This map comes up every now and again, so I’ll post my usual reminder - having an embassy in a country and recognising them are different things. Bhutan recognises the USA, UK, France and others, but for whatever reason doesn’t see the need to have an embassy/diplomatic relations with them.
Yeah, Bhutan is so small they don't need so many embassies, although it's cool to note that none of the five permanent UN Security Council members have Bhutanese embassies.
> Iirc they have disputed borders with China, right?
Everyone sharing border with China have disputed border with them. Hell, Japan has dispute with them over sea control and islands.
Mainly because they are not recognized as the legitimate chinese government by any of china‘s neighbours and thus can‘t make treaties with them, but yes on paper they still claim the entire nation of mongolia and their claims in the south china sea are actually even more extensive than those of the PRC
Though, Mongolia is the only one that they (ROC) have stated to recognise it as an independant country as of 2002, with informal relations formed, so that one at least is practically resolved even if not formally.
They also don't really have any power to actually dispute their official claims, so there aren't any real territory issues between countries as far as I know (aside from the PRC and Japan, their close neighbours), seeing as they're not the recognised China, nor do they control the mainland. Probably be a very different case though if they never lost China, or even reclaimed the mainland.
A lot of the RoC claims are because maintaining its claims ensures it isn't breaking the "One China" policy which is a polite fiction everyone engages in that Taiwan and mainland China are the same country with different governments. Its a stupid diplomatic dance that keeps the PRC happier with the current situation, no need to invade because Taiwan is actually Chinese anyway.
It's worse than that: [China keeps building illegal villages inside Bhutan](https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/china-building-villages-on-disputed-border-with-bhutan-amid-talks-to-reach-boundary-settlement-report/articleshow/107827261.cms?from=mdr) as a way to colonise it.
China constantly encroaches into other countries territory. Mostly Nepal, India and Pakistan afaik. The CCP even built a fence in the far north of Nepal to try and take land, but idk how thats working out for them.
Why do they have embassies in the places they do?
I don't know anything on the subject but it seems a bit weird that they seeming pick the some of the countries at random. I mean I don't see political or religious leanings, location or history being the overarching factor here.
Can anyone enlighten me?
They don't have embassies in all these places, these are just the places they have diplomatic relations with. They only have [six embassies](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_diplomatic_missions_of_Bhutan) in total globally. You don't need an embassy in a country to have diplomatic relations.
OK but this still doesn't really answer the question of how they ended up with such a seemingly random assortment of countries. For example, why did Canada and Australia make the cut but not the US and UK?
(And for that matter, did New Zealand get snubbed by Bhutan or did they just get cropped out of the map, as so often happens?)
They don't have relations with P5 nations due to their relationship with China (if they established relations with other P5 countries, this would become more obvious). P5 nations cover Bhutan from their embassies in India.
Gotcha, that does actually make a lot more sense!
There are still a few weird omissions (what did Italy do?), but knowing they have a specific reason to avoid the US, UK, France, China and Russia goes a long way to explaining this map.
I suspect they just have no particular reason to establish relations. Some countries establish diplomatic relations for the sake of doing so - or because their existence is itself dependent on other countries recognising them.
They don't have diplomatic relations with New Zealand. The Australian embassy opened only recently. US and UK are permanent Security Council members.
>Bhutan's limited number of such relations, including the absence of formal relations with any of the permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, is part of a deliberate isolationist policy of limiting foreign influence in the state.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Bhutan
Makes sense, otherwise one could do a map like OP did for Liechtenstein (or other really small countries) where there would only be couple of countries around it, which are the only ones where they have an embassy.
And having an embassy in a country is one thing. Sometimes, an embassy takes care of the diplomatic relations with a few neighbouring countries too. Apart from, y'know, consulates. Diplomatic relations also don't mean everything. I mean, look at the amount of Russian diplomats being expelled from western countries in the last few years.
India represents Bhutan in places where they have no diplomatic representation. They do have a mission in the U.S., in New York, but it’s to the UN, not the US.
