with the military’s nefarious actions in pursuit of its ambitious objectives. Engaged in what turned out to be the longest civil war in modern history, the Karen Independence Organization, and its military wing the Karen Independence Army, has fought the Tatmadaw in an effort to gain autonomy for a Karen State once promised by the British. Amid the violence, many Karen civilians have suffered immensely, primarily at the hands of the central military. Following the 2015 National Ceasefire Agreement, fighting between the KIA and the Tatmadaw subsided almost entirely. Despite the tentative end of civil war, however, the Tatmadaw turned to less visible forms of domination and control shrouded in a veil of local economic and infrastructure 88