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Welcome to Bhutan, the tiny Himalayan kingdom where happiness is more valuable than money

Talia Avakian   

Welcome to Bhutan, the tiny Himalayan kingdom where happiness is more valuable than money
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bhutan traditional uniform

CNN "The Wonder List"

Pictured here is a guide from Bhutan dressed in the traditional men's uniform, a goh.

In the 1970s, the leaders of Bhutan - a tiny Himalayan country of only 750,000 people - decided that "Gross National Happiness" was a more valuable measure than Gross Domestic Product.

Since then the country's leaders have been measuring its success based on the happiness of its residents.

In early November 2015, Bill Weir, host of CNN's "The Wonder List with Bill Weir", traveled to Bhutan for 13 days to discover what this concept really meant.

The country and its way of living have also caught the attention of Prince William and Kate Middleton, who will be traveling to Bhutan to meet with the king and queen later this month.

We recently spoke with Weir to learn more about some of the country's most fascinating aspects, from the uniform its residents don to the technology that is slowly starting to trickle in. The Bhutan episode of "The Wonder List" airs Sunday.

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