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Isn't Bhutan one of the countries with the happiest citizens? Heard it's hard to get a visa to go there.
D'aww. They look pretty cute.
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Seconding d'awww. Good for them. 
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Your forum quote makes your comment quite amusing, you do realize?
Good luck to the two of them.
Expergiscēre cras, medior quam hodie. (Awaken tomorrow, better than today.)
I see someone likes the "Craziest headlines of 2011" game.
And congrats to the couple. :)
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How sweet. Their king sounds like a great guy, I hope they'll be happy.
Except for 4/1/2011. That day lingers in my memory like...metaphor here...I should go.
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He scored some Bhooty.
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Those are some pretty clothes. I know of this country, but I know pretty much nothing about it. Now I know that they apparently have pretty clothes!
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Couldn't resist. Even I knew it was an Incredibly Lame Pun.
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People don't know much about the country because for many years it was a Forbidden Kingdom - no outsiders were allowed to cross into Bhutan, and I'm sure that the penalty was something like Death by Tiger. The young king's father has changed a lot of that - not only did he open up the countries borders, he created a constitutional monarchy (despite the fact that the people were doing just fine with him having absolute authority, and in fact one of the first actions of the new parliament was to request that the monarchy take back absolute authority), and declared that the goal of his new government wasn't to increase the countries gross domestic product, but its Gross National Happiness (Bhutan is the only country on Earth to measure happiness and the only government to consider "success" based on a net rise in happiness over time). Basically, the government exists solely to make its people happy.
The current king is the world's youngest monarch (28 years old), and so far has spent most of his time promoting democracy and giving away royal lands to poor farmers.
Man,it soudns like they have been taking lessons from Disney royals.
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: Their first children will be male and female fraternal twins.
In all seriousness, that's kind of cool. But the article said he was 31, so now I'm confused. Is he 31 or 28?
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Oh Hell yes!
And top it all off, he's the Goddamn Dragon King.
And let us pray that come it may (As come it will for a' that)
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The thread title made me think of Exalted.
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Bhutan is indeed famous for the unique way of measuring socio-economic progress: instead of using GDP (Gross Domestic Product), they use the so called GNH (Gross National Happiness).
And they do look like a lovely couple.
edited 14th Oct '11 1:06:12 AM by germi91
"It is true that we are called a democracy, for the administration is in the hands of the many and not of the few."
Sorry, he is 31 now. I meant when he ascended the throne, he was 28.
Sadly, its still also one of the poorest countries on the planet, what with being landlocked and somewhat averse to tourism - its a beautiful land, but the people simply don't trust many outsiders, seeing as how they all descended from Buddhist refugees who fled into the Himalayas to avoid having to deal with all the wars going on at the time.
edited 14th Oct '11 5:28:14 AM by MyGodItsFullofStars
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/44885097?gt1=43001
Having confirmed with the Royal Astrologers that today was Auspicious enough for the occasion, the Dragon King of Bhutan descended from his Golden Throne, took a pilgrimage to the great Monastery Fortress, and placed the Silk Crown upon his new bride.
Bhutan sounds pretty kick-ass. And no, I'm not making any of that up, haha.