The State and Citizen Relationship in Bhutan - a view Bhutan has experienced rapid changes politically, socially, economically and culturally since it became a nation state in the 1600s, thus changing the relation of its citizens to the state. Thus, a study to understand the exact relationship between state and citizen becomes fundamental. Often stated by many political theorists, the state seems to want maximum authority and citizen maximum liberty. It then becomes the utmost duty of both the state and citizen to compromise on all issues to strike a balance to bring out harmony and happiness in the nation. The Bhutanese have always been supportive of the state since it became a nation state. This we see in the protective activities of various external interference even as a young nation state when the Tibetans launched many attacks. The untrained ‘ pazaps’ (militia) would rise from amongst the farmers in defence of a nationhood they did not even understand. While the citizens...