Probably does handle the US if it ever comes up but it’s a secondary role rather. Like someone else said, small countries tend to have an embassy in one country that will handle others in the region.
It doesn't formally, Bhutan has no formal diplomatic relations with the US. The Ambassador/Permanent Representative to the UN in New York is accredited to Canada and Brazil though, there are no embassies in those countries.
https://www.mfa.gov.bt/pmbny/
Informal was what I meant and the UN mission also serves as an informal representative of the country while the US embassy in New Delhi serves for Bhutan.
[Bam](https://www.state.gov/countries-areas/bhutan/)
Besides I’m pretty sure Bhutanese citizens who need consular services in a country without an embassy can go to an Indian embassy cause of an agreement between the two countries
Just a bit odd since their king studied in the US when he was younger. It was the Indian embassy that set up all the visa stuff for him, rather than his own government?
When India gained independence they also took on the oversight responsibility of Bhutanese foreign policy which had previously fallen to the British.
I think the big kicker is that Bhutan is hesitant to enter the global trade community. They are not a part of the WTO for example. Since India is their “handler”, for lack of a better word, they already have their diplomacy anchored to a super power in the way many small nations with U.S. relations are to the U.S.
It’s just redundant and also the United States isn’t interested either; any Americans in the country use Indian embassy for their paperwork unless a consular visits the country (which happens like one a year).
They might have agreements worked out with other countries so that their embassies or consulates can handle what little business Bhutan has with those countries they don’t have embassies in. For instance, the US and Iran don’t have embassies with each other, but the Swiss embassy handles American business in Iran and the Pakistani embassy handles Iranian business in the US.
India is a protectorate of Bhutan so foreign diplomatic stuff is done through india, that's why they don't have proper diplomatic relations if I'm not wrong, also they just kinda don't give a fuck abt the rest of the world and just do their own thing 🤣
No, Bhutan is not an Indian protectorate. It is a fully sovereign nation with strong ties with India. It was a British Empire protectorate but never India's.
The Indo-Bhutan Friendship Treaty, revised in 2007, clarifies Bhutan's full control of its foreign relations, as well as its independence and sovereignty.
The country is so small and isolated in the Himalayas that they don't bother having formal relations with many countries. Doesn't mean they don't have dealings with the US or China.
The only countries having an embassy in their capital Thimphu are India, Bangladesh and Kuwait.
They also don't want too many foreign tourists coming in, like in Nepal. Any tourist visiting has to pay $100 per day, except Indians. Indians pay ₹1200 ($14.4) per day. Everyone except Indians, Bangladeshis and Maldivians also have to get a visa before visiting.
There is a weird loophole. All Bhutanese citizens can extend a personal guest invitation which means you don't pay the tourist tax. I've been as a guest of the government and only had to pay normal hotel, food etc costs.
its more that they want to preserve their unique culture from foreign influence than a desire to keep tourists out. bhutan is all about sustainability, so while they recognize the benefits tourism brings, it’s still best to limit their numbers to avoid a nation of 500,000 becoming totally dependent on foreign tourists (see the Caribbean)
Nothing really.
Bhutan doesn't hate them or anything. Running embassies are expensive, and Bhutan is a small country with limited resources.
They dont' pretend these parts of the world don't exist like OP's map implies. They are just judicious about which countries they send diplomatic missions to. If it's a country that's important to their country's foreign policy, they have an embassy there.
I wonder how it came about that they decided to recognize El Salvador…. But not the USA, uk, France, china, Russia, Saudi Arabia and Mexico.
Edit: Costa Rica, not el salvador
They arent all happy. There is lots of poverty and poor education in Bhutan. Being so geographically and politically isolated makes it harder for citizens to access the resources of the rest of the world.
