Bhutan

In 1974, the United Nations recognized Bhutan as a country.

- In 1999, Bhutan became one of the last countries in the world to introduce internet services and lift the ban of television. Even today, there is only one state owned televised channel.

- In 2006, the fourth King declared his intentions of making Bhutan into a parliamentary democracy.

- In 2008, the first democratic elections took place.

- Today, as a constitutional monarchy, the King is the head of the State and as a parliamentary democracy, the Prime Minister runs the Country as the head of the government.

- In 2010, it became the first country in the world to ban tobacco and tobacco products.

-In 2014, the first major global hotel group to start in Bhutan was Starwood.

- To this day, there are still no chain establishments such as McDonalds, Starbucks, 7-11, Baskin Robbins, Subway, etc. It remains undeveloped from the outside world.

- Education is completely free from elementary school up to continued education.

- Medical services are completely free. When the doctors in Bhutan can’t perform a specific procedure, they will pay for that patient to fly to India to get the appropriate attention they need.