Landlocked between India and China, isolated for centuries, the Kingdom of Bhutan has a monarch, His Majesty the King Jigme Singye Wangchuck, whose mission statement for the country is ‘Gross National Happiness’. Over the past 30 years he has opened the doors to his kingdom in slow, barely perceptible, motion. The visionary monarch has chosen not to engage with the hurly-burly of modern mediocrity; instead, he is creating a society that matures gently while remaining rooted in its faith, identity and culture.