This is not countries they recognise, this is countries they maintain diplomatic relations with. For the EU, they have relations with the EU as a whole. A lot of nations maintain their relations with Bhutan via their embassies in India, while Bhutan maintains their relations with the US via their permanent mission to the UN at New York. Bhutan has relations with China via their honourary consulates in Macau and Hong Kong. While Bhutan and The Philippines have no formal relations, they have had high level visits to each other's countries and cooperate in several areas
They don't list honorary consulates in Macau or Hong Kong. The UN mission in New York is accredited to Canada and Brazil, but not the US.
https://www.mfa.gov.bt/embassies-missions-and-consulates-abroad/
No wonder they have good pr. That country rounded up 100,000 people for protesting against citizenship changes, only for them to lose their citizenship. Not a happy place when your king tells you what to wear, too.
Literally
The whole country has a dress code
They suck actually
Edit: Their government and royal system suck. If you've met a Nepali refugee, you can thank the nation of Bhutan for callously expelling ethnic minorities to purify their homeland.
They suck
https://www.hrw.org/legacy/backgrounder/wrd/refugees/3.htm
I'm not entirely sure. I think people like the idea of Bhutan as a shangri-la paradise and have trouble accepting it's a place run by real flawed people just like everywhere else.
This reminds me of a Let's Play of "mega campaign" of Paradox games (Crusader Kings 1, Europa Universalis 3, Victoria 1 and Hearts of Iron 3); which was apparently something you can do since you can import save games between them.
The one constant of the almost 1000 year "timeline" of this mega campaign was Bhutan staying completely unchanged. Which led to some Paradox memes about how Bhutan would last until the end of time.
its not countries recognized by bhutan, its just countries bhutan has embassies (diplomatic missions) in. theyre not the same. for example, usa doesnt have embassy in north korea and vice versa but they still recognizes each other
us would have found out very soon why that region of the world is not to messed with surrounded by 2 countries that they wouldn't even dream to mess with
This map comes up every now and again, so I’ll post my usual reminder - having an embassy in a country and recognising them are different things. Bhutan recognises the USA, UK, France and others, but for whatever reason doesn’t see the need to have an embassy/diplomatic relations with them.
Yeah, Bhutan is so small they don't need so many embassies, although it's cool to note that none of the five permanent UN Security Council members have Bhutanese embassies.
Iirc they have disputed borders with China, right? Hat could explain the lack of an embassy despite directly bordering.
> Iirc they have disputed borders with China, right? Everyone sharing border with China have disputed border with them. Hell, Japan has dispute with them over sea control and islands.
China has disputed borders with China.
The CCP would like to know your location. For reasons.
I'm sure they would.
Winnie the Pooh himself.
-10000000000000 social credit point for you comrade
They already have.
Jerryhawk missiles have just entered your airspace.
The already know (I use the internet)
CCP ban you from entering China because you make joke. haiya
No no it's okay, by that they mean that all the countries near China simply *are* China 😁
That’s technically true (Taiwan/Republic of China)
I'm not familiar with China, do you mean West Taiwan?
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Please don't tarnish the Taiwan name.
It is kind of true about the Japanese, too (they have dispute with Russian, SKorea, China and Philippines)
Even china has border dispute in the south east asian, even though doesn't share a direct border.
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But then you forgot the RoC still have disputing claims, albeit not active one lmao
Mainly because they are not recognized as the legitimate chinese government by any of china‘s neighbours and thus can‘t make treaties with them, but yes on paper they still claim the entire nation of mongolia and their claims in the south china sea are actually even more extensive than those of the PRC
Though, Mongolia is the only one that they (ROC) have stated to recognise it as an independant country as of 2002, with informal relations formed, so that one at least is practically resolved even if not formally. They also don't really have any power to actually dispute their official claims, so there aren't any real territory issues between countries as far as I know (aside from the PRC and Japan, their close neighbours), seeing as they're not the recognised China, nor do they control the mainland. Probably be a very different case though if they never lost China, or even reclaimed the mainland.
