Yesterday the kingdom of Bhutan have held their first general election ever, by decree of former King Jigme Singye Wangchuck. The king had been slowly trying to bring the best of the modern world to his country, without sacrificing the cultural heritage and also the environmental beauty of his tiny nation. In particular, the king came up with the idea of measuring the development of Bhutan not in terms of GDP but rather in terms of what he calls Gross National Happiness aka GNP. I just find the whole idea totally fantastic! I mean, this is genius... so I've decided now I have got to learn to speak the language of Bhutan, Dzongkha. Just the name of it I find absolutely awesome :) see article on BBC there and Wikipedia entry on Bhutan here. See also Bhutan's official site.
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