You know you are not in India or China. Courtesy Bob Jackson Monks descend from Kurjey Lhakhang in preparation for the festival honoring Guru Rimpoche, who brought tantric Buddhism to Bhutan from India. A dress code encourages national costume, for the king disapproves of Levi's. The people themselves, unwilling to be ordered about by machines, rejected the idea of stoplights. They also get along without lawyers or political parties, electing their representatives directly.
Most people are subsistence farmers only two generations away from a barter economy.
A monk may retire and marry without stigma. Having paid a small fine, he is then known as a getre.