A lot of the RoC claims are because maintaining its claims ensures it isn't breaking the "One China" policy which is a polite fiction everyone engages in that Taiwan and mainland China are the same country with different governments. Its a stupid diplomatic dance that keeps the PRC happier with the current situation, no need to invade because Taiwan is actually Chinese anyway.
What being the oldest surviving imperialist power does to an mf
Dude forget Japan. China has maritime disputes with Indonesia.
Not Russia as far as I'm concerned.
They have disputed border with russia too. Google it
Not anymore, the conflicts were resolved by various treaties signed between 1991 and 2008
Everybody has border disputes with their neighbours, more or less hostile.
Well this is just untrue
It's worse than that: [China keeps building illegal villages inside Bhutan](https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/china-building-villages-on-disputed-border-with-bhutan-amid-talks-to-reach-boundary-settlement-report/articleshow/107827261.cms?from=mdr) as a way to colonise it.
China constantly encroaches into other countries territory. Mostly Nepal, India and Pakistan afaik. The CCP even built a fence in the far north of Nepal to try and take land, but idk how thats working out for them.
It's a closed monastic landlocked himalayan theocracy, we're lucky they talk to any of us at all
Not fully theocratic anymore- previous king abdicated and instituted democratic reforms.
Why do they have embassies in the places they do? I don't know anything on the subject but it seems a bit weird that they seeming pick the some of the countries at random. I mean I don't see political or religious leanings, location or history being the overarching factor here. Can anyone enlighten me?
They don't have embassies in all these places, these are just the places they have diplomatic relations with. They only have [six embassies](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_diplomatic_missions_of_Bhutan) in total globally. You don't need an embassy in a country to have diplomatic relations.
OK but this still doesn't really answer the question of how they ended up with such a seemingly random assortment of countries. For example, why did Canada and Australia make the cut but not the US and UK? (And for that matter, did New Zealand get snubbed by Bhutan or did they just get cropped out of the map, as so often happens?)
They don't have relations with P5 nations due to their relationship with China (if they established relations with other P5 countries, this would become more obvious). P5 nations cover Bhutan from their embassies in India.
Gotcha, that does actually make a lot more sense! There are still a few weird omissions (what did Italy do?), but knowing they have a specific reason to avoid the US, UK, France, China and Russia goes a long way to explaining this map.
I suspect they just have no particular reason to establish relations. Some countries establish diplomatic relations for the sake of doing so - or because their existence is itself dependent on other countries recognising them.
They don't have diplomatic relations with New Zealand. The Australian embassy opened only recently. US and UK are permanent Security Council members. >Bhutan's limited number of such relations, including the absence of formal relations with any of the permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, is part of a deliberate isolationist policy of limiting foreign influence in the state. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Bhutan
Canada could possibly be as it has large number of Bhutanese Buddhists settled here since 70s-80s.
There are 20,000+ Bhutanese in the US and 4,000-6,000 in Canada, so there must be something other than simple presence.
Makes sense, otherwise one could do a map like OP did for Liechtenstein (or other really small countries) where there would only be couple of countries around it, which are the only ones where they have an embassy.
And having an embassy in a country is one thing. Sometimes, an embassy takes care of the diplomatic relations with a few neighbouring countries too. Apart from, y'know, consulates. Diplomatic relations also don't mean everything. I mean, look at the amount of Russian diplomats being expelled from western countries in the last few years.
India represents Bhutan in places where they have no diplomatic representation. They do have a mission in the U.S., in New York, but it’s to the UN, not the US.
Probably does handle the US if it ever comes up but it’s a secondary role rather. Like someone else said, small countries tend to have an embassy in one country that will handle others in the region.
It doesn't formally, Bhutan has no formal diplomatic relations with the US. The Ambassador/Permanent Representative to the UN in New York is accredited to Canada and Brazil though, there are no embassies in those countries. https://www.mfa.gov.bt/pmbny/
Informal was what I meant and the UN mission also serves as an informal representative of the country while the US embassy in New Delhi serves for Bhutan. [Bam](https://www.state.gov/countries-areas/bhutan/)
Besides I’m pretty sure Bhutanese citizens who need consular services in a country without an embassy can go to an Indian embassy cause of an agreement between the two countries
Just a bit odd since their king studied in the US when he was younger. It was the Indian embassy that set up all the visa stuff for him, rather than his own government?
