[mrala]

The article literally states this fact:

> Bhutan, which is about the size of Maryland, was largely isolated from the rest of the world for centuries. The kingdom was so protective of its unique Buddhist culture that it only started allowing foreign tourists to visit in the 1970s and didn't introduce television until 1999.

[insane_dreamer]

yeah, the unmentioned factor I was referencing is not that it's small and isolated, but rather that it's quite logical that young people in such a situation, once given the opportunity, would explore other countries -- and need to emigrate to do so. It's not like a small country like Luxembourg where you can live there but are within a couple of hours' train ride of thriving major cities in half-dozen countries (why emigrate if you can spend weekends in Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Paris, etc.).