Bhutan's governing party pledged recently to follow the policies of the absolute monarchy it is replacing, after it won a landslide in the country’s first parliamentary elections. This remote, beautiful country truly is in the throes of a noble experiment. What makes this experiment unique is that this move towards democracy has been initiated by the ruling monarch himself.

In English with subtitles in English for some scenes. Originally broadcast as an episode of a 5-part documentary television series on the History Channel in 2012.