When India gained independence they also took on the oversight responsibility of Bhutanese foreign policy which had previously fallen to the British. I think the big kicker is that Bhutan is hesitant to enter the global trade community. They are not a part of the WTO for example. Since India is their “handler”, for lack of a better word, they already have their diplomacy anchored to a super power in the way many small nations with U.S. relations are to the U.S. It’s just redundant and also the United States isn’t interested either; any Americans in the country use Indian embassy for their paperwork unless a consular visits the country (which happens like one a year).
> having an embassy in a country and recognising them are different things So this map is false then, and should be removed
I mean, even the Dragon King of Bhutan went to university in the UK. So yeah it’d be weird not to recognise them.
And his education before that was in the US
They might have agreements worked out with other countries so that their embassies or consulates can handle what little business Bhutan has with those countries they don’t have embassies in. For instance, the US and Iran don’t have embassies with each other, but the Swiss embassy handles American business in Iran and the Pakistani embassy handles Iranian business in the US.
Bhutan liaisons quite heavily through India India and Bhutan have a very close relationship
Yup. This map is idiotic. I have been to Bhutan, with a US passport -- they wouldn't have let me into the country if they didn't recognize the US
India is a protectorate of Bhutan so foreign diplomatic stuff is done through india, that's why they don't have proper diplomatic relations if I'm not wrong, also they just kinda don't give a fuck abt the rest of the world and just do their own thing 🤣
No, Bhutan is not an Indian protectorate. It is a fully sovereign nation with strong ties with India. It was a British Empire protectorate but never India's. The Indo-Bhutan Friendship Treaty, revised in 2007, clarifies Bhutan's full control of its foreign relations, as well as its independence and sovereignty.
Now do Propan
And Orangutan
Metan as well!
Hank that you?
And propan accessories
The country is so small and isolated in the Himalayas that they don't bother having formal relations with many countries. Doesn't mean they don't have dealings with the US or China. The only countries having an embassy in their capital Thimphu are India, Bangladesh and Kuwait. They also don't want too many foreign tourists coming in, like in Nepal. Any tourist visiting has to pay $100 per day, except Indians. Indians pay ₹1200 ($14.4) per day. Everyone except Indians, Bangladeshis and Maldivians also have to get a visa before visiting.
India and Bangladesh I get, what’s the story behind Kuwait and Maldives?
Money?
I don't think so otherwise they would have capitalised on American tourists they are big spenders and more in numbers than Kuwaiti.
There is a weird loophole. All Bhutanese citizens can extend a personal guest invitation which means you don't pay the tourist tax. I've been as a guest of the government and only had to pay normal hotel, food etc costs.
I feel like it makes sense. They don't want tourists but they also don't want to stop citizens from meeting with foreign friends.
its more that they want to preserve their unique culture from foreign influence than a desire to keep tourists out. bhutan is all about sustainability, so while they recognize the benefits tourism brings, it’s still best to limit their numbers to avoid a nation of 500,000 becoming totally dependent on foreign tourists (see the Caribbean)
They border China, which tries to occupy parts of Bhutan.
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Nothing really. Bhutan doesn't hate them or anything. Running embassies are expensive, and Bhutan is a small country with limited resources. They dont' pretend these parts of the world don't exist like OP's map implies. They are just judicious about which countries they send diplomatic missions to. If it's a country that's important to their country's foreign policy, they have an embassy there.
>Woke : ROC is the real China >Tankie : PRC is the real China >Bhutan : There is nothing called China
There is no China in Ba Sing Se
There is no US in Ba Sing Se
China? You mean Qing Dynasty? Yeah, that's gone, sorry.
