Bhutan

Flag of Bhutan

**Bhutan,** Officially the **Kingdom of Bhutan** is a small Himalayan state in South Asia. The Kingdom is a Unitary Autocratic Monarchy with the monarch having near full control over the operations of the state, it is ruled by the house of Wangchuck currently. Bhutan did not participate in any of the wars surrounding it, despite this Bhutan has recently begun to militarize in recent years given the proximity of the Socialist India witch is causing massive difficulties for the stability and safety of Bhutan. We do not know exactly when Bhutan was declared but most accept it to be around 1700 given current lack of sources in the region. Bhutan was incredibly isolated from the Second Weltkrieg and thus did not participate during the war. Bhutan is isolated and looking for ways to increase its safety. It is looking towards Sikkim, Nepal, Tibet, and the Guangzhou government for protection as the radical socialist India looks to topple the Bhutanese monarchy.

## History

In 1936 Bhutan wasn't in the most stable of positions with two opposing claimants to the throne and with a powerful advisor looking to overthrow the government. However King Jigme out of a whole host of mistakes made on one the best decisions he could have made, he kept the current head of the royal guard. This prevented any sort of coup against him from the dissenting voices within his kingdom, he also investigated a mysterious caravan preventing another crisis from breaking out as he began to realize just how precarious his position was in the mountains. This lead him and his forces into an engagement with the monks on Mount Taro witch in the aftermath of this he has retained just enough authority to keep the realm from falling apart. This all happened within only a couple of years and by 1938 Bhutan had just restabilized itself when the War of Indian Unification broke out. This caused mass panic within the kings court as worries about a potential invasion were beginning to seem likely. This was only exacerbated when agents attempted to spark a socialist revolution in Bhutan were found souring relations between India and Bhutan. Bhutan hoped for the victory of the Empire of India or the Dominion but when news came in of the Fall of Delhi and later Hyderabad the Bhutanese desperately began to look for someone to guarantee their independence. In this regard they were able to gain a defensive pact with the other nations in the Himalayas. This dissuaded direct invasion but has not stopped India from trying to subvert the monarchial states in the region and as India grew in strength it was clear that more protection was needed. Bhutan then reached out to the Guangzhou government who promised to protect Bhutan after China was reunified. While this will be helpful later on currently it could be a death sentence with recently an attempted assassination of the king in 1947 by socialist agitators. And with similar events happening in its neighbors it is quite obvious where the region is heading next as a new proxy war by the Fourth Internationale collides with the interests of the Entente and Greater East Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere.

## Military

Bhutan only has an army when it comes to its armed forces, but this isn't to say that its military is entirely useless. Bhutan's army is comprised of <10 divisions but it has more than enough for the case of needing to protect itself. Bhutan has been building up fortifications like there is no tomorrow with a massive defensive network that rivals that of even Switzerland. This has given Bhutan a more defendable position compared to Nepal or Sikkim, but unlike Tibet it cannot solely rely on the Himalayas for protection. Bhutan does not have an Air Force or Navy due to its relative development and it's landlocked nature.