I had never heard of this country before seeing this video. It is fascinating how happy people seem to be though to be fair there seem to be a great number of poor, ignorant peasants doing hard labor that modern farming techniques could help alleviate. The king sounds like a great man, made all the greater by stepping down and ceding his kingship in favor of democracy. It is said that the greatest things George Washington ever did was step down after his second term when he could have been crowned king. The King seemed to understand this sentiment when he said he could not guarantee future kings would be as benevolent as he was. The Bhutans complaining about democracy need to take a long look at human history,and the pitfalls of single, lifelong rulers.

I cant believe that Bhutan is like this. This was almost like Shang Gri La man like the people truly loved this king guy. Its totally opened my eyes. I've been the type of person to always say a single person could never run a country. But heres a guy who has won all of his people in what sounds like an honest and impressive show of compassion for the people. But hes giving up?? QUE? WHAT?