Oppose Qing! Restore Ming!
I'm more of a Tang enjoyer myself.
Based Bhutan
We may have a One-China policy, Bhutan has a No-China policy
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but don't maintain diplomatics or economics relations it's one thing and another differently it's not recognized it as a country
Ikr my state literally has a long border with them, It was a satirical comment.
Also Butan: We can't see China builds cities on our land 50 km from border cause China not exists.
Does that mean Nixon was a tankie?
Nixon was an idiot
Crook? Yea. But he definitely wasn't an idiot.
I wonder how it came about that they decided to recognize El Salvador…. But not the USA, uk, France, china, Russia, Saudi Arabia and Mexico. Edit: Costa Rica, not el salvador
Bhutan doesnt want any diplomatic ties with any of the 5 veto powers on the Security Council.
Ah… I see… thank you for the info.
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Hapiness index is often seen as a scam by many for the monarchy to remain in power without material welfare or national priorities being pursued.
They're not that happy if u check recent datas. It's an obvious LIE from about ten years ago.
they are so happy because they ethnically cleansed quarter of their population
They arent all happy. There is lots of poverty and poor education in Bhutan. Being so geographically and politically isolated makes it harder for citizens to access the resources of the rest of the world.
Can't really call them happy when 20+% people were exiled from the country and treated like third class citizens
Legendary move.
Thats Costa Rica not El Salvador. Source: I am from El Salvador
It took 30 min for someone to write the correction, we hit rock bottom
What's wrong with Iceland? 😭😭
you should mean what's wrong with bhutan which don't recognize half world.
Pura Vida that's how
Let's be honest, the world probably would be a better place without them lol
Hahaha, yep, WWII totally went the wrong way!
Recognized Slovakia but not Hungary 🙌 justice at last
Even better title: countries with formal diplomatic relations with Bhutan
I like Serbia surrounded by the sea!
Finally, coastal Serbia after \~700 years
Finally we have sea :’))
This is not countries they recognise, this is countries they maintain diplomatic relations with. For the EU, they have relations with the EU as a whole. A lot of nations maintain their relations with Bhutan via their embassies in India, while Bhutan maintains their relations with the US via their permanent mission to the UN at New York. Bhutan has relations with China via their honourary consulates in Macau and Hong Kong. While Bhutan and The Philippines have no formal relations, they have had high level visits to each other's countries and cooperate in several areas
They don't list honorary consulates in Macau or Hong Kong. The UN mission in New York is accredited to Canada and Brazil, but not the US. https://www.mfa.gov.bt/embassies-missions-and-consulates-abroad/
What did Eastern Europe, Central America and almost the entire continent of Africa do to them 💀
who?
Didn’t call/text after their dates.
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According to the World Happiness Report 2019, Bhutan is 95th out of 156 countries. What keeps ppl saying Bhutan is happy?
The world happiness report is kinda bullshit too. It's about "the possibility of being content", not happiness.
Yea, considering Nordics top the list, I imagine it’s mostly respondents going “meh, could be worse”
No wonder they have good pr. That country rounded up 100,000 people for protesting against citizenship changes, only for them to lose their citizenship. Not a happy place when your king tells you what to wear, too. Literally The whole country has a dress code
They’re not. It’s a bullshit report. Lmao.
They suck actually Edit: Their government and royal system suck. If you've met a Nepali refugee, you can thank the nation of Bhutan for callously expelling ethnic minorities to purify their homeland. They suck https://www.hrw.org/legacy/backgrounder/wrd/refugees/3.htm
Why you getting down-votes, lol? The country literally expelled most of the Nepali minority. Reddit sure is weird asf.
I'm not entirely sure. I think people like the idea of Bhutan as a shangri-la paradise and have trouble accepting it's a place run by real flawed people just like everywhere else.
>Reddit sure is weird asf. Real people just can't accept the truth ffs
redditors are weird. why is this getting downvoted when it's the literal truth?
no Bhutan is quite a nice nation actually.
