Bhutan
Bhutan (officially Kingdom of Bhutan) is a country in Southern Asia, with its capital at Thimphu, and is home to roughly 791.5K people.
Dzongkha is the official language; the currency in circulation is Bhutanese ngultrum (Nu.) and Indian rupee (₹); people from here are called Bhutanese.
- »Bhutan measures Gross National Happiness alongside economic output as a matter of state policy.
- »It is carbon negative, with its forests absorbing more than the country emits, and the constitution requires at least 60% forest cover in perpetuity.
- »Television and the internet were not permitted until 1999.
Bhutan touches two neighbours: China to the northeast and India to the west. Directions run from one centre to the other.
Thimphu is one of only two world capitals with no traffic lights. A set was installed and then removed after residents complained they were less pleasant than the white-gloved police officer they replaced.
39,878 km² (15,397 sq mi), 133rd largest of 198 countries and territories on file, almost exactly the size of Switzerland.
Population 791,524, 164th of 198 on file. That averages 20 per km² (51 per sq mi).
The dragon is Druk, the thunder dragon that gives the country its name in Dzongkha: Druk Yul, land of the thunder dragon. The jewels in its claws stand for wealth; the diagonal splits saffron for the monarchy from orange for Buddhism.