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Bhutan used to be one of the most isolated nations in the world. Developments including direct international flights, the Internet, mobile phone networks, and cable television have 1 modernized the urban areas of the country. Bhutan has 2 modernization with its ancient culture and traditions under the guiding philosophy of Gross National Happiness (GNH). Rampant 3 of the environment has been avoided. The government takes great 4 to preserve the nation's traditional culture, identity and the environment. In 2006, Business Week magazine rated Bhutan the happiest country in Asia and the eighth-happiest in the world, 5 a global survey conducted by the University of Leicester in 2006 called the "World Map of Happiness".