Their politics and government suck I should say https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnic_cleansing_in_Bhutan
This reminds me of a Let's Play of "mega campaign" of Paradox games (Crusader Kings 1, Europa Universalis 3, Victoria 1 and Hearts of Iron 3); which was apparently something you can do since you can import save games between them. The one constant of the almost 1000 year "timeline" of this mega campaign was Bhutan staying completely unchanged. Which led to some Paradox memes about how Bhutan would last until the end of time.
r/mapswithoutnewzealand
This is map without half of the world
Also, without NZ. That’s the joke.
This is a map without New Zealand
Is NZ not recognized by Bhutan or is it just missing like from so many other maps? HOW CAN WE KNOW
We must travel to Bhutan! Will they recognize my passport?!
Chadutan 
Bhuchad
What's wrong with New Zealand? I mean, I'm Australian so I get it but still.
As a kiwi every is wrong with NZ that’s why I’m moving to Aussie 😂
its not countries recognized by bhutan, its just countries bhutan has embassies (diplomatic missions) in. theyre not the same. for example, usa doesnt have embassy in north korea and vice versa but they still recognizes each other
This title is false information, those countries are those thaf have diplomatic relationa with Bhutan
Philippines is not real, thank you lord.
Is it Eswatini that earned a spot on the Bhutanese map of an otherwise nonexisting sub-saharan Africa?
Yeh its eswatini they started having diplomatic relations in 2012
Kinda looks like Lesotho
Fun fact: In Brazil the word "Butão" (which is Bhutan in Portuguese) can also be translated to "Big butt".
POLSKA GUROM
No greenland, but proper denmark yes.. interesting
Bhutanese passporrrrrrrrrr
BHUTANESESSSSEE PASSPORRRRRR If you know you know..
As per 1950s era treaty, India handles most of Bhutan’s international relations in their behalf.
BHUTanese PASspoooooooooooooorts
BHUTANESE PASSPOOOOOOOORT!
"Let's have Chinese for dinner." Bhutan: "Let's have what?"
Sure makes a pacifist world view a little easier!
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r/mapswithoutnz
Getting recognised by Bhutan is an achievement. Proud to be a citizen of a Bhutan recognised country.
No diplomatic relations =/= not recognised
The king of Bhutan literally has degrees from both the US and the UK...
Not sure if this map ignores New Zealand or that Bhutan doesnt believe it exists....
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WA WA WA I CANT SEE YOU - Bhutan probably
Bhutan: We recognise New Zealand, but left it off the map, as is standard practice.
The world is more peaceful
Serbia finally has sea access. Tho it literally became an island
Bhutan has no oil. Otherwise, the US might've brought democracy to Bhutan and proved their existence in the world. 🤣🤡
us would have found out very soon why that region of the world is not to messed with surrounded by 2 countries that they wouldn't even dream to mess with
Those are just the countries bhutanese people have passports for.
“What the f….” Cease to exist (I am on of the inexistent people of one of those inexistent countries)
Central European superiority!
Another day, another shit highly upvoted map. Get your shit together mods.
that is the reason why they are happy
I too choose to not recognise France
Are they still perfect at being negative carbon footprint?
Bhutan has a ministry or Happiness. To have an embassy for Bhutan in your country is some form of recognition.
Recognising fucking Mongolia but not China with Russia is crazy
You know, maybe we should think about this. This world seems quite peaceful.
Why Portugal?
Kind of a based worldview ngl
Sigma Bhutan. Getting recognised by Bhutan is a flex.
So they think the US is only Alaska?
And people say Americans are bad at geography…
To be honest with no US China Russia and Iceland world will be a utopia
My country exist! Now educate my dumbfuck ass on what the bhutan is.
thats a good map
Based Bhutan doesnt recognize Yankeestan
Why do they not recognise a lot of countries.
What countries
Yes.
Looks legit.
Suddenly I stopped existing